Salaam everyone

I built Sakinah — “Peace, made practical.”

It’s not just another prayer times app. It’s built around the idea that your whole day — prayer, Qur’an, reflection, learning — should feel gathered, not scattered across five different apps. What’s inside:

- Prayer: A full timeline from Fajr to Tahajjud, Qibla direction, and a private tracker — no public streaks or guilt-tripping, just a gentle log

- Qur’an: Read with Arabic, transliteration, and translation side by side, add study notes, or just listen — full surah recitation ready to go

- Learn: Courses, seerah stories, and a daily hadith — explicitly “no grades, no streaks,” just guidance at your pace

- Reflect: A daily reflection and ayah of the day, meant to sit with you rather than another box to tick

- Friends: A private space to encourage a small circle of people you choose — not a public feed, just quiet accountability

- Built-in AI you can text or talk to for questions or guidance

It’s a paid app — no ads, no data harvesting. Just something I wanted to exist and couldn’t find.

Launching soon at Sakinah.app — would love for this community to be among the first to try it.

If anyone would be interested you can be the first to try it on TestFlight before launch:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/ScKz4Ry2

Many daughters are still deprived of their rightful inheritance

— not always because the law is unclear, but because the calculation is never properly understood.

This problem is not new.

It is, in fact, the very reason the inheritance verses were revealed.

After the Battle of Uhud, the widow of Sa'd ibn al-Rabi' (رضي الله عنه) came to the Prophet ﷺ with her two daughters. Their uncle had taken everything their martyred father left. Everything.

Then the verses of inheritance were revealed, and the Prophet (PBUH) ruled: two-thirds to the daughters, one-eighth to their mother, the remainder to the uncle. (Tirmidhi 2092 — graded hasan sahih)

Fourteen centuries later, I sat in an Ilm-ul-Faraid lecture — and I was struck by two things.

First, as an engineer: this is one of the most precise rule systems I have ever encountered.

- Fixed shares.
- Precedence rules.
- Blocking conditions (hajb).
- Edge cases within edge cases.
- A granddaughter inherits in one configuration and is blocked in another — and the difference can be a single surviving relative.

Second, as a member of this society: how many granddaughters, sisters, and half-sisters have no idea what their share is, or in which cases they inherit at all?

A right that is not understood is easily overlooked.

The Qur'an calls these shares فريضةً من الله — an obligation decreed by Allah (4:11), and describes them as حدود الله — the limits set by Allah (4:13-14).

Allah did not leave inheritance to custom or goodwill.

He calculated it Himself.

So I did the one thing I know how to do with a complex rule system: I built software around it.

Mirath Guide is a guided Islamic inheritance calculator.

Instead of a long confusing form, it asks one relevant question at a time — the way a scholar would. Then it shows the shares, who inherits, who is blocked, and why.

🔗 in the first comment

It follows the Hanafi methodology for now, requires no login, and is an educational tool — not a replacement for a qualified Mufti.

I am a student of this knowledge, not a scholar of it, and the tool is currently under review by teachers and fellow students.

Try it with your own family's structure.

If you find a mistake, tell me — every correction makes it more reliable for the next person.

Because inheritance calculations should not end with a fraction.

They should explain the rule, the reasoning, and the responsibility behind it.

Assalamu Alaikum everyone,

I hope you're all doing well.

Over the past few months, I've been working on a personal project called Wird, a free Islamic app designed to help Muslims stay consistent with their daily worship and build beneficial habits.

The app currently includes:

• Prayer-based habit tracking
• Salah tracker
• Morning & Evening Adhkar
• After-Prayer & Sleep Adhkar
• Digital Tasbeeh Counter

My intention was to create something simple, clean, and genuinely useful without unnecessary complexity. The app is completely free, has no ads, and I'm committed to continuing to improve it, In shaa Allah.

If you have a few minutes to try it, I would sincerely appreciate your feedback, suggestions, or any ideas for features that could make it more beneficial for the community.

May Allah accept this effort, forgive any shortcomings.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.wird.app

Jazakum Allahu Khayran.

Assalamu alaikum everyone 👋

I’m looking for a few Android testers before I can publish my app on Google Play.

Taza is basically a glorified timeline for your financial purification journey — you manually log your assets and balances, and it helps you track Zakat, potential interest, and your purification history in one place.

I’ve tried to make the timeline feel less like a spreadsheet and more like a visual record of your journey, with milestones and purification events appearing over time.

It’s completely offline, with no bank connections, cloud storage, or tracking.

I’d love for a few people to test it properly and tell me what breaks, what feels confusing, and what could be better before launch.

If you’re interested, comment below or DM me. JazakAllah khair 🤲

I'm helping a qualified Quran teacher from Pakistan (Tajweed/Hifz) get set up to teach students in the UK, USA, and Canada. We don't have an academy or website, just a Facebook Page and WhatsApp Business. Plan is to offer a free trial class through Meta ads and go from there.

My biggest worry is spending money with nothing to show for it, so before we turn ads on I'd love to hear from anyone who's actually done this:

• Did Facebook/Instagram ads work in this niche?
• Which countries converted best for you (UK/US/Canada or elsewhere)?
• What should be the daily budget when starting out?
• Roughly how much did it cost to acquire one paying student?
• Did you send traffic to WhatsApp, a landing page, or a full website?
• What ad creative type performed best (video, testimonials, teacher intro, etc.)?
• Any mistakes you'd avoid if starting again?

Any real numbers or war stories appreciated, trying to go in with realistic expectations, not guesswork.

I am building an app for muslim women as hobby project. My wife is mostly tester for this app but i need more thoughts to make it better. Could you try and give me some thoughts? Thank you in advance. It is available in English, Russian, Turkish and Uzbek. You can install it from: https://ayolapp.uz/en or direct link: https://ayolapp.uz/install

Assalamu Alaikum. people keep getting confused the times voluntary prayer is withheld, so I made a small web tool for it: canipraynow.com

You give it your location and it shows, live, whether right now is one of the prohibited or disliked windows (sunrise, zenith/zawal, sunset, and after Fajr and after Asr), and when the next change is.

I would genuinely value corrections and feedback welcome.

🌟 Al‑Khaliq – The Creator.

The name that reminds us that nothing is random. Everything is measured, planned, and brought into existence by Him.

📖 "He is Allah, the Creator, the Evolver, the Fashioner. To Him belong the most beautiful names." (Surah Al‑Hashr, 59:24)

💬 Question for you:

When has remembering that Allah is Al‑Khaliq brought you peace during a difficult time? Share your story below.

#AlKhaliq #99NamesOfAllah #TheCreator #IslamicReminder #TheSunnaInIslam

Hi, I'm Elif. If you'd like to support me, I'd love to share my prayer times app with you. I look forward to your lovely comments :) You can also find 3D miniatures specific to your city on the main screen :)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/prayer-times-qibla-waqt-pro/id6757124185

Assalamu Alaikum everyone,

I wanted to share a daily companion app I've been working on, specifically focused on helping us stay consistent with our morning and evening Azkar. The app fully supports both English and Arabic interfaces.

I wanted to build something that feels genuinely peaceful and premium to read from. It includes a guided reader, the complete Hisn al-Muslim (with offline audio downloads), a full Mushaf with translation/tafsir study modes, and an interactive Misbaha counter. I also added a lot of dynamic color themes and horizon backgrounds so you can customize the atmosphere exactly how you like to read.

You can find the details and store links here:https://imagine-interactive.net/AzkarSwM/

I really hope this proves useful for your daily dhikr routines. If you have any feature suggestions or notice anything that can be improved, please let me know!

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته،

حابب أشارككم تطبيق اشتغلت عليه بالفترة الماضية ليكون رفيق يومي يساعدنا على الالتزام بأذكار الصباح والمساء. التطبيق يدعم اللغتين العربية والإنجليزية بالكامل.

كان هدفي الأساسي تصميم واجهة هادئة، مريحة للعين، وخالية تماماً من المشتتات أو الإعلانات المزعجة. التطبيق بيحتوي على:

• قارئ تفاعلي لأذكار الصباح والمساء مع سبحة مدمجة.
• كتاب حصن المسلم كاملاً مع إمكانية تحميل الأصوات للاستماع بدون إنترنت.
• مصحف شريف كامل مع وضعية الدراسة (تفسير، تراجم، ومعاني الكلمات).
• خيارات تخصيص واسعة جداً تشمل ثيمات وخلفيات متحركة تتغير وتتفاعل معك أثناء القراءة.
• نظام تتبع ذكي للمحافظة على وردك اليومي وبناء عاداتك.

تقدروا تشوفوا تفاصيل التطبيق وروابط التحميل من هنا:https://imagine-interactive.net/AzkarSwM/

بتمنى من كل قلبي إن التطبيق يكون مفيد لكم ويساعدكم في يومكم. يسعدني جداً سماع آرائكم واقتراحاتكم لتطويره!

Salam all, thanks for the kind responses to my last post. I was honoured to see such interest in my background in working in Islamic finance as a university student and hearing your general thoughts and questions. 

Alongside many other aspirations people have for Islamic finance, I learnt that people want help finding Halal investment opportunities. A lot of people (including myself) have criticisms about the lack of options besides the Shariah Screened S&P 500 etc which are far too concentrated in big tech and AI. 

One solution that I've received positive feedback on both from people here and elsewhere is creating Islamic research portfolios that aren't that same S&P 500 formation.

So how can we do this? I read a paper ( https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5399672 ) about how copying institutional fund's 13-Fs can mirror the returns of the funds. With the top quartile of these funds mirrored using this strategy beating the S&P 500 by 24.3% on an annualised risk-adjusted basis (though this is obviously backwards looking). I'm very keen to see if this outperforms the non-Halal version of the funds. Especially as the Shariah Screened S&P 500 has outperformed the conventional one due to tech and growth exposure, can this be replicated elsewhere? I want to make this accessible ( https://rihaliq.com ) by presenting the Halal opportunities, quantitatively ranking them (through Sharpe ratio performance etc).

However, I only think a limited amount of fund managers are suitable for this approach and would probably not be of use for people to follow. This is due to both Islamic compliance and the time lag involved in reporting positions. Some strategies, such as event-driven strategies or strategies involving significant hedging, make disclosed positions less useful by the time they are reported. Other highly speculative strategies may also not align with Islamic investing principles.

Therefore, I think the most obvious category to start with is long-only managers with long holding periods. These managers have disclosures that are more likely to represent their actual investment philosophy.

A first cohort I think might be useful is:

1. Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffet/Greg Abel) 
2. Fundsmith (Terry Smith) 
3. TCI Fund Management (Chris Hohn) 
4. Himalaya Capital (Li Lu) 

They all have 

- Strong past performance

- Holds things for a very long time making the risk of positions being churned a lot low.

- Doesn't have a lot to do with market neutral strategies, long/short pairs, etc so makes the signals we get from disclosures more clear. 

I have a lot of the quantitative stuff already made from another personal project so I can hopefully have this available in the coming weeks so stay tuned.  In the mean time I would love some community input about managers you'd like to see in the first cohort, how you'd like it presented, how do you think good Islamic investing strategies can be put together, and anything else that comes to mind. Also happy to answer any questions about this or general Islamic finance discussion topics. I will be posting findings about this as I come across them.

It's been months since Ramadan... and you still haven't opened the Quran?

I made an app that turn your social media addictive into a reminder to read the Quran, so you never miss a day again.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wird.blocker

Hi everyone,

I've been learning Arabic for about three years now. And I am so proud to introduce what I think is going to be of immense benefit to so many people!

We all know output is where most of all the progress is made. We all know journaling is one of the most effective practices as a language learner: it helps you think in the language, it challenges you to apply vocabulary, and it challenges you to express yourself -- all the things you need to be fluent!

But the writing in your notebook can make it difficult for you to 1) receive feedback (albeit admittedly easier with ChatGPT) but more importantly 2) for you to review and test yourself on such corrections (I have countless essays that got corrected by teachers, just for them to be buried in my notebook without me actively trying to practice the corrections).

This is where Jumla comes in and is attempting to solve that problem by allowing you to journal in a frictionless way and that quizzes you on those same corrections.

This is something I want to use every day, and I want others to find enough value that they use it every day also. I would appreciate any feedback that would make it possible in making that happen.

I would appreciate any feedback that would make it possible in making that happen.

www.jumla.fun

Assalamu alaikum,

I kept telling myself I didn't have time to read Quran, then somehow found plenty of time for Instagram and YouTube. So I built Qalbi for Android.

You choose which apps to block. When you try to open one, Qalbi asks you to read some Quran first. Once you're done, the app unlocks for the amount of time you set.

Qalbi also includes a daily ayah, Quran reader, reflection journal, dhikr, reminders, and a home-screen widget. It's free, has no ads, needs no account, and keeps your data on your device.

I'd appreciate feedback, especially on the setup and unlock flow. Is the friction strong enough to stop mindless opening without becoming annoying?

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.avalix.qalbi

Disclosure: I used AI to help edit this post.

hey guys, i’m a video editor and i’ve recently been editing gaming shorts for a client who plays rocket league. i’m well aware that editing music, women and obscene content is haram but im a bit confused here. the game consists of just of cars and trying to win by scoring a goal. there’s no violence or explicit content but there are sound effects example when the car picks up some points there are sound effects. not sure if editing shorts out of that game is halal or no. would love some insight thanks

Hi everyone!

Some time ago, my friend Pınar and I started a small challenge called "7 Days, 7 Verses."

Every week, we would randomly choose seven Quran verses. Each day we'd try to live by one verse, and in the evening we'd talk about how it affected us, what we experienced, and what we learned from it. Because we believe it is important not only to read the verses of the Quran but also to apply them to our lives.

After a while, we found ourselves asking:

"What if anyone could experience something like this?"

That simple idea gradually turned into a mobile app.

Instead of just reading the Quran from beginning to end, the app lets you create your own journey around topics that matter to you—such as patience, gratitude, forgiveness, trust in God, and many more.

You receive a verse, try to apply it in your daily life for as long as you choose, and if you'd like, you can anonymously share your reflections and experiences with others.

Our goal isn't simply to help people read the Quran more.

It's to help people live its teachings, one small step at a time, and hopefully inspire one another along the way.

📱 Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yasayanayetler

🍎 iOS
https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/ya%C5%9Fayan-ayet/id6775405321

🌐 Web
https://yasayanayet.app/

📷 Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/yasayanayet.app/

The app has only recently been released, so I'm mainly looking for honest feedback.

If you were using an app like this, what features would you love to see?

I'd truly appreciate any suggestions or constructive criticism. Thank you! 🙏

I have formally studied Islamic finance, gained qualifications in it, and currently work in the industry part time as a university student. As far as the industry has come in the past few years I've noticed that there's still a big gap between what's out there and what people actually want.

For instance, I've noticed a lot of push back towards Islamic stock screening. For those who don't already know, a stock is considered Halal by the most standards in the industry if the interest bearing debt is <30% of market cap, cash and interest bearing securities is <30% of market cap, and impermissible (gambling, alcohol etc etc) revenues are <5% of revenues. This seems to get a noticeable amount of push back both here and more broadly amongst Islamic finance consumers. Namely because it doesn't differentiate between a company that behaves ethically and one who may be involved in things like forced labour and other activities against Islamic moral standards.

I have made a first attempt at a solution. I released a free screening tool which uses the traditional screen for the total pass or fail criteria (it's made by scholars and I am not one so I won't redesign the compliance criteria) but on top of this it scores the companies on a scale of whether they behave ethically. It does this by finding reputable citations of un-ethical actions (weighed by severity and how long ago it was, e.g. an anti-trust violation 30 years ago isn't given as large of a penalty as being found to use forced labour last month). It also looks for client relationships with impermissible companies if they can be verified which is sometimes tricky because this often isn't disclosed.

This is the tool ( https://rihaliq.com ) it currently works for over 5,200 stocks and reads directly from regulatory filings. I would love some feedback on what people would like to see. I am trying to make it into a full Islamic investing platform so I would love to hear about features people actually want from the industry. This can range from changes to the screening methodology or ways you want the screening applied.

One thing I'm trying to solve is showing good Halal opportunities without giving unlicensed investment advice. I'm currently working on tracking top fund managers investments and showing the compliant ones to people, is this something people would like to see or would something else be more useful to you? Happy to implement anything of use.

Hi, I'm Elif. If you'd like to support me, I'd love to share my prayer times app with you. I look forward to your lovely comments :) You can also find 3D miniatures specific to your city on the main screen :)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/prayer-times-qibla-waqt-pro/id6757124185

i'm fully awake that music is haram in general and any money i'd make would be considered haram... i'm currently simulator games, and i feel like its quite boring without the background music.

what should i do pls give me suggestions? pls don't say nasheed's cuz mainly kids from tier 1 countries play it

so I have been editing for 3-4 years full time and in all of those years I have worked with many clients but out of all the longest is a gaming channel creator and it was best as a muslim cause I only had to go the graphics and nothing else and the owner edit the rest the music and all, now whats been happnening was the videos pay well but were very inconsistent, and I dont see me working on any other field so money get tight sometime when he delays like 1-2 month after 1 finished projects every other project i worked with was has me do music but also they were not very sustainable and we didnt had much connected (me and client) and so recently my main clinet offered me a postion where he gambles game skins and asked me to edit everything, its sure pays good and very consistent and sustainable, my question is I also have to use music in them and idk if editing gambling video is a good thing and I want to quit this but I cant cause then I will have to start from scratch and its not like I have much saved up money left and there is no other source of income, I wanted to make video on youtube myself sort of documentaries instead of finding clients but thats not working, this editing thing isnt stressing me that much but I can surely say it is always in the back of my mind.