The hands behind Fasilah
Every Fasilah piece begins with a pair of hands.
Hands that cut fabric.
Hands that sew.
Hands that embroider.
Hands lifted in duaa.
A skill worth paying for.
They have a skill worth paying for.
You have something you need.
Fasilah connects the two.
Hands of Fasilah
Made by Muslim artisans.
Paid for their skill.
You pay for their work.
They earn from their craft.
A livelihood grows.
One small part of what we’re building for our Ummah.
Meet the hands behind Fasilah
The people who make your abaya.
Leading the atelier
Azra
Atelier manager
Naheed
Designer and pattern maker
Fiaz
Master tailor
The tailors
Zarnab
Senior tailor
Mudassir
Senior tailor
Muhammad
Apprentice tailor
Seamstresses and finishing
Sana
Junior seamstress
Farheen
Finishing and quality
Irons, packs and checks the quality of each piece.
The embroiderers
They work from home, flexibly and independently.
Saba
Senior embroiderer
Saddaf
Senior embroiderer
Made at the pace of human hands
4 to 6 hours
for a simple abaya, from shrinking the fabric to the last inspection
10 to 15 hours
for embroidered or tailored pieces
Where it began
It started with a phone call.
October 2023. “Can we really do this?”
“Even if we fail, it would be a good deed.”
A family living across different continents, wondering what we could build together that might benefit people. We weren’t asking what we could sell. We were asking what we could do.
A man, an axe, a livelihood
He wasn’t given a livelihood.
He was given the means to create one.
A man came to the Prophet ﷺ asking for help. The Prophet ﷺ sold some of his belongings and bought him an axe, then told him to gather firewood and sell it. The man came back later, having earned for himself.
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1641
This is what we’re building for our Ummah.
We believe the Ummah has immense skill, creativity and potential. Sometimes lifting one another up means creating opportunities to earn. This is one small part of the future we’re trying to build.
Fasilah is the word for a seedling, from a saying of the Prophet ﷺ about a believer who keeps planting even at the end of times.