At the time, the congregation had no mosque, and the property commonly known as the 'Langar' served the community's spiritual needs. It was only in 1857 that Imam Hadje had the finances to purchase the property, which his congregation would use as a burial ground. Imam Hadje bought Erf 678 from Hendricus Andreas Truter on the Tana Baru. It was the norm among the Imams back then that to enhance the
ir status in the community, they owned a mosque and burial grounds and had to have performed the Hajj. On 22 June 1855, Imam Hadje purchased the property on the corner of Helliger Lane and Chiappini Street from the Cape Town municipality. Four years later, on 3 September, he took the property transfer and erected the mosque for his congregation. He served as Imam for one year. Sixteen years after Imam Hadje had established his mosque, Imam Tajedi (also spelt Tajebb on the Deed of Transfer) purchased the adjacent plot on the corner of Church and Chiappini Streets. Thus, the situation arose whereby two mosques were erected adjacent to each other on the same block. In 1860, Imam Hadje died in Makkah. Imam Tajedi took the bold initiative and unified the two mosques and their congregations into a single place of worship. Despite Imam Tajedi's unification efforts, people still referred to the mosque as the mosque of Imam Hadje, possibly because the mosque covered most of the erf of the late Imam.
