



You don't need a ROAD-MAP, You need a Compass...
and You already have one.
Most Students Spend Their Days Obsessing Over Their Grades
Caring Way Too Much About What Other People Think About Them
Getting Cheap Dopamine Hits From Video Games And Social Media

Find Your Qibla is an exclusive coaching program that will help you discover your compass that will lead to the college of your dreams and the life you want beyond it.
The main purpose of FYQ is self-discovery and spiritual awakening. It is part life coaching, part college counseling and part career guidance.
It's a lifelong journey to help you align your goals towards Akhirah and to become successful in both the Worlds.
Firstly, students need to figure out who they are and define what success means to THEM.
Then, they must develop a clear and comprehensive plan to transform their vision and goals into a reality.
Secondly, it's about unlocking and nurturing your passion in a way that enriches your spiritual life.
And using your connection to Allah and alignment with your passion to get into the college of your dreams.
Arm you with such an extraordinary vision and narrative that you will have colleges chasing after you.
Dig deep to help you identify your passions and then develop a “Saturday Morning Project” to explore them.
Infuse yourself with self-belief and expand your vision about what is possible to accomplish with your lives.
Develop a career vision that aligns with your values and strengths


Founder/Head Coach Five Before College
After graduating from Harvard, Brother Hamzah spent over 20 years as a high school teacher and college counselor at private and Islamic schools in New England. He has
helped hundreds of Muslim teenagers on their college journey, and his students have secured spots at top schools like Harvard, MIT, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, and many
others.
Hamzah's deep understanding of the college admissions process and commitment to my students' success sets Five Before College apart. His goal is not just to help you get into
your dream college, but for college to be a step along your path to Jannat al-firdous
insha'Allah

...But the problem is that too many students wait until their senior year and college
applications to start figuring out who they are!
They spend most of high school so caught up in day-to-day activities at the school

This is our most premium package and has extremely limited space.
Join this program if you want to transform your future, align your career with your deepest values, and cultivate a life enriched by faith,
all while working closely with me to navigate your path to success.
Discover how FYQ empowered students to create meaningful change in their lives and communities by
launching their Saturday Morning Projects(SMP's)

M.Aregbesola’s SMP aims to reconnect Muslim youth to Islam through an educational app combining Quran lessons with engaging trivia games. His mission is to make learning the Quran meaningful, fostering a deeper connection to deen. By coding, collaborating with mentors, and developing strategic content, he’s creating a tool that aligns his passion for software development with his Islamic values. With a clear action plan, Muhammad is paving the way for success in both Dunya and Akhirah.

Hisham Shaikh’s Sidewalks in Shrewsbury project focuses on improving pedestrian facilities to promote safe walking, jogging, and biking in Shrewsbury, MA. His mission is to enhance safety by adding sidewalks to old and new roads and installing crosswalks at dangerous intersections. By petitioning residents, collaborating with town planners, and presenting proposals at town meetings, he aims to bring his vision to life. With a clear action plan, his project strives to create a safer, more accessible community.

Ousman Cissé’s A Tribe Called Chess project aims to teach beginner chess to underrepresented Black and minority students through a peer-based model. His mission is to use chess to inspire creativity, problem-solving, and friendly competition while increasing tournament participation among youth. By launching an after-school club, building an online presence, and fostering a national chess community, Ousman plans to create a lasting impact and promote diversity in the chess world.

Leena Albinali’s The Elderly Legacy Project aims to capture and share the lives and wisdom of seniors through interviews. Her mission is to preserve their stories in videos, podcasts, and books, creating a platform for learning and honoring their experiences. By engaging with seniors, Leena seeks to better understand and support them, aligning with her goal of becoming a geriatrician. With a structured plan, she will record and edit interviews, share them widely, and ultimately publish a book to give back to her community.

Habeeba Fouda’s Playful Numbers project aims to make math fun and engaging for kids through games, competitions, and creative activities. Her mission is to transform math from a dreaded subject into an enjoyable experience, appealing to both children and parents. By researching innovative methods, collaborating with skilled individuals, and developing a dynamic curriculum, she plans to bring this vision to life. With a clear action plan, Playful Numbers strives to inspire kids and create a positive impact on their learning journey.
Join Find Your Qibla to create a future that balances success in both Dunya and Akhirah.
We guarantee that if students attend all classes and complete all assignments, they will have developed an idea and a plan for implementing a "Saturday Morning Project" that aligns with their passion and will Have Admissions Officers Chasing After Them

We dive deep into the heart of what makes each student unique.This personalized approach ensures that the work you do in FYQ is not informational but transformational.
By meeting regularly to review your unique goals and vision, we help you stay on track on your journey to the highest levels of success in this world and the next.

Our Daily Mindset Work section is dedicated to nurturing the mental and emotional resilience needed to thrive under the pressures of high school and beyond. Through daily meditation, reflections, and tailored motivational strategies, students learn to cultivate a growth mindset.
We ensure that our students not only excel academically but also develop the inner strength to pursue their dreams.

Each week, a new unit consisting of 5 video lessons and thought-provoking assignments is released. During our weekly live sessions, you get to immerse yourself in a collaborative learning environment and community of like-minded peers all on the same journey to find their Qibla.
These live sessions not only offer valuable insights but also provide opportunity to ask questions and seek clarification.

These assignments are more than just tasks; they're catalysts for growth, pushing you to analyze and reflect on your strengths, goals, and the unique value you bring to your dream colleges.
Each assignment is an opportunity to break through personal barriers, uncover deeper insights about your future path, and articulate your vision with clarity and confidence
Even if your destination were to the east or to the west, the orientation that a compass gives you by pointing north allows you to find your way.
Alhamdulillah, Islam has given us that compass. Five times a day, wherever we are, we pull out our compass and face towards the Qibla.
For a student to maintain their Muslim identity in this era of fitna and fasaad, they must “find their qibla.”
They must identify their true north—a comprehensive vision for success in this world and the next.
This is the goal of “Find Your Qibla.”

"Find Your Qibla" Coaching is not just about Academics
& this World
I want to Help students breathe life into their
connection with Allah
Find Your Qibla has truly been a life-changing experience for me! I joined FYQ with many passions and ideas but wasn’t sure how to channel them. This program encouraged me to reflect, build self-awareness, and work on becoming a better version of myself. I was able to connect my strengths, interests, and love for Islam to create a meaningful project that I hope to carry beyond high school. Alhamdulillah, I’ve gained so many valuable lessons that I will take with me through life. May Allah reward the coaches and everyone behind FYQ, Ameen!
Asslamualakium, For me, the most valuable thing in this course was the one on one coaching with my mentor. It gave me the opportunity to talk privately and share my-problems as well as benefit from her advice. I also enjoyed out Ikigai activity because it allowed me to get a sense of which direction I want to go, whether it was career or personal related. My favourite part of the course was how Br.Hamze combined deen and dunya and constantly reminded us that our end goal is Jannah.As someone who gets too caught up with school work sometimes, the weekly reminders were really beneficial. I learned how to slowly let go of perfectionism. I would still consider myself a perfectionist but im trying to really put myself out there sometimes. I also learned better time management skills because near the end of the course I was balancing both school work and starting a passion project. As for personal growth, I feel like I have slowly started becoming less college crazy in the sense that I know that college is not my goal but Jannah is. This also has a good impact on my future because I am working towards getting rid of my perfectionist mindset, I know which direction ill be taking in the future career related and I have a list of 51 things I want to accomplish in my lifetime. I would suggest this course to, Someone who is a perfectionist, someone who is too focused on school work that they forget Jannah is the end goal and someone who wants to stand out in college applications and make a positive impact in their community. Overall, I really liked this program and probably would have loved to take it a bit earlier!
Find Your Qibla was an amazing, transformative program that helped me map my passions and channel it into making an impact with a passion project. I joined FYQ thinking of simply wanting to get into a good college, but now that I have completed my cohort with them I've benefited in so many other ways. The coaches are really amazing and the learning material is very helpful. Most importantly, I have been able to craft the passion project that is perfect for me and it will inshAllah now be a big part of my life. This is the kind of thing every teen should be doing, and join if you want to start something big of your own while always having the end goal of Jannah.
I'm Ruhee and I'm in 9th grade. One of the things that I've found most valuable in this course is my mindset shift for many things. I went from, I have no idea what to do when I get older to, there are so many options of careers that would interest me. I went from, I need to take all these honors and AP classes to get into colleges to, I need to get good grades but I also need to stand out from the crowd. I went from, I don't have enough time to do anything to, I'm not using my time wisely enough and my coach helped me find out better ways to manage my time. The one-on-ones with my coach were super helpful with everything. My favorite part of the course was the SMP.
My name's Zahra, and I joined Find Your Qibla during the summer break of 6th grade. I struggled to find my passion, and I always pondered my future, thinking, "What do I even want to be in my life?" and wondering if I'll make a difference in the world. I felt empty, always feeling hopeless about my future. I hated thinking about it, yet I always came to those thoughts. I buried myself in books to dive into a fantasy world, away from reality, sometimes in my own world. After a few days into summer vacation, my mom got an email about FYQ--an amazing program that could help you look into your future, ignite it, and help you find your passion. I was eager to join. At times, I felt that I would be the first student to not find my passion. I ended up finding the passion right under my nose--writing and reading! I loved my one-on-ones with Sr. Morjane. I would be excited to talk to her about my passion! Every time I joined a meeting with her, she would ask me if something exciting had happened in the past week or month, to get us both into the mood! She was such an amazing and lively person to talk to. It felt amazing to receive compliments (everyone does), and the sessions were AMAZING! They were so informal, and this program got me closer to my Deen. I fell in love with my passion project and gazed in awe at the other projects as well. This program will really be in my heart until the end of time.
Muhammed Shaheen, Sophomore in Highschool. One major aspect which I found most vital in this course was a deep rooting in deen, constantly reminding that, at the end of the day, we live for Allah. Another aspect is the level of engaging with students because this made the course feel more like something you want to stay in rather than just any other online zoom class which feels like chore. Specific knowledge I gained thorough this course was that of the nature of dreaming, as we shouldn't shy away from what we truly yearn to do but we should also execute it in a realistic and sharp fashion. I genuinely think this course will have a great impact on my life as my passion project, which this course guided me towards materializing, is something I feel to be unique and potentially extremely successful. Generally, I would recommend to any Muslim teen who isn't quite sure where they're going for after high school or is feeling a disconnect to their Muslim ummah.
Find Your Qibla (FYQ) is primarily designed for Muslim students in Grades 8 through 11. They should be students who want to uncover their unique skills and talents and create a personalized roadmap to high school, college, and akhira success. That said, several current college students, seniors, and people of other faiths have participated in the program because they too yearn to discover purpose in their lives and develop a clear vision for their future. I believe FYQ is a perfect fit for them as well. While initial interest in the program may come from parents, it is critical that the students are completely on board with the decision to join FYQ. That is why I never sign on a new student without first having an extensive 1:1 interview with them where I assess their maturity and coachability and dig into their biggest roadblocks and greatest dreams.
FYQ is an 8-week program that includes weekly 1:1 coaching calls, bi-weekly live workshops, guest mentorship sessions, breakthrough assignments, recorded modules, and more. InshAllah, the program officially begins in Ramadan, but the 1:1 calls begin as soon as people sign up.
FYQ has 3 goals: 1) To develop a rock-solid akhira orientation—the yaqeen that true success lies only in pleasing Allah. 2) To uncover your dunyawi Qibla—a crystal-clear vision of what you want to accomplish with your worldly life. 3) To launch a Saturday Morning Project. Whether it is starting a small business, founding an NGO, launching a podcast or YouTube channel, creating an app or a video game, or building a service project, the goal is to dream big and take the practical steps to launch a real-world project that is so exciting and aligns so closely with your Qibla that you’ll wake up early on a Saturday to work on it throughout high school and beyond.
Most students applying to top colleges have the stats, but they don’t have the story. They are doing things they “think will look good for college,” but they end up using the same playbook used by every other high school overachiever—take tons of APs, fill your days with endless extracurriculars. By helping students get clear on their WHY, they are able to get clarity about WHAT they are actually trying to achieve. Next they get entrepreneurial coaching on HOW to launch a “Saturday Morning Project” that will astonish and delight admissions officers and have colleges come chasing after them inshAllah.
Between attending the live workshops, participating in the 1:1 coaching calls, and completing the weekly “breakthrough assignments,” the total weekly commitment is approximately 3-5 hours The goal of the program is not information but transformation, so I would not measure the course in terms of time spent but rather in terms of impact achieved.
The heart of the class are the bi-weekly live workshops and 1:1 calls where we will dive deeper into the material, answer questions, and build connections with your fellow FYQers. Students from as far away as Nigeria will be in the cohort inshAllah, and given the miracle of technology, you should be able to attend from all over the world, regardless of time zone. While live attendance is very beneficial, all sessions will be recorded, so you can catch up if you ever have a conflict and can’t attend. We will be taking an Eid break halfway through the course so you can celebrate with your families.
If a student completes all the weekly assignments and 1:1 calls but has not launched an MVP of their Saturday Morning Project by the end of the course, we will continue working with them for free until they do so. This ensures that every student achieves this crucial milestone and gains the full benefit of the program.
When it comes to high school and college applications, I like to use the metaphor of teaching teenagers how to drive. The students must be in the driver's seat to achieve success in this program, but they do need the support of their parents in the passenger’s seat to help keep them on track. All parents will have full access to Br. Hamzah and the FBC team, and we will have a 1:1 meeting with parents halfway through to give you an update on your children’s progress.
By the end of the Find Your Qibla program, students will have created a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for their Saturday morning passion project inshAllah. An MVP is a basic, functional version of their project that serves as a starting point or prototype. The goal is for students to turn their ideas into something real and tangible—a proof of concept that can grow into a long-term initiative throughout high school. For example, if a student’s passion project involves launching a YouTube channel, their MVP might be a short, filmed and edited video uploaded on the platform. If they’re starting a podcast, they would complete and share a sample episode. Students interested in creating a non-profit might develop a basic website or organize their first small-scale event. The key is that students walk away with something actionable—an initial version of their project they can refine and build upon over time.
Find Your Qibla is a premium program with limited spaces to ensure personalized attention for each student. The investment reflects the high-quality content, extensive resources, and ongoing support provided. At the end of the FYQ interview, if the program seems like a good fit for both sides, I will discuss the investment details with you. This process ensures that the program is tailored to those who will benefit most. We offer flexible payment plans and limited scholarships to make the program accessible to all.
Find Your Qibla is our flagship program and is the “front door” to working with Br. Hamzah and the FBC team throughout your high school years. Graduates of FYQ can take their journey to the next level with Find Your Qibla Squared—our exclusive accelerator program. Designed to scale their passion projects, enhance their college profiles, and provide expert, one-on-one college and akhira counseling, this program supports students all the way through their senior-year applications and help them gain admission to their dream college, inshAllah.
To enroll, start by filling out the application at the end of which you’ll be able to schedule a short interview with our Director of Enrollment. If it seems like Find Your Qibla could be a great fit, we’ll move forward with scheduling a longer, in-depth interview with Br. Hamzah.
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