As salamu alaykum,
NBF listeners
Find your person.With a family member in the chat.
One chat, from the very first message. Nobody ever talks alone.
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Laila and Majnun meet for the first time, at school.
Detail from the Khamsa of Nizami. Herat, 1431. People still know their names.
Meet in person · matches meet at the masjid first
Sunday, August 30 · Sugar Land, Texas
Maryam Islamic Center Recap
Two age sessions, 20 to 28 and 28 to 36, with structured introductions in the open hall and chaperones present from the first minute to the last.
200+
attendees, chaperones included
40+
matches so far
2
age sessions
Photographs are from the first age session only. The one on one introductions are never photographed, out of respect for every candidate in the room.
Next on the calendar
Masjid At-Taqwa Matrimonial Event
How a match works
The first message is the hardest one to send.
So you do not send it alone. She brings one family member, he can bring one if he wants to, and the whole thing happens in one room. Three people, four if he did.
Zara, 26
The Rahman Family
Houston, Texas
Degree
MD
Work
Physician
Height
5′4"
Status
US Citizen
Siblings
3
Wali
Her mother
Zara and Yusuf
3 in this chat
Yusuf may add one family member
There is no private thread to slide into, because one was never built.
For her
Nobody messages you alone.
Add your wali. Your photos stay blurred until both sides express interest. Every conversation happens with your family member in the room.
For him
You are not doing this alone either.
Make your profile in a few minutes, or let a parent start one and invite you. Bring one family member into the chat if you want. Nobody is going to make you.
450+ families across six cities have joined NikahUp.
Houston · Dallas · San Francisco · New York · New Jersey · Toronto
"And He placed between you love and mercy."
Surah Ar Rum, 30:21
That line is the reason for it all. The wali, the match, the room, and every part of it is there to give Mawaddah somewhere safe to begin.
A note from Jawad
I built NikahUp because the search had stalled for people I love, and every app I opened had cut the parents out. So I built the opposite: the family is not in the way of this. The family is the way.
If NBF sent you here, thank you for listening, and thank you for trying it. If anything is unclear, write to me. I read every one.
Jawad · Founder, NikahUp
jawad@nikahup.coWhat this is for
A living room, and everyone pretending not to be nervous.
Two families who had never met, sitting down together. Too much food. Somebody’s mother already crying before anything has been agreed. Your father asking the one question you begged him not to ask.
Then a date, and a mahr, and a room full of people who love you both. That is the part we are here for. Everything on this page is only the introduction.
The point is the nikah.