Who we are

To nurture young Muslims through knowledge and spirituality, for the revival of the Ummah.

Reviving Muslim identity through knowledge, spirituality and community.

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الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ

“The religion is naseeha, sincere counsel.”

The hadith we take our name from

Our vision

To inspire a generation of spiritually grounded and knowledgeable youth, empowered to lead with faith, compassion, and purpose.

What sets us apart

Four convictions that set the work apart.

Every Naseeha programme returns to these. They are the reason a young Muslim stays.

Not rules, but roots.

Identity First

We build conviction before behavior. Belonging comes before instruction, because a young Muslim who knows who they are will carry the practice on their own.

Faith in the register they actually speak.

Contextual Education

Our scholars understand the modern world because they have lived in it. They teach the deen as it meets a professional, a student, a parent, in the life they are really living.

Years, not evenings.

Community With Continuity

We walk with people over sustained journeys, not one-off events. The work is measured in cohorts and seasons, in people who stay long enough to grow.

Both worlds, lived in full.

Credible Mentors

Dual credentials: elite academic training and classical Islamic scholarship, in the same people. They understand both worlds because they have lived both worlds.

Leadership

Scholars who have lived both worlds.

The founding team holds elite academic credentials and traditional seminary training in the same people. Our team understands both worlds because they have lived both worlds.

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Arsalan Ahmed
Chief Executive, Founding Director
Academic · MSc International Relations, Warwick
Classical · Completed the full eight-year Dars-e-Nizami
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Moeen Mahmood
Director, Academics & Strategy
Academic · Founding Director
Classical · Completed the full eight-year Dars-e-Nizami
YA
Yasin Asad
Director, Outreach & Growth
Academic · MPhil Education Leadership
Classical · Years of classical seminary training
AS
Abubakr Siddique
Director, Leadership Development
Academic · MBA, NUST / LUMS
Classical · Years of classical seminary training

And the team carrying it forward

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Dr. Zaid Saeed Khan
Director, Short Courses · PhD, MIT
BS
Bilal Shahid
Chief Financial Officer
AS
Abdul Samad Khan
Chief Marketing Officer
HM
Hamis Mahmood
Revenue Operations & Digital

Guided by a Council of Stewards of senior Islamic scholars, and supported by programmes, finance, and legal councils.

The next chapter

A permanent home for the mission.

The Naseeha Community Centre & Mosque is Pakistan’s first dedicated community centre and mosque complex for educated youth. Rising on Barki Road in Lahore, it will hold a mosque, classrooms, counselling rooms, and community spaces under one roof: a place that will outlast every programme and every event.

33,000+square feet across three floors and a basement
1,000+mosque capacity, men and women
October 2025ground broken
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Accountability

Registered, audited, accountable.

Every rupee donated is an amanah we take seriously. Accounts are independently audited and held in a restricted fund for the NCCM that cannot be moved to operations.

Registered

SECP Section 42

Registered not-for-profit company, limited by guarantee.

Tax-exempt

FBR Tax-Exempt

Approved tax-exempt status. Donations are tax-deductible.

Certified

PCP Certified

Certified on all 25 Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy items.

Come learn with us

Study, gather, and grow.

A community that gathers every week, classrooms in the evening, and a door that is open.

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