Salams: Where Muslims Meet Reviews

I’m female and in my 30s and was married after using it in NYC for 3 months. Also used Single Muslims and Muzmatch in the past. Ladies, don’t be afraid of wanting an attractive and educated man - that’s a reasonable request! My strategy: spend an hour a day on Salams , be proactive with offering to have a call & meet up for coffee with anyone that might even show a slight chance of compatibility (for me over 7 meet-ups with potential guys before meeting my husband!) — don’t text endlessly or call for hours in end. Just meet up & it will show who’s serious. I also married outside of my ethnicity so having a modern family helps!

Asalaamu Alaykum ,

The tool is a nice level of quality with some of the same tendencies. Maybe needs more space for expressing preferences and commitment level. Large amount of Pakistani/Somali communities but many other representations from all over the world. Beware of generational prejudice despite attraction /connection & difficult conversations. Possibilities will be plenty, intentions + personalities just have to match.
Found someone of interest. Her parents want her to marry someone from her culture and her culture ONLY regardless of being Muslim . In Islam- a man can represent himself and an Imam May override the opinion of a father IF there is no valid reason. The girl may not be for me but either way Salams gave me the opportunity to observe and have conversations with beautiful, intelligent and ambitious muslimina sisters who inspired me to be better. Wont be back on because the world is growing to be a place ppl feel dependent & most comfortable with a keyboard between them and other people. The race. Delete restart delete restart delete restart. May Allahswt make it easy on us all and call us to spread Islam to the far,dark and unfamiliar parts of the world inshallah.

I have been on Salams on and off now for a year and honestly I can say I have experienced the most disrepesct from men on Salams than I have in real life. I get judged based on my Islamic sect even when the guys have their chosen Islam flavor as “any muslim” which makes no sense. I got called “a fake religious sunni” when his profile said “any flavor” I have written reviews before on other men that I have added on offline platforms through Salams . I have realized that even when you write a review or send in a report they do not update you Salams is honestly 50% creepers looking for a “good time” & the other 50% are guys judging off your profile. I have been a premium member through this amount of time and I have had worst experiences when it comes to finding someone serious even the guys that I report for Inappropriate offline behavior which includes sending nudes and such disrepectful habits still manage to be on Minder. I feel like they do not take our reports seriously because the guy’s profiles are still up when some of my friends use minder. They do not take it seriously and this is my honest opinion after using it for almost 10 months.

As someone who gets tons of matches, let me tell you how poorly Salams is designed. Firstly, if you’re not a premium user you’ll most likely find yourself swiping on 100s of accounts that haven’t been active for months, it even displays that. However, since there is no way to filter these people, you end up wasting swipes. Even after you get premium, you still have to swipe over an absurd amount of people who just haven’t used Salams in months which is ultimately a waste of money/time . The distance settings on Salams are also ridiculous. There is no reason to have such wide distances. I don’t know why the national distance includes Canada its a separate freaking country. The more likely reason why distance settings are so broad, is because the actual ACTIVE people who use Salams are very small, otherwise everyone would run out of profiles to swipe on. That’s why they inflate numbers with inactive users. Lastly, I don’t understand why I have to fill out every single dumb thing on the profile, make everything optional. There is no reason for me attach a whole questionnaire to my profile.

The biggest issue with Salams is you won’t match with barely anyone unless you pay the full subscription. You will notice that once you pay, the “Liked me” will show matches that liked you even though they never popped up in your match feed to begin with. So don’t waste your time downloading this then swiping right unless you are willing to pay. Even then the match rate algorithm is hacked to show your profile to only 5-10% of the people you swipe on, similar to how Tinder does it. You can always test this out with friends and see how one of your profile will never show to the other.

Another issue is although Salams used to be very glitchy and they did fix some of that, many messages still don’t send and you can also test this feature out with a friend.

Side note, plenty of arrogant desi girls on there who have nothing to offer but their looks so just be a savage and be straight forward to them back so that they don’t get away deceiving the good guys out there.

My profile keeps getting rejected despite my selfie matching my photos. The only difference is I’m wearing glasses in my selfie. The photos are clearly still me. I’ve been contacting support and the first time they responded and approved quickly, but after swapping my photo (still clearly me), my profile gets rejected again, and they are not answering my support request. The only response I received is “make sure the photo is of yourself. Make sure there isn’t a black screen.” It is me. There is no black screen. I don’t know what else to do. Is there some kind of bias involved? The fact that I’m mixed and don’t look like the typical South Asian? I have never had this problem using the same set photos on other apps. Furthermore, I purchased the premium membership, and support continues to ignore my request. This is very bizarre and frustrating. Developers need to re-evaluate this whole process or just communicate better because i can’t help but believe there is some bias involved.

You need to be careful and know what you want if you want Salams to work. Keep a mental list of questions in your head to weed out people. Yes, some people are serious about marriage, but others are not. I especially hate it when men ask me too forward questions. Like we just matched and your already asking if if I want to move to your home state. Or if I could talk to them on the phone right after matching. Relax lol. Men need to understand a woman’s boundaries. I have been asked about my educational level, what my parents’ education level is, and if I could send these men pics without make on. It’s sad people base you on what you write on how profile. Oh I matched with someone who was married on here. There is nothing wrong with Salams , it’s the people on here who use it. If you are a doctor, have rich educated parents, and are really attractive, Salams is for you. Such close- minded people.

Salams is male-centric. It is fill with creeper men who send inappropriate messages. When one does not reply, they report your profile to app admin. Without an investigation and any warning the admin will “ban and block” you. This has happened to me as a paying Premium member, as well as a member without paid subscription. In addition. I was stalked for 2 months by a match who i was in touch with off Salams for 5 days before blocking him. He contacted me from multiple sims after the initial block, and then 3 weeks later called me from a local landline until i picked up to tell me he was in my city. I escalated this issue to Minder admin. They did nothing, their reply was that the profile he had on their app seemed “normal” and that there was nothing that they could do. In the months to follow i saw this persons profile on Salams 3 times.
Please, if you are sincerely looking for a muslim spouse consider MuzzMatch. Minder is a waste of time, especially if you are a female.

Honestly this is a great app, but I feel like sometimes people don’t take it seriously. But I think that for the people that do it’s worth taking a shot in. Tbh the guys on here are fine, sometimes they’re all hyper sexual but this doesn’t mean they’re bad dudes it’s the culture of Americans now regardless of religion. They should however be respectful and not say f boy crap right from the start. If anything I’m more flaky on Salams than anyone.
There’s plenty of genuine, awesome people on here whom have become my life long friends when we realized we weren’t a match. Would recommend. Put on your profile you want a serious relationship and write an actual bio if you want people to take you seriously

As far as app design, it’s pretty comprehensive. Although many of the cool features are only available with premium account.

As far as achieving the purpose of meeting someone, currently Salams doesn’t adequately represent all ethnic groups. In particular, there aren’t sufficient black members besides those from Somali community.

If you are of Paki, Bangladesh, Indian, Egyptian, Moroccan, Syria, & Palestine backgrounds. You will likely find a match due to the adequate representation.

I would recommend Minder to market Salams more to the black communities to get more representation. Dating, marriage shouldn’t be based on race or ethic background in 2020 especially for us that live in diverse environment like United States.

Unfortunately, that is still the case. You won’t get much matches if you are black as said by many other reviews. Also, without any offense to the Somali community, my experience with trying to date Somali women (who mainly represent the black presence) on here seem fruitless due to their high level of materialism. They ask for $1000+ Gucci bags and YSL shoes off the bat, which is disgraceful in my opinion.

Goodluck in your search, and Salams is definitely worth a shot if you are not black.

I’ve had Salams for a while. One thing that I’ve noticed with all dating apps is that there is a paradox of choice. When you feel like there is endless options, it almost feels like there isn’t any options. A lot of people use Salams (and others like it) to seek validation and nothing more. That definitely has been my experience for a while. But just when things were looking rough and I was gonna delete Salams , I matched with this person and immediately felt a connection. And since then Alhamdulilah we’ve met in person and are gonna get married soon. The lesson I’ve learned is that dating apps isn’t necessarily the best way to find your person but it is one way. It might work and it might not. Alhamdulilah it did for me and I am grateful.

Ultimately follow your heart. Insha'Allah I found my wife on Salams from following my heart and masha'Allah Allah more than answered my prayers by presenting my her to me. Don't go off of beauty alone because there are a LOT of gorgeous Muslims on here. But even if it's just a picture, your heart will beat different for that special one. And when if that happens, shoot your shot. It's your heart and feelings and nobody can tell you when to feel/fall for someone. At the same time, YOU can't dictate when who you're interested in falls for you. Just state your intentions upfront and do your best to be right for each other. Alhamdulillah, thank you for Salams

It is absolutely frustrating to go "out there " and still have difficulties meaning people that are serious. Most of the men here and I believe in other Muslim match apps are only looking to date around . They are never honest in their profile, take for example this guy that had never married and no kids on his profile only to find out after multiple conversations that he has a 10 year old. And a few others that were absolutely inappropriate and creepy.
Be honest! why the westerners have no problem saying they just want a girlfriend and not having to drag someone into a relationship with false intentions. It’s very frustrating it’s been off and on with Salams for almost 2 years now and still getting these creeps and liers . It’s really exhausting.

Honestly yes Salams we’ll get annoying and yes you’ll feel hopeless sometimes, but with the help of Allah SWT inshallah you’ll find someone whose god fearing with a kind heart and also handsome and taller than you like I did! I met the man of my dreams! Honest, hard working, respectful, polite, funny and also very sweet❤️In this day and age, especially living in America, it’s very hard to be around Muslim People or even hard to have Muslim friends. Just make sure you don’t treat Salams like a tinder, because it won’t work. And Only be on Salams if your seriously looking to complete half your Deen. Humdullah and good luck to everyone inshallah

They’ve really upgraded this over time and while initially I thought minder was a toxic place eventually I got a premium membership and gave the search time and I can’t complain because I met my favorite person on Salams! Alhamdulillah

My old review was 3/5 stating: works well but any pic change takes a day for approval and you don’t get that premium day back; it’s absurd. Otherwise very good app, growing user base, doesn’t feel fake: if filters are active though it shows you super old profiles too?

Salams is glitchy and definitely not worth paying for. Members often delete their profiles and make another one in order to try and get more likes. Because of this its common to see the same people everyday. It’s impossible to report them for doing this because Minders rules are basically non existent and the mods failed to point me to a Community Guidelines page when I asked. I’ve also been catfished a few times so their photo identification method is extremely faulty.
Most men that I matched with approached me in an inappropriate way and the mods did nothing about it. I guess they expect us women to look the other way because I was banned for defending myself 🤷🏽‍♀️.
Stay safe ladies. Muzmatch has more strict and evident guidelines that are great for those who are serious.
Don’t waste your time with Minder.

95% of profiles are for Desi folks, it would be great if they like to mix with others but they don’t, so if you are from another minority group, Salams will not make dating any easier, just same luck (or less) like anywhere else. Salams requires a photo to activate profile (as they should) but this means girls who are only confident in their looks have profile here which makes me think the males are probably 80% of the 300k profiles

I hope the developers would add the following options to save time and frustration for your paying customers:

1. A profile field for the willing to relocate or not. I think this more useful than time frame to marriage
2. Add option to list desired family origin for partner, because let’s face it there is race bias in Muslim community and it will save a lot of time and frustration for your users

also please crack hard on those who don’t have face pics once they have been verified and also crack down on those who use your app to gain new IG and snap followers. Those people ruin the experience for everyone else.

I’ve downloaded and redownloaded Salams so many times hoping for different results, but nothing. I’ve met with two guys off Salams and was essentially ghosted both times (not Salams ’s fault and certainly not mine).
Here’s where Salams itself can improve. If you’re going to keep the swipe limit for non-premium users, at least let them be able to choose what nationality they’d prefer come up. I’ve swiped left of so many of the allotted 250 swipes because the men aren’t middle eastern (which is what I prefer for cultural relatability reasons).
Also, for those who have signed up for premium (as I have), it’s a real blow to the ego when you see who has unmatched you and what time. Make the unmatching feature more anonymous.
The screening process is also not the best. I’ve seen at least four guys who have 2 profiles running at the same time.

I will say, I do like how each profile tells you if the person is active and responsive. It’s disappointing in that almost everyone I want to swipe right on is not active of responsive, but it’s a nice feature, nonetheless.

That’s my two cents. I really do hope you look into making the unmatching process more anonymous.

Salams is terrible. It crashes all the time, you only get so many swipes in a day, and the pictures are easily viewable. And when you get the same guys coming up on your feed after you’ve already swiped on them OR the fact that you aren’t required to disclose your age even after you’ve set your age limit, you get a lot of really old men and it’s disgusting. There are also no prompts or anything like other dating apps so guys on here don’t even take the time to make a profile- good luck finding a genuine connection especially after jumping over Salams hurdles. There needs to be a lot more substance and thought put into Salams if it wants to be successful like the other competing dating apps. I wanted to really like it but there isn’t a reason to.

We matched on Minder... We talked a little on Salams and then added each other on snap. He asked me out. I said no. He promised me he would make me happy on our first date since I was grieving from death in the family. And boy was he right!
On our first date we ran around the football field, chased ducks in the park, and sat on the bleachers and talked. Since that day we were inseparable. It took me a while to get used to him at first because he was so outside of the box.

We finally got hitched a few days ago! Minder helped us find each other in a nonchalant matter.

Thanks to minder, I have been able to find my wifey! I am a brown country boy, and all around me I had all these haram country girls, I felt so helpless and thought I’d never find myself a halal bae. Well one day as I was shoveling some cow manure, I decided to go explore Salams Store and see if there was any hope for me on there. I searched and searched and doggone it, I came across this here minder app. A few dozens swipes later I came across a profile that grabbed my attention. Now, initially we didn’t match, so I purchased the telegrams and slid right into her messages and told her what was up. 20 messages later I got her number and few months after that I put a ring on it. Now she’s gonna be wifey! Thank you minder, for giving this halal country boy a halal bae and not letting me end up with a girl named Cheryl

Salams has app has a lot of potential if people were just willing to put in the effort and open themselves up. Not the developers fault but it would make it easier if Salams maybe allowed you to rate people or leave feedback. Some are just there to waste time, others never respond, and the list goes on. Word of advice ladies, a text conversation won’t kill you. Don’t make yourself easy, but be easy when it comes to talking to. I promise you won’t get abducted having a conversation.

I paid the membership fee and I liked too many girls never match anyone from what I liked something actually wrong I liked a lot of girls none of them like me back I have received also some likes from girls I tried to match one of them and chat together but never heard back from her something wrong ,do your job on your app don’t let people pay for nothing and too many complaints about this and still did not fix it I will try another month if still the same thing I will not pay anymore fees fix fix anyone of the developers listen to us here don’t you guys see so many complaints like this you going to lose so many customers.

If you’re not some type of Indian, Arab, Egyptian, or something that has to do with the Middle East, please don’t waste your time. No one will even give you a chance if you’re black; sorry, it’s just the sad truth. It’s already a struggle within the community to get married, especially if you’re black, (because let’s be honest, no one wants a black man or woman) but it’s even worse to get on an app thinking you have a chance when in reality, you NEVER had a chance to begin with. It doesn’t matter how kind you are, no one wants you if you’re black. Period. Take another route my black brothers and sisters. Don’t waste your time or emotions.

Great idea but Salams needs work. It feels like I'm using an application made in the 90s that no one cares to update. Very glitchy, app crashes sometimes while msging or swiping, and sometimes pics don't load. Little things, if fixed or improved, could make this even better. For now, it's all mind over matter cause I need it!

Update: New update looking really good so far! Modern look and no glitches as of yet. Thank youuu!

Salams is so flawed. I get matched, send a message, never hear from the girl again. At first I thought, "Ok a girl can change her mind" BUT ALL OF THEM??? Then I read some reviews and it made sense. Messages are not being received. Now I know it to be true because I decided to test it with a friend as well and we could not reply to each other. Waste of time.

But also when you talk to a girl in chat it's hard to know if they read your texts. It shouldn't just be a double check mark it should say "read" and have there picture below your text like in messenger for Facebook

Also get ready to have your time wasted by tons of girls. No wonder they are not married yet

It’s a great app really, thank you guys for creating it. Literally a billion times better than any other dating app BUT.....you guys should make it stop crashing ASAP!! It’s literally super annoying how it crashes every single time I open it. It only takes like 10 swipes in a row to crash that’s no good man. Fix that please and everything else is good. Actually advertise it some more so we can have more people on there

Met a few great people thanks to Salams - including “the one” lol. Shout out to you guys for providing this platform. Also, majority of the bad reviews on here have to do with the type of users. Sorry guys but you can’t force anyone to respond to you and sorry girls, there will be pervs everywhere. Block them, filter them out, don’t respond, be smart. Overall Salams is worth it as long as you use it wisely

I starting using Minder a couple of months ago and I have been paying for the premium. Today I got kicked out of the application, and I am not even able to sign back in. Wish I would’ve just asked her for number instead of thinking Salams is a reliable source for communication 🤦🏽‍♂️ really disappointed in you guys and hope you fix it soon!

It would be great to be able to select multiple profiles at once to mark as “read”. Salams unnecessarily makes it seem like we have dozens of messages when in deed it’s just a bunch of match notifications. This makes it difficult to organize conversations and easily follow a conversation. Overall I rate 3/5 because I.T has a lot of people signed up but the functionality of Salams needs great work and updating for easy usage.

I would recommend two changes:
1) create a space for queer Muslims - men interested in men and women interested in women. Yes queer Muslims exist and we should stop ostracizing them from our community and make space for them too. Until then this is not an inclusive space for all Muslims

2) there needs to be a filter on immigration status/green card. Partners should be aware of this before entering a relationship. It Can be a long drawn out legal process and I would like to know what I’m getting into before hand so a filter for this would be nice

I’ve been on Salams on and off for almost two years now and not once have I met a man I’ve talked with. Every man I talk with lies about being serious talks inappropriately with and are just overall horrible. I’m not sure if this got a bad rep because of the supposed dating site hookup app tinder which this is what it seems for me but Salams shouldn’t exist. I’m so disgusted by majority of the men on here. I don’t get how anyone has ever found a spouse on this crappy fake misleading app. It’s so much worse than others I’ve been on and I still ask myself why I’m even on here again.