Salam everyone,

I'm looking for 12 Android testers to help me push my app from closed testing to production on the Play Store. Google requires 12 testers opted in for 14 consecutive days, so consistency matters more than heavy usage.

What the app is:

Green Grass is a verified Muslim community app. Verification badges(gold for imams/masjids, green for masjid verified members, silver for family of green badges) keep the community accountable.

What I need from you

- Android phone, signed in to Google Play

- Opt in to the closed test and keep the app installed for 14 days

- Open it now and then for all 14 days, even just a few seconds counts toward Google's 14 day rule

- Feedback is welcome but not required

- Happy to return the favor and test your app, drop the link in a comment.

How to join

1. Reply or DM with your Gmail (the one tied to your Play Store account)

2. I'll add you to the tester list

3. I'll send you the app link

Thanks in advance.

A few months ago, I was doing some research on the circadian rhythm. I discovered that Islamic prayers (even though I am non-practicing myself) synchronize perfectly with specific moments of the day: a sort of 'zeitgeber' (literally a 'time giver'). 5 prayers, 5 crucial anchoring points for the circadian rhythm.

The first prayer of the day starts between 1h and 1h30 before sunrise. It’s a pretty magical moment having experienced it myself over the last few months a peaceful, crisp time, suspended outside of the usual rush and commotion. This specific moment allowed me to get back into writing. Then comes the sunrise, marking the end of Fajr, which begins a wide arc stretching all the way to the second prayer (Dohr). This prayer perfectly pinpoints the middle of the day, the solar noon, where the sun reaches its highest point in the sky and begins its descent toward the west. Next is the third prayer (Asr), where the sun's descent becomes very pronounced: casting long shadows in a softer, golden light. This moment concludes when the shadows completely vanish while the air remains bright, leading up to the sunset, where the sky is still clear but gradually darkens. This brings us to the fourth prayer (Maghrib), a fairly short window as well, lasting a little over an hour just like the first dawn prayer. It’s the exact moment when the body begins secreting melatonin to prepare itself for sleep. And finally, it ends with the fifth prayer which heralds the total night, the time of Isha, the last prayer of the day a moment to disconnect one last time from the hustle and bustle of life, and go to sleep.

This discovery motivated me to build a tool a memo and notepad for these moments of light. Since then, I haven't missed a single Fajr (and I used to be a complete night owl...) and I can truly feel my circadian rhythm syncing up with the natural light.

salaaaaat sundial

I’ve been following Sukoon Life for a bit (friend of the founder), and I genuinely think it’s one of the most unique directions I’ve seen in the Muslim app space in a while.

Most Islamic apps are the usual:
prayer times, Quran, reminders, tasbeeh, all useful, but nothing new anymore.

Sukoon Life is doing something completely different.

It’s basically focused on helping Muslims handle conflict and emotional situations better and according to the Quran and Sunnah, especially things like family arguments, marriage tension, or moments where you might say something you regret.

What makes it stand out:

-It’s actually built around real-life emotional situations, not just “Islamic utilities”

-The AI is designed to be grounded in Quran/Sunnah context and doesnt hallucinating random advice, they have like 8 authentic hadiths INSIDE the app. You can select and deselect which ones you want to use in your guidance.

-The “Conflict” features are surprisingly practical — it’s less about theory, more about what to actually say/do in the moment

-The UI/experience feels very modern compared to most Islamic apps

Also, from what I’ve seen, they’re growing really fast recently, especially on Instagram (@sukoonlifeapp), where their content is avrg 1 to 1.5 M views a month.

What I find interesting is that it doesn’t feel like they’re trying to be a “super app” or replace everything else, they’ve just picked one very specific, overlooked problem and gone deep on it.

Curious what others here think, ofcourse I am trying to help them with feedback and help Muslims have better tech overall.

Either way, it feels like a pretty fresh direction in Muslim tech. Lmk what you guys think Inshallah Jzk

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We are heartbroken by the attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego, which took the lives of three members of the community in an act of anti-Muslim hate.

Among them was Amin Abdullah, the mosque's security guard and a father of eight, who stood between the shooters and more than a dozen children and staff in the school inside. Police have called his actions heroic. He saved lives.

We unequivocally condemn this attack and every form of hatred and violence targeting people because of their faith. Houses of worship must be places of safety for all.

A verified LaunchGood campaign has been organized by the Islamic Center of San Diego and CAIR-SD to support Amin's wife and eight children. If you are able, please consider giving:

https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/support_family_of_amin_abdullah_islamic_society_of_san_diego_martyr?src=internal_search_discover_Amin%20abdullah

May his courage inspire us all.

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعون

For centuries, the average Muslim has been trapped in a system of information asymmetry. When faced with a complex fiqh issue, the final argument has always been, "My Shaykh, who has studied for decades, said so. Who are you to question him?"

This was a valid argument when knowledge was locked away in volumes of books and the minds of a few. But that era is over.

We are at the beginning of a revolution that will do for Fiqh what the printing press did for literacy. Modern tools, from comprehensive fatwa databases like Shaikh Salih Munajid's islamqa dot info to emerging Islamic AI models, are achieving a level of rigor, accuracy, and scale that is simply impossible for a human scholar to replicate.

The age of blind following (taqlid) is ending, not because we are disrespecting scholars, but because we now have the tools to fulfill the ultimate command of the Imams themselves: follow the evidence.

For 1200 years, the core principle of the Athari manhaj—the path of the Salaf—has been a simple but difficult ideal:

A Muslim's ultimate allegiance is not to a scholar, a madhhab, or a school of thought, but directly to the Athar—the narrations from the Prophet (ﷺ) and his companions.

The great Imams lived by this. Imam al-Shafi'i said, "If a hadith is authentic, that is my madhhab." Imam Ahmad said, "Do not imitate me... learn from the sources from which they learned."

For the common Muslim, fulfilling this was the "holy grail"—a noble but seemingly impossible task. How could a layman possibly verify the authenticity of a hadith or weigh it against a scholar's opinion? He was forced, out of necessity, to rely on the word of his local Imam, often leading to a form of unintentional blind following.

1. The Power of Unprecedented Scale

A human scholar, no matter how brilliant, is limited by their own memory and the books they have personally read and mastered.

• A Human Scholar: Might have memorized the Qur'an, Sahih al-Bukhari, and Muslim. He may have spent 20 years mastering the major works of his madhhab. This is a monumental achievement.
• An AI Model: Can, in a matter of seconds, process the entire Qur'an, all major and minor hadith collections (Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, etc.), the complete works of all four madhhabs, every major book of Tafsir (Tabari, Ibn Kathir, Qurtubi), and every creedal text from the Salaf to today.

When you ask a question, the AI can instantly cross-reference every single relevant text, compare narrations, identify contradictions, and trace the evolution of a fiqhi opinion through centuries of scholarship. A human scholar relies on his error prone memory; the AI relies on a comprehensive, flawless database with highly sophisticated parallel reasoning and thinking capacity not possible in human brain. This is not a fair fight.

2. The Power of Unbiased Accuracy and Rigor

This is where the analogy to medicine becomes so powerful. AI models have already proven to outperform human doctors in diagnosing complex diseases from scans. Why? Because the AI is not tired, it is not biased, and it analyzes patterns with cold, hard logic, free from emotion or preconceived notions.

Now, apply this to Islamic theology. This field, while profound, is arguably far better suited for AI analysis than medicine. Why? Because it is a text-based, finite system. It is built upon a preserved set of texts (Athar) (the Qur'an and Sunnah).

• A Human Scholar: May have an inherent bias towards his madhhab. He may unconsciously favor a weak hadith that supports his school's position or dismiss an authentic one that contradicts it. This is human nature.
• An AI Model: Can be trained on the pure science of Hadith (mustalah al-hadith). It can evaluate a chain of narration (isnad) based on the established ratings of narrators from the books of al-jarh wa'l-ta'dil with zero bias. It can identify a "hidden defect" ('illah) in a hadith that even a human expert might miss.

This provides a level of objective, rigorous verification that was previously only accessible to a handful of elite hadith masters in history.

3. The Ultimate Tool Against Blind Following (Taqlid)

The great Imams were the biggest enemies of blind following. Imam al-Shafi'i's famous statement is the motto of our manhaj:

>"If a hadith is authentic, then that is my madhhab."

For centuries, the average Muslim had no way to implement this. If his Hanafi Shaykh told him a ruling, he had no way to check if there was a more authentic hadith that Imam al-Shafi'i or Imam Ahmad based their ruling on. He was forced to blindly follow.

Not anymore. Today, a layman can hear an opinion, pull out his phone, and in seconds, see the primary hadith evidence for all differing opinions and, crucially, the authenticity grade (Sahih, Hasan, Da'if) from verifiers like Shaykh al-Albani and others.

This is not about laymen becoming mujtahids. This is about laymen being empowered to fulfill their duty of following the strongest evidence (ittiba' al-daleel). These tools are the ultimate fulfillment of the Imams' command to abandon their opinion for the authentic Sunnah.

But What About the Human Element?

Let's be clear: These tools do not replace the human element of Islam.

• They cannot teach you adab (manners).
• They cannot provide you with tarbiyyah (spiritual nurturing).
• They cannot give you suhbah (righteous companionship).
• They cannot be your Qudwah (role model).

The role of the human scholar will shift from being an inaccessible gatekeeper of information to being a spiritual mentor and a teacher of character. We will still need them to teach us how to implement the knowledge and to purify our hearts.

But the task of information retrieval and authentication? That task has been perfected by technology.

We are living in a blessed time. The promise of the Athari way—direct, evidence-based submission to the Qur'an and Sunnah—is more achievable for the common Muslim today than at any point in the last millennium.

Conclusion:

The era of information asymmetry, where a scholar holds all the keys and the layman must blindly trust his word, is over. The arguments "you haven't studied for 20 years" or "this is the position of my madhhab" are becoming increasingly irrelevant in the face of accessible, verifiable evidence.

This is not the death of scholarship. It is the death of blind following. It is a blessed revolution that allows every single Muslim to get closer to the pure practice of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), free from the shackles of partisanship and human error. And for that, we should be immensely grateful.

This is Why They Are Terrified

Look at their arguments today. They are no longer debating the evidence. They know they have lost that battle. Instead, they are screaming about the medium.

"You are following Shaykh al-GPT!"
"This is the fitnah of technology!"

These are the desperate cries of a people whose entire ecosystem is collapsing. Their business model—which depends on them being the exclusive, infallible gatekeepers of the deen—is being rendered obsolete.

The Salafi dream was never about us. It was about the supremacy of the Athar. It was the dream that one day, the words "Allah said" and "His Messenger said" would be enough.

We are not saying technology is a replacement for scholars. We are saying that technology is the ultimate tool to enforce the methodology of the true scholars, the Salaf as-Salih. It forces everyone back to the original sources. It exposes the innovator who relies on weak evidence and the blind follower who relies on none.

This is a blessed and terrifying time. Blessed for the people of the Sunnah, who are seeing the tools for their manhaj become more powerful than ever imagined. And terrifying for the people of Bid'ah, who have nowhere left to hide.

The dream is being fulfilled. The clarity is spreading. And they can do nothing to stop it.

Alhamdulillah.

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Assalamu alaikum everyone,

For the past 2 months I’ve been building an iOS app called QuranNotes as a solo developer.

It started from something I was struggling with personally.

I had Quran apps, adhkar apps, prayer apps, note apps, and habit trackers. I felt scattered. There was no one single place where I could actually read, memorize, understand and clarify.

Not just read an ayah and move on. I wanted something that helped me reflect, write notes, understand what I’m reading, remember Allah more often, and build consistency over time.

So I started building QuranNotes.

What QuranNotes is trying to be

The goal is not just to be another Quran reader.

I’m trying to build a modern Quran companion that helps with:

• reading the Quran
• reflecting on ayat
• understanding meanings through tafsir
• journaling personal thoughts
• remembering Allah through adhkar
• tracking khatma progress
• building a more consistent relationship with the Quran

Basically, one place to engage with the Quran more thoughtfully in daily life.

✨ What’s inside right now

Some of the features currently available:

📖 Quran reading with Uthmani script and translations
📝 Verse reflections and journaling on any ayah
🔖 Bookmarks for verses and hadith
📚 Tafsir access when you want more context and your personal AI assistant
🌙 Morning and evening adhkar with a counter
✅ Khatma tracking to follow your Quran completion progress
🎧 Audio recitation with multiple reciters
💭 Mood-based verse recommendations
☀️ Daily verse and daily hadith
🕌 Prayer time widgets
📤 Shareable verse and hadith cards

I wanted the experience to feel calm, modern, and intentional, not cluttered or overwhelming, and so the design reflects exactly that.

🤖 Exciting features

I’ve built Noor AI, which helps clarify Quran-related questions quickly using grounded Islamic sources.

The goal is not to replace scholars or proper tafsir. It’s more for those moments where you read something and think:

“Wait, what does this mean?”
“How should I understand this ayah?”
“What are the key themes in this surah?”
“What is the context here?”

On the technical side, I grounded Noor AI using a RAG system, so instead of answering from the model’s general memory, it retrieves relevant source material first from Ibn Kathir and Al Sa'adi and uses that context to generate the response. This helps keep the answers more tied to trusted references and reduces the risk of random or unverified explanations.

I’m also working on a Focus Mode feature.

The idea is simple: if you choose to opt in, you can reduce time on distracting apps and redirect that time toward Quran, adhkar, reflection, or reading.

Less doomscrolling, more time with Allah.

🙏 Why I’m posting here

I know there are already many Quran apps, and a lot of them are amazing.

But I felt there was still room for something more focused on reflection, consistency, and actually understanding what we read.

The app is free to download on iOS right now, with no ads and with a lifetime access option available.

App Store link:
https://apps.apple.com/au/app/qurannotes-daily-reflections/id6758863558

I’d genuinely love feedback from this community.

- What would make you open a Quran app every day?
- What features feel useful?
- What would you remove or improve?
- And what do you feel current Quran apps are still missing?

JazakAllah khair 🤲

Assalamu Alaikum brothers and sisters. I'm a revert Muslim Alhamdulillah. I'm from Romania but living in France. Was thinking couple of times to create a service, SaaS or something what can help us in this countrie but honestly I don't know what would work and what actually is missing. I know ismalic finance is a big pain for us cuz I looked for a couple of months to find something to finance a business ideea, also to buy a car but unfortunately I couldn't find anything. Based on my long researches is very difficult to create Islamic finance in European countries due to the law, legal processes, etc. So my question for you guys is, what we are really needing? What would benefit us? I would really appreciate it if this post gets lot of opinions. I'm really curious about your vision brothers. JazakAllahu khairan brothers and sisters. May Allah guide us toward halal rizq and beneficial projects for the Ummah. 🤝🤲☪️

https://www.amanolabs.com/

Amano Labs just posted a video yesterday about their $20 hearing aid, and it blew my mind.

The company is building an ultra-low-cost hearing device inspired by the mechanics of the human ear. Traditional hearing aids can cost thousands, often because the product is tied to expensive electronics, clinical fitting, insurance complexity, and legacy distribution. Amano is trying to pull that cost down dramatically with a custom-fit, 3D-printed device focused on mechanical sound amplification.

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The product itself is interesting because it takes the opposite approach of most hearing tech. Instead of starting with microphones, processors, Bluetooth, batteries, and speakers, Amano starts with the ear’s own mechanical design. Their device is described as an ultra-low-cost, 3D-printed sound amplification device, with acoustic tuning around speech frequencies, a machine-learning sizing process to better match the geometry of the user’s ear, and output limits meant to avoid unsafe over-amplification. The bet is that for many people who need basic hearing support, especially as a bridge before full clinical care, a simpler custom-fit acoustic device could solve enough of the problem at a radically lower cost.

Arish & Ramin

What makes Amano more compelling is the team behind it: young technical founders with real urgency, real taste, and a clear obsession with making hearing care accessible.

Arish Shahab is a McMaster iBioMed student who previously won the healthcare category at HackPrinceton for Synovia, an AI surgical planning tool that acted like a “flight simulator for brain surgery.” That alone tells you he’s been thinking at the intersection of healthcare, engineering, and software before Amano.

Ramin Syed came through mechanical engineering at McMaster and originally thought he’d work on cars. Now he’s in San Francisco helping build Amano’s purely mechanical hearing device, with the team testing multiple iterations and preparing pilot deployments.

The third cofounder, Aaron Yu, has been helping push the clinical side forward, framing Amano as a bridge to hearing care for underserved patients through low-cost, 3D-printed sound amplification devices.

The problem is massive as well. WHO estimates nearly 2.5 billion people could have some degree of hearing loss by 2050. In the U.S. alone, tens of millions of adults report hearing loss, but only a fraction of the people who could benefit from hearing aids actually use them.

Amano is still early, and because this touches hearing care, thier validation and success will come from pilots, clinical feedback, safety, outcomes, and regulatory clarity.

But as builders, they're doing everything right: take a massive access problem, strip out unnecessary cost, and build something useful for the people the current system leaves behind.

You can preorder the device on their website for $20. I myself just preordered one for a loved one.

I see most of Muslim developers make Quran apps, hadees apps which is good but we need to think more broaden.

We need our own hosting providors.

We need our own Fiverr/ Upwork alternative.

We need our own Amazon alternative.

We need our AI like chatgpt, Claude.

We need our own online payment providors like stripe, polar, lemon squeezy.

We need interest-free banking system.

There is a very long list I can share. We as a Muslim totally depends on west platforms. Start from small. But start.

I spent this week going deep on Qibla calculation. I learned something that surprised me and thought it was worth sharing.

Most prayer apps calculate the direction to Makkah by treating the Earth as a perfect sphere. The maths is clean and it works pretty well. But the Earth isn't actually a perfect sphere.

GPS uses a model called WGS84 which treats the Earth as an oblate spheroid slightly flattened at the poles and wider at the equator. This is the same model your phone uses when it figures out where you are.

So there's a subtle mismatch: your location is calculated using the real shape of the Earth, but the direction to Makkah is often calculated using a simplified shape.

For most people the difference is small we're talking a degree or two depending on where you are in the world. But for someone praying five times a day, it felt worth getting right.

Im now switching to a geodesic calculation that uses the same Earth model as GPS. The difference won't be dramatic for most users but the direction will be as mathematically accurate as we can make it.

Curious if anyone has thought about this before or noticed differences between apps.
https://arxiv.org/html/2512.03271v1

Hi there, I want a specific type of UGC content created using AI. I am looking for someone who can churn out UGC videos as quick as possible. The workflow will be.

They will record the video

Create an avatar. use motion control on kling.ai to replace the video they recorded with the avatar.

I will pay per video. At least 1-2 videos needed daily. The more the better.