Muslim Founder

Mohammed Faris is the founder of The Productive Muslim and author of the book "The Barakah Effect." 

In the mid-2000s, he started the Productive Muslim blog, becoming a pioneer in bridging Islamic spirituality, productivity and personal development. 

Beyond his writing and speaking career, he's developed frameworks like the "Barakah Culture", which frames spiritual growth alongside worldly achievement....

Ibrahim Khan is the co-founder of Islamic Finance Guru and Cur8 Capital, a shariah-compliant investment platform.

He studied PPE at Oxford University before starting his career as a corporate lawyer, where he gained experience working in private funds.

In 2019, after running IFG as a blog, he decided to leave his corporate career to go full-time on the company. 

Since then, IFG now educates millions of muslims every year, ...

Abdul Rahman Abbas is a medical doctor and the founder of Pillars, a prayer app used by over a million Muslims worldwide.

More recently, he's launched Jibreel, the "Duolingo for Fiqh" - teaching Islamic knowledge through bite-sized lessons.

Abdul Rahman is also a pioneer of the Muslim tech community and is known for his "building in public" approach.

He’s now left medicine to focus full-time on his ...

Iqbal Nasim is the former CEO of NZF, the National Zakat Foundation.

He studied economics at Cambridge University before starting his career in investment banking, which he left to join NZF.

Under his leadership, NZF transformed how Muslims distribute their zakat, emphasising local impact and institutional development.

He’s now the founder of Transform My Prayer, a program which helps muslims spiritually connec...

Dr. Salah Sharief is an entrepreneur, a student of knowledge, and the founder of Chaptrs, the first audiobook platform for Muslims.

He studied law at university, completing his Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD, before spending four years in Egypt studying Islamic knowledge. 

His first business, Wordsmiths Press, was in translation and editing for Islamic publishers.

This expertise also led him to develop Sheikh Yasir ...

Abu Musa started his career working in recruitment before starting his own business at the age of 25.

Since then, he now runs a portfolio of companies making over $50k a month.

This includes a recruitment company, an education platform, an AI Saas startup and a call centre operation in Pakistan. 

He’s also a social media influencer who educates Muslims about starting businesses and achieving financial independence in line ...

Faisal Choudhry is the founder of Freshly Grounded, one of the world’s most popular Muslim podcasts with over 100 million impressions. Faisal is also a social media master guru, a marketing genius and has inspired a generation of muslim influencers.He was also the Head of Marketing at Tarteel, an AI Quran learning app.Connect with Faisal:https://www.youtube.com/@FreshlyGroundedhttps://www.instagram.com/freshly_grounded/https://www....

Sunny Araf is a serial entrepreneur. He started his career in the West Midlands Police before transitioning into the business world, where he now runs an 8 figure security company. 

Sunny is also an active philanthropist and runs his own charity the ISA Foundation. 

In 2022, he was named in The Time Top 50 Most Ambitious Leaders. 

Connect with Sunny:

https://www.instagram.com/sunnyaraf1/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunnyaraf...

Omar Khaleil is the founder and CEO of the Riba Free Foundation, an organisation created to educate people about the negative impact of riba.The foundation provides financial training and promotes ethical alternatives through education and awareness campaigns.Omar started his career in financial services, working across the Middle East and the UK before launching the organisation. Connect with Omar Khaleil:https://www.linkedin.com/...

Ibrahim Alkurd is a tech and finance entrepreneur. He started his first company at the age of 20 and generated over $2 million in sales while still in medical school.Today, he is a Fund Manager, has founded four other companies, runs a non-profit charity and is an active angel investor. In 2023, he was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Finance & Big Money. He’s also an active Dawah influencer and student of knowledge wit...

Rabii is the founder and CEO of Remo AI, an AI-compliance startup based between San Francisco and Dubai that he started last year at the age of 25.Since starting the company, he’s raised millions of dollars in funding from leading Silicon Valley investors, including YCombinator and scaled the company to hundreds of thousands in revenue in a number of months.Rabii studied PPE at Oxford University and began his career at McKinsey bef...

Ustadh Tahair is an Arabic and Quran teacher and founder of Quranbound, a platform that has helped over 500 students learn Arabic through the Quran.

​He studied in Egypt for 5 years, learning traditional Islamic sciences and Arabic under the supervision of senior scholars. 

Ustadh holds Ijazaat in the 7 modes of recitation from scholars from Al-Azhar.

Ustadh Tahair also previously served as the Head of Arabic at a private ...

Rhyad is an Islamic teacher and content creator. He studied in Mauritania and currently resides in Medinah. 

He’s also the founder of The Muslim Lighthouse, an online community that educates Muslims about Islam worldwide. 

In this conversation, I discuss how one becomes a student of knowledge, the vision behind The Muslim Lighthouse, and why Rhyad chose to live in Medinah. 

We'll also talk about some issues that we see...

Zaid is an Islamic content creator with 10s of millions of views online. 

Through his content, he calls people to Islam and reminds them of Allah in a way that is relevant to our everyday lives.

In this conversation, I discuss how to build habits in our 9-5 lives that bring us closer to Allah, 

The importance of developing our love for the Prophet ﷺ 

And discuss some of the key challenges and issues facing our community...