Cambridge Muslim Society

Prayer times at Cambridge Muslim Society

Worked out from this masjid’s coordinates for today’s date. They are not Cambridge Muslim Society’s announced jamaa‘ah times — those are set by the masjid and usually differ. Check cambridgemuslimsociety.org for the jamaa‘ah timetable.

Jumu’ah

the main hall holds about 500 for Jumu’ah. Jumu’ah time not confirmed — call before travelling.

Janazah & burial services

Also known as Farooq Masjid (Twitter/X handle @FarooqMasjid). Actual street address is 282 Elgin Street North - a commonly circulated '252 Elgin St N' figure is incorrect. Runs a Madrasah (weekend/part-time Islamic school with a Hifz class per Madrasah News archive). The masjid's own 'Masjid Facilities' checklist explicitly lists 'Funeral Service' and 'Family Counselling' as offered, which is the basis for provides_services and funeral_prayer; it does NOT itemize ghusl, mortuary, cold storage, kafan, transport or burial coordination, so those stay unconfirmed. Follows the Hilal Committee of Metropolitan Toronto & Vicinity for moon sighting. www.cambridgemuslimsociety.org 302-redirects to the org's actual site at cms.ad-din.site. RE-CHECKED 2026-08-16 (nothing further published): every service page on the site was opened - Masjid Facilities, Forms & Resources (membership and evening madrassah forms only, no janazah form), Masjid Programs ('under construction'), Community Outreach ('No updates'), Board Members, Contact, and the Masjid News and Madrasah News archives. None mentions ghusl, kafan, transport, cold storage, a mortuary or a funeral phone line, and the linked Instagram account is behind a login wall. So the eight remaining janazah fields are left unconfirmed rather than marked false - a Cambridge family must call. TWO PHONE NUMBERS, BOTH THE MASJID'S OWN: the Contact Us page body gives 519-623-0568 (kept as the primary here, unchanged and now re-verified), while the site-wide footer on every page gives 519-623-0564. Neither is labelled a funeral line. The earlier record showed only the first; the second is recorded here so a family that cannot get through has the alternative. CAUTION ON THE FACILITIES CHECKLIST: it lists 'Prayer Hall for Brothers' (capacity 500) and 'Ablution Area - Male' with no women's equivalent listed. That is NOT recorded as womens_facilities=false, because in this directory that field means specifically 'ghusl for women, by women', which the checklist does not address at all.

Each line below is either confirmed from the organisation’s own material or marked as not confirmed. We publish the gaps rather than guess at them.

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Facilities & community services

At the masjid

• Jamia Umar Al-Farooq Masjid, completed 1997 at a cost of $1.3 million on one acre bought in 1989
• brothers' prayer hall, capacity 500 (the masjid's own facilities checklist)

Services the community can ask for

• five daily prayers, Jumu'ah and Eid prayers
• funeral service (listed on the masjid's own facilities checklist)
• children's madrasah, including a Hifz class
• live streaming of programs and talks by visiting scholars
• Ramadan programs, including a main-masjid 1.25-para taraweeh schedule and an additional 15-day khatam taraweeh location
• moon sighting announcements, following the Hilal Committee of Metropolitan Toronto & Vicinity

Listed from the organisation’s own material. A service not listed here isn’t necessarily unavailable — call the office and ask.

About Cambridge Muslim Society

The society's own about text records that 'The Society established in 1972, began offering the five daily prayers, and children's Madrassah from a small residential apartment. In 1980, the CMS purchased a small rental warehouse and converted to a prayer hall. Daily services expanded to offering Juma/Eid prayers as well as funeral services. In 1985, the Society was registered (registration # 561084-39-15) with the government of Ontario, Canada.' It bought one acre in 1989, began construction in 1995, and completed Jamia Umar Al-Farooq Masjid in 1997 'costing $1.3 million'. CRA registered CAMBRIDGE MUSLIM SOCIETY (118826296RR0001) effective 1979-12-16 at 282 Elgin Street North - the masjid's own address - seven years after the society formed and six years before the Ontario incorporation the society itself cites. The society is 'run by a democratically elected Executive Committee directed by the constitution of the Cambridge Muslim Society', a 7-member panel elected each spring.

From the sources listed below, checked 16 Aug 2026 — see the sources below.

What we haven’t confirmed

We could not establish: On-site mortuary, Cold storage, Ghusl facility, Ghusl for women, by women, Kafan (shroud), Transport of the deceased and more. Those are published as gaps rather than filled with a plausible guess. If you know the answer — especially if you are from this organisation — tell us and we will verify and update the listing.

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