Marriage discovery, built with intention.

Most digital matching products reward volume: more profiles, more swipes, more open conversations. That can make an important life decision feel disposable. Maktub begins from a different question: what would a product look like if it helped people slow down, notice meaningful compatibility, and communicate with clear intent?

Our answer is a smaller, more deliberate experience. Maktub is designed around curated introductions, one Salaam at a time, and profiles that make room for deen, family, life direction, and marriage expectations.

We use four principles to make product decisions. Intention should be visible. Privacy should exist by default. Family involvement should be possible without taking away a person’s agency. And technology should support discernment rather than turn people into inventory.

• No infinite swipe feed.
• Photos remain blurred until mutual interest.
• Profiles foreground values, family, lifestyle, and timeline.
• Wali Mode is designed as part of the experience, not an afterthought.
• The Netherlands is our first community so matching can remain locally useful.

Maktub is no longer a landing page alone. We have built a full product stack—a marketing website, a production API on Cloudflare, and native iOS and Android apps currently in private testing with early users.

The public website now includes this journal, a dedicated FAQ, halal-connection guides, and a founding-cohort waitlist for Muslims seeking marriage with intention in the Netherlands. We are onboarding waitlist members in signup order as capacity allows.

Our target for the wider founding cohort is Ramadan 2027 (January–February 2027). Timelines may shift as we finish app-store review, safety work, and community testing. Joining the waitlist does not guarantee access or a specific date.

These are the core parts of Maktub that exist and are being exercised in testing today—not mockups or future promises.

• Native iOS and Android apps with email sign-in, onboarding, and profile review before go-live.
• Daily curated Ta'aruf: a small number of relevant introductions per day instead of an endless feed.
• The Salaam system: one intentional expression of interest at a time; photos and messaging unlock only after mutual Salaam.
• Connections and in-app messaging for mutual matches, with reporting and blocking controls.
• Values-first profiles covering deen, family, intention, location, and marriage timeline—with optional voice notes.
• Photo privacy enforced server-side: images stay blurred for others until interest is reciprocal.
• Push notifications, match preferences, account settings, and multilingual support (English, Dutch, Arabic).
• Maktub Plus subscription for members who want more daily introductions and Salaams—core safety features are not paywalled.
• This website: editorial content, product explainers, and a web sign-in path tied to the same account system.

Several important features are in active development and planned for release before and during our founding cohort launch. We describe them as planned because timelines and details may change as we test with users.

• Public App Store and Google Play launch for the Netherlands founding cohort.
• Wali Mode — three involvement tiers (Observer · Advocate · Active) with a dedicated view for guardians.
• Niyyah Score — a profile signal that reflects intention and completeness, not popularity.
• Phone sign-in via WhatsApp and Telegram, alongside email.
• Formal ownership promise — a published legal commitment that Maktub cannot be sold to non-Muslim investors without a community vote.
• Expanded age and identity verification before profiles go live for everyone, not only paid tiers.

We would rather make precise promises and improve with evidence than imitate every feature in the category. Verification, moderation, and product design reduce common risks—they do not prove every claim someone makes about their character, circumstances, or intentions.

The founding cohort will help us learn what creates respectful introductions and what gets in the way. If you are in the Netherlands and seeking marriage, join the waitlist. If you have questions, read the FAQ or email us at info@getmaktub.app.