Foundation
The Qur’an first.
Then everything else.
I am a Hafiz-e-Quran and a student of Dars-e-Nizami. Software is my profession; this is my foundation, and the reason I try to do the profession properly.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُThe journey
A path through the madaris of Karachi
2019
Hafiz-e-Quran
Jamia Ashraf-ul-Madaris, Karachi
Completed hifz at the main markaz in Gulistan-e-Jauhar (Block 12) under Qari Nazeer Ahmed Sahab, and passed the Wifaq-ul-Madaris examination.
After hifz
Ibtidaiya to Saniah
Jamia Ashraf-ul-Madaris, Karachi
Continued formal Dars-e-Nizami studies at the same institution, from the first year through Saniah.
Salisah
Third year
Dar-ul-Khair, Karachi
Studied Salisah at Dar-ul-Khair in Jauhar.
2026
Rabia, the fourth year
Jamia Hidayah
Currently continuing Dars-e-Nizami in the Rabia year, and preparing to sit the Wifaq-ul-Madaris examination this year, In Sha Allah.
Dars-e-Nizami is the traditional curriculum of the Islamic sciences taught in the madaris of the subcontinent. I am still a student, which is exactly how I like to approach everything.
Languages
Three languages, one voice
Arabic
A language I love and have a working command of.
Urdu
A language I love, and speak comfortably.
English
The language of my software work.
In practice
What it means for my work
Four values I try to bring to every proposal, project and classroom.
أمانة
Amanah
Trust comes first
A client hands us their business data and their confidence. We treat both as a trust, and say plainly what we can and cannot do.
إتقان
Itqan
Do it properly
Excellence is the unglamorous part: permissions, backups, documentation, the edge cases nobody asked about.
صدق
Sidq
Honest estimates
No shortcuts and no unrealistic promises, in a proposal, in a classroom, or in a code review.
علم
Ilm
Knowledge shared grows
Teaching is how I keep learning. What I know is worth most once someone else can use it.
Gratitude
My teachers
Knowledge of the Deen comes through teachers, and through the one who guides the heart. I am thankful to all of them.
Qari Nazeer Ahmed Sahab
Ustaad of my hifz
Jamia Ashraf-ul-Madaris, Karachi, where I became a Hafiz in 2019.
Moulana Irfan Sahab
My ustaad
A teacher I remember with gratitude.
Moulana Raheem-ud-Din Sahab
My ustaad
A teacher I remember with gratitude.
And many other teachers, too many to name here. I am grateful to every one of them.
My islaahi connection
Sheikh-ul-Arab wal-Ajam Moulana Hakeem Muhammad Mazhar Sahab
Damat Barakatuhum
My spiritual guide, whose guidance shapes how I try to live and work.