Ustadh Mahad Qamar and Ustadha Safiya Ravat are a married couple from Houston, TX and are the co-founders of Suhbah Institute. They attained their Bachelor’s in Islamic Law and Jurisprudence from the International Islamic University of Malaysia, and completed their Master’s in Pastoral Counseling in Marriage and Family Therapy. They have been teaching classes such as Marriage Preparation, Arabic, and Tafsir, and offering seminars nationally and internationally for almost 10 years. Ustadh Mahad and Ustadha Safiya are currently the lead instructors at the Suhbah Seminary, pre-marital training facilitators for Suhbah’s Strong Couples program, and serve as the inaugural Chaplains at the University of Houston’s Muslim Students Association.