Bringing the deen to prisons every month = exponential sadaqa jariya

Nearly 10% of prisoners in the US become Muslim.

Few have access to books, teachers, or other resources to learn their new faith.

Your monthly donation earns you the reward of teaching a new Muslim:

  • What to believe

  • How to pray and fast

  • How to purify their heart

  • How to repair their relationship with their parents

  • How to overcome addictions

But then… the knowledge you brought to one prisoner gets shared with another. And then another. And then many more.

Many Tayba students report sharing what they’ve learned from family & fellow prisoners.

Your reward keeps expanding, long after your monthly gift is spent.

student with face mask in classroom
a man with a beard with his arm around man with a striped scarf
teacher in black shirt and pants speaking to audience
Muslim man in thobe and kufi
man in prison clothing smiling at camera sitting in front of a brick wall
two men in muslim clothing walking out of a building with glass doors smiling
man holding artowrk wearing brown knitted kufi
a man with classes and bald heard on the phone
man with black jacket with his back to camera is embracing a man in a maroon jumper
student with white sufi taking selfie in front of lockers
student in front of bookshelf in graduation clothes
student and teacher hugging
man with glasses and business shirt smiling to camera
man with prison clothing standing in front of artwork of a barn
man in prison uniform and black kufi standing against a wall
man in blue shirt walking out of wire gates
man with black cap and glasses smiles at the camera
student with white kufi, and shawl hold a book on his lap and looks at the camera
Joy, a Community Health Promoter in Uganda, checks in on a mom and her newborn.
man in front of picture of landscape wearing white shirt and beige kufib
teacher and student looking at camera holding up certificates
man with beard and shirt smiling at camera
man with beard in prison clothes smiling at camera
man with beard holding book that says Adab 101
student with face mask in classroom
a man with a beard with his arm around man with a striped scarf
teacher in black shirt and pants speaking to audience
Muslim man in thobe and kufi
man in prison clothing smiling at camera sitting in front of a brick wall
two men in muslim clothing walking out of a building with glass doors smiling
man holding artowrk wearing brown knitted kufi
a man with classes and bald heard on the phone
man with black jacket with his back to camera is embracing a man in a maroon jumper
student with white sufi taking selfie in front of lockers
student in front of bookshelf in graduation clothes
student and teacher hugging
man with glasses and business shirt smiling to camera
man with prison clothing standing in front of artwork of a barn
man in prison uniform and black kufi standing against a wall
man in blue shirt walking out of wire gates
man with black cap and glasses smiles at the camera
student with white kufi, and shawl hold a book on his lap and looks at the camera
Joy, a Community Health Promoter in Uganda, checks in on a mom and her newborn.
man in front of picture of landscape wearing white shirt and beige kufib
teacher and student looking at camera holding up certificates
man with beard and shirt smiling at camera
man with beard in prison clothes smiling at camera
man with beard holding book that says Adab 101

Why now?

In March 2026 we launched our first digital course on prison tablets…

Now nearly two decades of steady, on-the-ground growth, is now matched by real digital momentum!

Since March:

  • We have reached 27,332 unique learners

  • 875 students have completed IMAN99

  • 84,951 digital learning hours logged

Be a part of revolutionizing Islamic education for incarcerated Muslims.

Bring the light of the deen to the darkest places in America

Your support makes possible:

4000+ courses per year to Muslims (mostly converts) behind bars in the US and now Canada

Digital dawah opportunity for 1.1M currently incarcerated individuals

Provide critical services for incarcerated Muslim women

An accessible Islamic curriculum developed specifically for prisoners

A thank you gift from Tayba

5 Tayba Books

Members giving $20/month or more will receive:

A free copy of a Tayba book from the “Essentials” series, sent once a quarter. A total of 5 books!

Two Unique Books

New members giving $40/month or more will receive:

A free copy of a Tayba book from the “Essentials” series, sent once a quarter. A total of 5 books!

A copy of the Purifier of Hearts, written by former Tayba student & now instructor, Amin Anderson. Sent in Ramadan.

A copy of our Overcoming Addiction course, written entirely by Ahmad Adisa in prison and sent to Tayba by mail. Sent in August 2026 to eligible donors.

What our monthly donors say about PrisonConnect:

Helping prisoners is overlooked. it’s a community obligation which not all members are fulfilling so we definitely want to put in our share.

Sidra

“[I support] Tayba because it helps some of the most vulnerable and lonely people in the world. I could have easily been one of them if I had been raised with experiences similar to them.”

Behnoush

“I support Tayba because it helps one of the most unsupported areas of our community. We pray that the hand of redemption and forgiveness be extended to all of us … Ameen.”

Anonymous donor

“I think the work you are doing to properly educate incarcerated Muslims is vital. Also I love to read stories of the brothers and sisters who get out.”

Nicole

“I strongly believe that prisoners thoroughly deserve a second chance in life. Allah SWT commands us to be merciful to others especially your fellow Muslim brothers.”

Anonymous

“... these books you have sent have really grown our Jumu'a here. We now offer Arabic lessons [and] we cover chapters and lessons from within the other Essentials books... We would be unable to do this if it wasn't for your incredible Foundation.”

- Brother Alberto

What our students say about the support :