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A tech for good community where people build and ship impactful products!

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Our next Vibe + Tell is here.

We're nurturing a culture of building, sharing early, and learning from each other.

This Friday, a group of builders will be showcasing what they’ve been working on:

•⁠ ⁠Furquan building AutoScout
•⁠ ⁠Abdullah building Nozzle
•⁠ ⁠Aniqa and Hannah building Ikhlas
•⁠ ⁠Nadeem building Pixel Hajj

Come through to see what people have been building, support them, and maybe get inspired to share something of your own next time.

6:15pm, Friday 1 May

Register now: https://t.co/kXMgytYVyC

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apply for batch 4 here 👇
https://t.co/WG2WIQHwCO

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at amazon, there's a new AB test running every 8 seconds.

at meta, they run live experiments 3x a day.

one goal: squeeze more attention out of you.

peter gould has worked with both companies. he's seen the machine from the inside.

he's also built a brand that did $18m in its first week. helped scale LaunchGood from early stage to $800m+. had his own exit.

so when he spoke to our batch 3 founders, you'd expect the usual playbook. growth hacks. metrics. how to win.

he told us about a moment when he was stuck. spinning on one of his startups. couldn't see the way forward.

he went to his teacher for advice.

his teacher said:

"peter, you think you're working on the startup. but the startup's working on you."

heart-centred design, he calls it. designing for remembrance, not distraction. the opposite of everything those AB tests are optimising for.

most accelerators stop at the pitch deck.

we put our founders in rooms where conversations like this happen.

that's Founders' Fitrah. that's the buildathon.

batch 4 applications closing soon 👀

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Applications still open!
https://t.co/YfwXrVJbSk

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Mohsan Alvi built his career at the deep end of technology. A PhD in computer vision from Oxford. Years spent solving problems that sit at the frontier of research and real-world application.

He went on to become Chief Science Officer at Disperse, helping scale the company through rapid growth. Hundreds of people. Tens of millions raised. Systems that shaped how major construction projects understand and use their data.

From the outside, it looked like the destination.
From the inside, he knew it wasn’t the final chapter.

So he stepped away to build something of his own.

Tractive was born from that decision. An AI company focused on removing friction from creative and technical workflows. Built by someone who understands both deep research and the realities of shipping product.

At Batch 4, founders will hear Mohsan’s story firsthand. Not just the highlights, but the transitions. The moments of doubt. The tradeoffs between staying safe and building something that actually matters.

If you are navigating the gap between technical excellence and meaningful ownership, this is a story worth hearing.

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Applications closing VERY soon, but there's still time to get yours in at https://t.co/6C14KqP47s.

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He grew up like any East Londoner.
School. Streets. Routine.

But the only place Tahair found real solace was the Quran.

Most people memorise young.
He didn’t.

At 18, he started memorising the Quran.
And he finished fast.

That hunger took him to Egypt.
Not for certificates.
Not for titles.

But to dedicate himself to Allah’s book and the language it was revealed in.

He came back with no formal qualifications.
On paper, nothing impressive.

He started teaching Quran at a secondary school.
And that’s when he noticed the real problem.

People weren’t just trying to recite.
They were yearning to understand.

So he did what builders do.

Nights.
Weekends.
Iteration after iteration.

He built a syllabus from scratch.
Arabic through the Quran.

That work became QuranBound.

Today, thousands of students are learning Arabic by going straight to the source.
The Quran itself.

Tahair didn’t wait for permission.
He saw a problem and built the solution.

Now he’s bringing that same builder mindset to Founders Fitrah at buildathons.

From one builder to another.

Batch 4 founders get to sit down with him and think about what building truly means from a spiritual perspective.

Applications are closing soon, link to apply below.

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@Ibrahimifg 👆 Ready to turn your idea into reality?

APPLY FOR BATCH 4: https://t.co/YfwXrVIE2M

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. apply now.

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@Ibrahimifg began his career in high finance.
The path was clear. Promotions predictable. Stability locked in.

Then he started a small blog.
Nothing flashy. Just exploring how Muslims could build wealth with integrity

The blog grew.
The questions grew.
The responsibility grew faster.

So he walked away from corporate comfort to build something that mattered.

@IFguru .
Then Cur8 Capital.

Today, Ibrahim helps thousands of Muslims invest with confidence and manages £200m in ethical assets.

He’s joining buildathons batch 4 as a roaster.
Not to be polite. Not to sugarcoat.

Expect hard questions.
Honest critique.
Guidance that goes straight to the roots of your idea.

Batch 4 founders will meet him soon. Come prepared.

There's still time to apply. Link in thread.

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batch 4 applications are open.

it begins with Bismillah. 🌙 apply here:

https://t.co/YfwXrVIE2M

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this is what building looks like at buildathons.

big ideas. clear goals. serious accountability.

batch 4 applications are closing soon.
🔥 6 weeks
→ 3 weekends irl in london
→ 3 weekends url

🔥 demo day
a real chance to pitch to investors and VIPs

🔥 up to £5,000 equity-free funding
powered by Collective Continuum

Interviews are in full swing, but there’s still time to get in.
Don’t sit on the idea you keep thinking about.

Apply before the door shuts. Link in thread.

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batch 4 applications are open.

3 weeks. 30 muslim founders. no theory, just build.

if you've got the receipts but keep handing back the keys, this is your room.

it begins with Bismillah. 🌙

apply here: https://t.co/WG2WIQHwCO

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two different ceos trusted him to build their companies.
he didn't trust himself to build his own.

dilwoar had 15 years of receipts.

government platforms used by 40% of uk local authorities. six-figure contracts delivered. the guy you call when the tech stack is on fire.

directors kept handing him the keys.

just never to his own thing.

first time: 18 months building a fundraising platform from scratch. payments. integrations. the works. delivered it. walked away with almost nothing. no equity. no ownership. just wages.

back to zero. find the next client.

second time: cto role. full control. 14-hour days. teams across four time zones. burnt out by month 12.

building someone else's dream. again.

that's when the question hit 👇

"they keep trusting me with their companies. why don't i trust myself with mine?"

receipts aren't permission.

not when you've spent 15 years proving you can build. for everyone except yourself.

batch 3 didn't teach dilwoar how to build.

it put him in a room with 30 muslim founders for 3 weeks. builders who'd sold to enterprise, closed government contracts, shipped product after product.

no theory. no lectures. just accountability he couldn't escape.

stop guessing what customers want. find them first. get them to pay. build only what they ask for.

he learned a rule from another founder in that room: don't write a single line of code until stripe pings.

for the first time in 15 years, he built something and kept the keys.

today he runs https://t.co/UUm94N2BT8. ai proposal generation for government contracts.

the exact problem he spent 15 years solving for other people.

now it's his.

you've shipped things your employer took credit for.

built systems with someone else's name on them.

been the one they call when it actually matters.

you have the receipts.

batch 4 is where you stop handing back the keys.

it begins with Bismillah. 🌙

link in comments 👇

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Musa (AS) stood before Allah (SWT) with a list of reasons why He'd made a mistake.

"i fear they will call me a liar. my tongue fails me at the worst moments. and i killed a man once. they'll use it against me."

a Prophet. explaining to the creator of the universe why he wasn't the right person.

what happens next changes everything 👇

Allah (SWT) doesn't reassure him. doesn't tell him to believe in himself.

he tells Musa (AS) a story. his own story. back to him.

remember when you were a baby? your mother placed you in a basket and set you in the nile. crocodiles in the water. soldiers on the banks. certain death in every direction.

the basket drifted past all of it, straight into firaun's palace.

you were raised in the house of the man who wanted you dead. you learned how power works from the inside. then you fled. years as a shepherd in madyan. alone. forgotten.

then the line that reframes everything:

"i selected you for myself."

the basket wasn't tragedy. it was delivery.
the palace wasn't corruption. it was education.
the exile wasn't punishment. it was preparation.

Musa (AS) didn't need new skills. he needed to see his own life differently.

we see this pattern constantly with muslim founders.

years doing the "responsible" thing. consulting, big tech, medicine. all while something else pulled at them. an idea that won't leave them alone.

but they feel behind. the years feel wasted.

what if the detours were the point?

what if the immigrant household prepared you for the runway anxiety that breaks other founders? what if corporate taught you how systems actually scale?

you weren't wasting time. you were being prepared.

Ustadh Hisham Ali shared this during founder's fitrah, a session we run at buildathons.

fitrah is your innate nature. the spiritual baseline Allah (SWT) created you with before the world layered on noise, doubt, and distraction.

most accelerators teach you to raise, scale, exit.

founder's fitrah asks a different question: what does it look like to build from that pure state? not founder mode. not hustle culture.

building from your God-given nature and purpose.

you were selected.

batch 4 starts january. 25 spots.

it begins with Bismillah. 🌙

https://t.co/uwCzVxpraD

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you're building someone else's dream 40 hours a week. but "too scared" to build your own for 10.

the maths doesn't add up.

every saturday morning you wake up with that idea burning in your chest.

the one that keeps interrupting your standup meetings.
the one you sketch on napkins during lunch.

then monday hits.

back to optimising someone else's metrics.
back to making someone else rich.
back to telling yourself "maybe next quarter."

meanwhile, your idea is getting built. right now.

by someone with worse credentials, less experience, probably less skill.

the only difference? they stopped asking for permission.

you're waiting for:
→ your manager to say "go build a startup"
→ your parents to say "quit your stable job"
→ the market to send you a written invitation

none of that is coming.

here's what actually happens 👇

option 1: keep waiting until you're 40, still at the same company, watching 25-year-olds raise series a with ideas you had five years ago.

option 2: give yourself six weeks to find out what's possible.

batch 4 starts january 3rd.

six weeks. £5k equity-free. twenty founders who refuse to let you make excuses.

the real value isn't the funding.
it's finally building instead of just talking about building.

applications close when we're full.

your idea won't wait.
someone else is already shipping it.

what would you build if you stopped waiting and just began with Bismillah? 🌙

apply now 👇
https://t.co/AwqZMPb6Yx

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👆 Ready to turn your idea into reality?

APPLY FOR BATCH 4: https://t.co/YfwXrVJbSk

applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. apply early - we close when full.

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the room reminded him who he was.
so he built one for others.

burhan was never supposed to take the traditional path.

before big tech, before the apprenticeship, before any of it, his backup plan wasn't university. wasn't student debt. wasn't "figure it out later."

it was going full-time on his own venture.

that was always the real plan. the apprenticeship was the detour.

three years in the machine. he learned the systems. saw they were broken. climbed the ladder anyway. surrounded himself with smart people.

but not his people.

burhan grew up in a muslim school. every day, his tribe. his deen. his environment.

then he entered corporate and slowly forgot what that felt like.

years passed. the hunger to build never left. but something was missing and he couldn't name it.

then he walked into deen developers buildathons 👇

six weeks. muslim builders. a structure that forces you to ship.

"i really felt at home. perhaps because of my upbringing in a muslim school. i felt inspired. comfortable. but still motivated to expand beyond my current potential."

the room didn't teach him anything new. it reminded him who he'd been all along.

and once he remembered, he couldn't go back.

the 9-to-5 started falling apart. not because he was failing. because he was waking up.

the gap between who he was becoming and who his job needed him to be grew too wide.

then everything hit at once. adhd diagnosis. newly married. a life calling so loud he couldn't hear anything else.

so he handed in his notice. young. few responsibilities. no safety net.

"if there was ever a time i was going to do it, it would be now."

he didn't just leave to chase a startup.

he left to recreate the room that changed him.

taqwa studios. a co-working space for muslim builders. born directly from what he experienced in buildathons.

the environment was so powerful, he made it his life's work to give it to others.

he found his room.
then he built one for others.
now we're reopening ours.

deen developers buildathons. batch 4.

six weeks. muslim builders. a structure that forces you to ship.

applications are live.

it begins with Bismillah. 🌙

link in comments 👇

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👆 Ready to turn your idea into reality?

APPLY FOR BATCH 4: https://t.co/YfwXrVJbSk

applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. apply early - we close when full.

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she fasted every day until she finished building.

859 CE. fez. a widow named fatima al-fihri had just inherited a fortune.

her father, a wealthy merchant. her husband. both gone. she had the capital to disappear into comfort. to grieve in luxury. to never work again.

instead she bought a plot of wasteland.

then she made a vow 👇

she would fast every single day until the building was complete.

not punishment. purification. every brick laid would be an act of worship.

then she went further.

refused to buy bricks from the market. the money changing hands might not be halal.

so she dug yellow earth from her own land. baked her own bricks. dug a well on site so workers would only drink water she provided.

a literal supply chain audit. eliminating every doubt. total ownership. total reliance on Allah.

then she did something most founders never do.

she gave it away.

she designated the entire project as Waqf. a perpetual endowment.

in islamic law, once something becomes Waqf, ownership transfers to Allah. it can never be sold. never inherited. never taken back.

she didn't build an asset. she built a trust that would outlive empires.

al-qarawiyyin became the engine of the golden age.

astronomy. medicine. mathematics. philosophy.

ibn khaldun studied there. maimonides studied there. gerbert of aurillac studied there, then carried arabic numerals and zero back to europe and became pope sylvester ii.

the gown you wear at graduation. the square cap. the certificate they handed you.

it all traces back to the widow who fasted until the last brick was laid.

they called her umm al-banīn. mother of the children.

fatima didn't walk through a door. she built one.

for a thousand years, the greatest minds in history have walked through it.

that idea keeping you awake? the one you keep postponing?

it could be your Waqf. not a side project. a door others walk through long after you're gone.

fatima started with Bismillah and an empty stomach.

what's stopping you from starting?

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the ideas living in your notes app aren't waiting for the right time. they're waiting for the right structure.

six weeks. your project. a cohort that won't let you disappear.

applications reviewed as they come in. we close when the room is full.

https://t.co/YfwXrVJbSk

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he used to carry a pc tower on his back to internet cafés just to write code.

ten years later he was earning a fortune at facebook to do... nothing.

here's how he built a $3 billion company: 🧵

amjad masad was sitting in the facebook offices in menlo park.

free food. six-figure salary. the ultimate "golden ticket" visa.

by every metric of the "good immigrant" handbook, he had won the game.

but he couldn't shake a memory from jordan.

years earlier, amjad didn't have a macbook. he didn't have high-speed fibre.

he had to carry a heavy pc tower into internet cafés just to write code.
he used pirated software bc he had no credit card.

he remembered the friction. the difficulty. the hustle.

now, sitting in the most comfortable office on earth, he realised something terrifying:

comfort was killing his drive.

he saw a problem: coding was still too hard for people without resources.

he had a solution: put the entire coding environment in a browser. no setup. no money. just a url.

he pitched it internally.
the machine shrugged. "not our priority."

amjad faced the permission paradox 🔒

logic whispered: "sit down. be quiet. you made it out of the middle east. don't risk your visa for a browser trick."

most people stay right there.

they let the "golden handcuffs" become a golden cage.
they believe their Rizq comes from the hr department, not from Ar-Razzaq (the provider).

amjad realised that staying at facebook wasn't "being grateful."
it was burying the talent Allah had given him.

so he did the unthinkable.
he quit.

traded the validation of silicon valley for the chaos of a startup.

he built replit.

today, he didn't just build a $1.16 billion company.
he built a door 🚪

20 million users. kids in nigeria, farmers in india, students in detroit writing their first lines of code right now bc amjad refused to stay comfortable.

he didn't wait for a manager to approve his destiny.
he trusted that if he did the work, the outcome was already written.

the restlessness you feel at your corporate desk isn't ungratefulness.
it's your calling trying to break through the noise of your comfort.

google never owned your sustenance.
a visa stamp is not your God.

the permission you're waiting for?
it was granted the moment you were given the idea.

it all begins with Bismillah.