Salaam Hearts is dedicated to the lifelong search for personal transformation, purity of heart, and optimal health, happiness, and fulfillment. Salaam Hearts recognizes the value and advantages of a proactive approach to the empowering of Muslim individuals, couples and families to live healthy, happy, and successful lives. Much of the Islamic teachings are proactive, looking to prevent problems and difficulties, rather than trying to rectify the damage after the fact.

We have found that the vast majority of those who seek to get married spend little to no time or energy in properly preparing for marriage. Their selection of a spouse too often gives little attention to compatibility of personality types, marriage goals, or life vision. In addition, psychological, behavioral, and/or character issues are typically not looked upon as needing to be addressed before marriage. Again, there is a wealth of Islamic teachings about prevention in all aspects of life and especially in the area of marriage, as well as scientific research indicating the success of marriage being directly proportionate to the degree of marriage preparation and to the extent to which individuals address personal issues before entering into the marital relationship.

Addressing personal issues before marriage is just one aspect of the larger goal of transforming the self. This concept of self-transformation is at the core of Islamic teachings. Those who correctly understand its significance and its impact on how one lives his or her life, recognize the excitement and the fulfillment of embarking on this journey of self-transformation. Not only does it hold the promise of a life free of compulsions and addictions, but also emptied of delusions and self-limiting beliefs; in fact, any habit, trait, attitude, or behavior that compromises the truest human destiny. This purifying process opens up the mental, emotional, and spiritual space that just waits to be filled with peace, joy, and capacity to reach one's chosen potential as a human being and as an individual who truly surrenders to Allah SWT.

• those who are seeking to marry and wish to use the matching service to find a compatible partner - a soul mate
• those who are seeking to marry and choose to first search their own souls and address issues that could compromise the success of their future marriage
• those who are already married and desire to improve their marriage and enhance their personal growth and transformation
• those who desire to transform their own lives so as to become Islamically enlightened parents
• youth who are not yet ready for marriage, those who are older but single for whatever reason, divorcees or widows/widowers - all who yearn to search their own souls and enhance their personal growth, enrich their daily lives, and heal their emotional wounds

Kamal Shaarawy is the founder of Salaam Hearts. Kamal studied a dual major of Electrical Engineering and Islamic Studies at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, and went on to obtain a master's degree in psychology in the U.S. He is currently working on his doctorate in clinical psychology. He is a certified instructor of the parenting approach "Parenting with Love and Logic" and a certified clinical hypnotherapist.

Currently Kamal is the director of the "Family Enhancement Program" in Phoenix, Arizona. He has also provided private counseling for Muslim individuals, couples and families for the past twenty years, and volunteered in correctional facilities to provide Islamic education and coaching for Muslim inmates. He has extensive experience working with individuals, couples, and families across a broad spectrum of faiths, cultures, and ethnicities.