Meet The Team

We're a small team of like-minded and like-hearted individuals from around the world with a common mission - Bring mindfulness and emotional wellbeing rooted in Islamic teachings to Muslims worldwide.

Abrar Fakhri

Co-Founder & Operations Lead

Abrar has over 25 years of IT and Operations leadership experience from different corporations. He began his Muraqaba journey as a student. He benefited from what he learned and wanted to contribute and share his experience with others. He is a former Sunday School principal at Plano, TX and a community leader helping others in need. In Muraqaba, he continues to support the team to bring operational and financial excellence, automation, and a best in class customer service.

Sara Asfiya Ali

Co-Founder & Product Lead

Sara is the Product Manager and Design Lead at Muraqaba. She specializes in designing for communities, buillding digital products that are user-friendly and impactful. With an academic background in behavioral sciences, she blends user research and design thinking to create beautiful digital tools for the Muslim community and beyond. She has worked globally on projects in mental well-being, social inclusion, and Muslim Tech. At Muraqaba, she leads brand experience, app design, and development, ensuring everything we offer is tailored to the community's needs.

Wadud Hassan

Founder & Teacher

Wadud is a Certified Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence Teacher with a graduate degree in Leadership and Organizational Development from Vanderbilt University. A veteran Teacher and Head of School, he focuses on transformation at the intersection of faith and science. He trained under scholars like Shaykh Inamul Hasan Kandhlawi (Rah) and completed programs at Qalam Seminary, Harvard, IDEO, Neuroscience Academy, UC San Diego, and SIYLI, founded at Google to develop mindful, emotionally intelligent leaders.

Whoever provides relief to a Muslim, God will grant them His relief and mercy in both worlds

Prophet Muhammad PBUH, Sunan Ibn Majah 225

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