Meet the team

Rooted in the masjid. Built for the ummah.

Labbaik is built by an imam and mufti, a hafiz and scholar, and an engineer from some of the world's leading startups. Between us, we've spent decades in the classrooms, offices and prayer halls Labbaik serves, and we've given ourselves to making them run better.

Imam & muftiDecades leading masajid and Islamic schools across the UK

Hafiz & scholarOver a decade teaching hifz in the classroom

EngineerOver a decade in engineering, at leading startups such as Chainlink and Quicknode

Our story

It started with one teacher.

For too long, maktabs, madrasahs and masajid have run some of the most important institutions in our communities on paper registers, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups. Teachers juggle sabak entries and fee chasing by hand. Imams keep nikah registrations, ijazah records and janazah paperwork in folders and forgotten drawers.

Labbaik began at home. Saifullah's wife, an Alimah and maktab teacher, was managing payments, attendance and student progress with no proper tools, so he built her an app. Her father, Sheikh Zubair, saw it, and what began as a solution for one teacher became the foundation for an entire maktab.

It soon became clear this wasn't just useful for one institution. Today we're on a mission to raise the standard of how Islamic education is organised, everywhere. Not with a generic platform repurposed from somewhere else, but with something built from the ground up for Islamic schools and mosques.

It started at home
One teacher
An app built for an Alimah juggling fees, attendance and progress with no proper tools.
Then the masjid
One maktab
Sheikh Zubair saw it and brought it to the whole maktab at Masjid Irshad, Luton.
Now
Institutions everywhere
Masajid, maktabs and madrasahs across the UK and beyond run on Labbaik.

The team

The people behind Labbaik.

Scholarship and engineering, side by side. Every decision we make is shaped by people who have taught in the classroom, led the masjid and built software that has to work.

Co-founder · Head of Education & Mosque Management

Sheikh Zubair

Sheikh Zubair has given his life to the masjid. He has served as an imam and a mufti, led Islamic schools as a head teacher across the UK and studied in Pakistan: decades spent at the heart of Muslim communities.

He knows Islamic education and the running of a mosque inside out: the classrooms and the registers, the parents and the fees, the nikahs, the janazahs and the questions that arrive after Isha. That lived understanding sets the direction of everything Labbaik builds.

ImamLeading a congregation in prayer and serving it beyond the prayer hall.
MuftiAnswering the community's questions with scholarship and care.
Head teacherLeading Islamic schools across the country.
Masjid managementThe day-to-day running of a mosque, known inside out.

Co-founder · Engineering

Saifullah Harding

Saifullah has been an engineer for over a decade, at leading startups such as Chainlink and Quicknode, building infrastructure that has to be dependable.

A revert to Islam, he wants Islamic organisations to have tools just as solid: a modern, clean and accessible platform to manage the infrastructure of community life, built for everyone.

Engineer
Chainlink
Quicknode

Director of Strategic Partnerships

Maulana Aazib Akbar

Maulana Aazib is a hafiz of the Qur'an and a qualified scholar with over a decade of experience teaching hifz. He spent six years studying at Jamia Tul Ilm Wal Huda in Blackburn, where he graduated with a degree in Islamic jurisprudence, hadith and Qur'an.

Hafiz
Scholar
Hifz teacher
Jamia Tul Ilm Wal Huda

What we stand for

Built with amanah.

The institutions we serve hold a community's trust. We build as though we're holding it too.

Purpose-built

Every feature is designed around how Islamic schools and masajid actually operate.

Free for all

Every feature, for every institution. Powerful tools shouldn't depend on the size of your budget.

Trusted with your data

Hosted in London, UK GDPR compliant and ICO registered, with a published DPA.

Built for the ummah

Serving Muslim communities globally, from the UK to Malaysia and beyond.

لَبَّيْكَ

Here I am, at Your service.

Our name is the pilgrim's answer to the call of Allah. It's the spirit we bring to every masjid, maktab and madrasah we work with.

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Labbaik is free to use: every feature included, no tiers, no add-ons. We only collect a small percentage when you take card or BACS Direct Debit payments, so if you're not collecting fees, you're not paying anything.

Labbaik is built and maintained by Labbaik Labs, a company registered in England and Wales (Company No. 17166064), ICO registered under reference ZC136003, and fully UK GDPR compliant.