About the Author: Chaimaa

Assalamu alaykum, I'm Chaimaa, the founder of Akhirah Planners and the writer behind The Akhirah Journal.

Why I started

I'll be honest with you: I have never been a perfect Muslim.

I believe in Islam with all my heart. I've always known it is the path of truth. But for a long time, I couldn't bring myself to practise it the way I wanted to, or to truly feel it. And that gap left me with a heavy feeling of guilt. I felt like a bad Muslim, almost a hypocrite: knowing the truth, and still not living it.

Over time I realised I wasn't alone. So many of us grind relentlessly for the dunya: for our studies, a career, a salary, a place in society. We give it our discipline, our plans, our energy. But we don't try nearly as hard for our deen, even though it's the very purpose of our existence. We live here for less than a hundred years, and after death comes eternity. And still, every single morning, Allah gives us a new day out of His mercy, simply because we open our eyes and breathe.

That fear, that guilt of feeling you're drifting away while you know better, is heavy. That's the exact problem I wanted to answer. I built Akhirah Planners from my own experience of it, because I understand it from the inside. Not with more guilt, but with simple, gentle systems that help us give our akhirah at least the same care we give our dunya.

This is also my business, and I won't pretend otherwise. But my deepest hope is that every tool and every article helps someone take one step closer to Allah, and that it counts for us both, in sha Allah.

What I write about

  • Building consistency with salah, Fajr and the daily adhkar
  • Reading, tracking and memorising the Qur'an
  • Preparing for Ramadan, and keeping its spirit all year
  • Islamic journaling, reflection and dua
  • Organising your deen and daily life, including with Notion

My sourcing promise

Your deen deserves care, so every article on this site follows the same rules:

  • Qur'an: always quoted with the surah and verse number.
  • Hadith: only narrations graded authentic (sahih) or good (hasan) by scholars, always with their collection, such as Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim or Jami' at-Tirmidhi. When a popular saying is weak, I say so.
  • Fiqh: where scholars differ, I explain that they differ and encourage you to ask a trusted scholar for your personal situation. I don't issue rulings.
  • Science and statistics: only from published research or recognised institutions, with the source cited at the end of each article.

If you ever spot a mistake, please email akhirahplanners@gmail.com. Every correction is checked and made, in sha Allah.

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May Allah put barakah in your time and accept your efforts.
Chaimaa