About Us
Our Mission
“I did not create the Jinn and Mankind except to worship Me.” (51:56)
Our mission is to connect people with our Lord; disseminate traditional Islamic knowledge, embody prophetic spiritual guidance & nurture through community care.
Our study provisions and services are carefully designed to actively contribute to the moral and spiritual betterment of wider society, underpinned and driven by our faith and values. Our aim is influence change and transform lives.
Islam teaches that building the foundations of community life on faith, spirituality and morality is essential to ensure people remain upright, just, peaceful and conscious of their social obligations. With these foundations people find purpose and meaning, become motivated to live a moral life, take care of others, and promote peace, respect and dignity for all people. Moral and spiritual foundations give rise to a caring and sharing community life, which in turn, produces a just and peaceful society. A society in which citizens live in dignity encourages a fair and just distribution of wealth. This consequently stimulates material and economic development, prosperity, development and growth of knowledge and wisdom, and hence human progress. Islam teaches that a society in which people are driven by self-worship, material goals alone, arrogance, selfish objectives, short-term gains, greed for power and wealth, will lead to the eventual social disintegration and weakening of society.
Our Approach
Our approach is based upon Prophetic values, of openness and inclusiveness; regardless of race, faith, background or views.
Our History
1
1997
A series of short Islamic courses were launched in Hounslow Jamia Masjid focussing on the teaching of traditional texts with ijazat (licenses to teach). Some notable scholars included Habib Umar, Habib Ali, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller, Shaykh Muhammad-Al Yaqoubi, Shaykh Samir Al-Nass, Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad and Shaykh Akram Nadwi.
2
2007
West London School of Islamic Studies (WLSIS) moves to dedicated premises established West London (Rose Cottage), devoted to Islamic learning and spirituality.
3
2013
WLSIS is rebranded to Ha Meem Foundation, giving the organisation a wider scope on it’s focus to not only teach students traditional Islamic learning, but also to establish several localised community initiatives.
Ha Meem College (adults) and Ha Meem School (children) officially launched in April 2014.
4
2020
Given our learnings, successes and growth over the years (all success is from Allah alone), we identified the need to restructure our wider organisation in order to increase the range of community initiatives whilst delivering with more fluency, control and focus.
Lote Tree Foundation is launched. Ha Meem College and Ha Meem School rebranded to Lote Tree College and Lote Tree School.
5
2021
Lote Tree College launches a range of free online courses, teaching over 3,000 students from 70+ countries traditional Islamic sciences.
Our Awesome Team
Sulman Salim
Managing Director
Sulman has over two decades of experience working within the financial corporate sector as well as the charity sector.
Sidi Uthman Bhally
Senior Instructor
Sidi Uthman has been teaching and been spearheading outreach work for over 20 years.
Sidi Umair Qureshi
Management
Umair works in the healthcare sector. Umair has studied a wide syllabus of traditional classical Islamic texts with scholars based in the UK and abroad.
Ibraheem Malik
Senior Events Manager
An experienced management consultant. Ibraheem is also currently the Managing Director for Europe & North America Gawharet El Fan.
Ustadh Sharif Ibrahim
Instructor
Faisal has over two decades of experience working within the financial corporate sector as well as the charity sector.
Sara Malik
Events Manager
Sara Malik is an experienced Fulfilment and Intimacy Coach for Muslimahs based in West London.
Salman Siddiqui
Management
Salman is an optometrist and has been actively involved in the charity sector for over two decades.
Ustadha Rabia Sakhi
Instructor
Having studied various traditional Islamic sciences over the last two decades, Ustadha Rabia is now involved in teaching.
Our Values
Ikhlāṣ
Sincerity
Iḥsān
Excellence
Akhlāq
Manners, morality
Raḥ'mah
Compassion
ʻAdl
Just