Bilal Muslim Mission of Kenya is a Registered Charitable Organization established in the year 1971 and is dedicated to working with children, families, and communities.

Bilal Muslim of Kenya serves the less fortunate people residing in rural villages who face challenges like poverty, drought, illiteracy, and lack of adequate water and sanitation facilities.

At its December 1964 Conference in Tanga (Tanzania), the Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Jamaats of Africa passed a resolution to increase efforts in transmitting the Message of Islam, as taught by the Prophet Muhammad (S) and his Ahlul Bait (a.s.) in East Africa. Long before this popular resolution, efforts to disseminate the Shia Madhab among indigenous African populations were already underway in efforts by individuals who had settled in the East. Africa. The Federation’s resolution of 1964 opened up opportunities for collective action. As a result, Bilal Muslim Missions were established in Tanzania first (1968) and later in Kenya (1971). The Missions were named in honour of Hazrat Bilal, Islam’s first Muezzin. The initial Call to Islam as a duty of every Muslim was given a new impetus. On November 11, 1971, the Bilal Muslim Mission of Kenya was registered as a Religious Charitable Society. Earlier contacts with learned people from the non-Shia Muslim community as well as Christians led to many adopting the Shia Madhab. In the absence of a formal local seminary, some of the non-Muslims reverts wishing to acquire deeper knowledge of Islam went abroad for further studies. Chief Ngala Chuphi, the Chief of Mackinnon Road, of the Duruma Tribe, embraced Islam in 1971 and took the Islamic name ‘Yusuf‘. Hundreds of his community members also embraced the Shia madhab. Several mosques and madaris were established by the local communities and their religious education was supported by the Bilal Mission of Kenya. Amongst the stalwart families who supported these nascent communities was the Kassamali Gulamhusein family of Mombasa, especially Haji Mohamedjaffer Kassamali Gulamhusein. The Chief and members of his community adopted Islam as a result of their tabligh. The family also participated in the provision of facilities for the new Shias, such as a Mosque, Madrassa, and School. With time, Bilal Mission expanded its support to the local communities to include educational, health, economic and social welfare facilities to provide opportunities for the people to establish paths out of poverty and to live in Muslim dignity.