Alimah S. Ahmed

Alimah S. Ahmed was born and raised in the United States and received her BA in Sociology and Arabic and Islamic Civilization with double honors from the University of Chicago and Masters of Education from the University of Illinois. In 1999, she migrated to Lahore where she pursued an intensive full-time study of the classical disciplines of Islamic learning, known as Dars Nizami, for four years. In 2003, she was formally certified as an Alimah and was awarded the Alimiyyah degree, certifying her to teach the disciplines of Qur’an, Tafsir, Hadith, Arabic Grammar & Linguistics, Beliefs & Creed, and Islamic Law & Legal Theory (Fiqh & Usul).

For the past ten years, she has been tirelessly teaching classical Islamic learning and guiding women on the spiritual path to become closer to Allah. To date, she has taught over one thousand women live and online and has graduated over 50 women as alimahs. Her students have included college and university students, young professionals, mothers, and homemakers.

In 2005, she and her husband founded Zaynab Academy. In 2009, Zaynab Academy Online was founded becoming the first all-women’s online Islamic educational institute dedicated to classical Islamic learning and spirituality. To date, Zaynab Academy Online’s courses and programs have been attended by over one thousand students from over twenty countries across the world.

Current Engagement: Alimah S. Ahmed teaches the Qur’an Program offered by ZAO.

Alimah M. Tariq

Alimah M. Tariq was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan and received her B.A. (Hons.) in Social Sciences (Humanities) from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). She began her pursuit of classical Islamic learning at Zaynab Academy studying Quran, Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, and Arabic under traditional scholars, completing the Dars-e-Nizami course and receiving the Alimiyyah degree. Since the past few years, she has been teaching Qur’an, Tajweed, Tafsir, Hadith and Fiqh to university students and young professional women. She also delivers talks on purification of the heart and drawing closer to Allah (swt).

Alimah Z. Ahmad

Alimah Z. Ahmad was born and raised in Lahore and received her Bsc in Social Sciences with Honors from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). She began her pursuit of classical Islamic learning at Zaynab Academy studying Quran, Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, and Arabic under traditional scholars, completing the Dars-e-Nizami course and receiving the Alimiyyah degree. The Ustadha has taught Quran, Tafsir, Fiqh, and Arabic grammar to university students and young professional women in Lahore. She also delivers talks on purification of the heart and drawing closer to Allah (swt).

Alimah Umme Nukhbah

Alimah Umm Nukhbah was born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan and received her BSc in Business and Finance from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). She went on to study the Dars-e-Nizami course for four years and received the Alimiyya degree. Since then, she has been involved in teaching and dawah activities in Lahore, with Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed, where she has taught classes in Quran, Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh, and Arabic.She also delivers talks on Islam and drawing closer to Allah (swt).

Alimah Umm Nukhbah divides her time between Pakistan, UAE and Northwest UK, delivering talks and guiding people to draw closer to Allah swt.