Masjid Bilal of Cleveland

A monumentto our history

Masjid Bilal of Cleveland. Raised from the ground up, largely by its own members, at East 75th and Euclid in 1983.

Friday Jumuah Visit
The granite dedication stone set into the brick wall. It reads: With the name Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Masjid Bilal. Dedicated June 3, 1983, under the leadership of Imam Warith Deen Muhammad. Project Director: Imam Clyde Rahman.
The dedication stone on the building, set in 1983.
The front of Masjid Bilal on Euclid Avenue: a long brick building with arched panels over the windows, red front doors up a flight of steps, and the minaret at the left corner.

Built by the community

In 1980, Imam W. Deen Mohammed said it was time to plan new places of worship.

Most mosques then were converted churches and storefronts. Imam Clyde Rahman came home to Cleveland determined to put a plan around those words.

Members did 60% of the construction work themselves.

The community gave whatever it had: funds, expertise, and labor.

The timber roof beams of the musala, meeting at a central iron hub, with globe lamps hanging on long cords.
The roof over the musala.
The wooden mihrab in the musala, framed by turned columns, with the shahada lettered above the arch.
The mihrab.

It opened on June 3, 1983. Debt‑free.

Imam W. Deen Mohammed led the first Jumuah prayer service in the new masjid.

The first mosque built from the ground up in Greater Cleveland.

And the first mosque built by a predominantly African American congregation in the United States.

Our history goes back to the early 1950s.

First as Temple No. 18, under the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Then as Masjid Willie Mohammed, under Imam Mohammed. Since 1983, Masjid Bilal.

“This physical building should be preserved as a monument to our history.”
Wallace D. Mohammed II, president of The Mosque Cares, Inc.
Four imams standing together in the wood-paneled musala, smiling, in kufis and robes.
Imams in the musala at Eid ul-Adha.

Today, Masjid Bilal is led by Imam Shafeeq Sabir.

In 2009 the community formed the Clyde Rahman Community Center, named for the imam who directed the building project.

Jumuah,every Friday

12:45pm
Join us
1:00pm
The service begins

Can't be here in person? Join by audio conference or Webex video. Call-in details are posted with each week's announcement.

After the service, Islamic publications are in the lobby, including the latest Muslim Journal. Times are Eastern.

Daily prayer times

Daily times for Cleveland, live from IslamicFinder.

Every weekat the masjid

Sundays

11 am to 12 pm, scheduled Sundays

Quranic Arabic

With Brother Hasan Abdul Alim. The basics of Qur'anic Arabic and ayats from the Holy Qur'an.

Ages 4 to 16

Youth class

Qur'anic ayats, prayer, the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and the history of African American Muslims. A parent or guardian stays at the masjid during class.

12:30 pm, dining room

Sunday Taleem

The Imam's office announces each week's topic.

1 to 5 pm, lower level

Salaam Clinic

Free healthcare, downstairs. Details below.

Once a month

Masjid library and Webex

Muslim Women's Association

Led by Aveda Mateen.

12:30 pm, after the Shura meeting

Business meeting

In the dining room. Open to all.

The masjid library: a long conference table with upholstered chairs, bookshelves in the corner, and a framed map of the Muslim world on the wall.
The library, where the Women's Association meets.
Salaam Clinic

A free clinic in the lower level of the masjid

Sundays
1 to 5 pm

Healthcare for people without insurance and the underserved, open to the general public. Salaam Clinic has served from Masjid Bilal since September 2019.

Call to schedule: 216.243.7924

Carved wooden double doors inside the masjid, with a wooden box marked ZAKAT standing beside them.

Opened debt-free in 1983. Help keep it standing.

The community paid for this building and did most of the construction itself. Your support keeps its doors open.

Online. Securely through PayPal.

Give

By mail. Checks and money orders to Masjid Bilal of Cleveland, c/o Treasurer, 7401 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44103.

In person. Use the mail slot at the front doors.

7401 Euclid Avenue

At the corner of East 75th Street and Euclid, Cleveland, Ohio 44103.

Free parking at the rear of the building. The RTA HealthLine stops a block away.

First visit? You don't have to dress like a Muslim. As in most houses of worship, modest dress is best.

Directions Call (216) 391-8899

masjidbilalofcleveland@gmail.com