Athan: Prayer Times & Al Quran 4+

Prayer tracker glitches and issues for sisters

Salam! This app is overall amazing. I love the features. Features such as the prayer tracker, gallery, Quran, community and qibla. These are so helpful and useful and are just spectacular. But there are a few issues with the prayer tracker. It works amazing and it pleasing to the eye but there are some problems and inconveniences. For starters, the punctuality badges do not work. When you go to the prayer tracker for the day and scroll down, you can see it always deletes the data from 5 days before. So it never shows a full week, even if you had been praying, because the last 2-3 days are always being deleted. The punctuality badges aren’t unlocked because of this. Once you fix this, there is still a major problem for the sisters. As you know, we are excused from praying for a week every a month. That means most of us never pray more than 3 weeks in a row. We can never get to or past the one month badge. There should be a way we can mark that we are excused. Or maybe a way for a period tracking app, such as Flo or Clue, to be connected to this app. The badges are just badges and are not that important but they are still helpful and motivational. Please consider these fixes. Thank you so much for making this app which has assisted many people, including myself, onto the right path. JazakAllah Khair, may Allah SWT bless us all.

Why are we changing the true meaning of Allah’s words

I have had this app since 2018 and I’ve always been amazed at how astonishing it is. However, lately I’ve realized that a lot of the prayers (duas) I have memorized in English by the way of this app has changed. Some of them have even deviated from saying “I seek help in Allah” to “I seek help with Allah” which in a way sounds like we are making partnerships with Allah. Another thing I perceived is in the English version of ayatul kursi, the word kursi has been changed to throne. Narrated in Fatawa Ibn Taimiyah, vol. 5, pg. 54-55, “kursi” is in front of “throne” therefore; when praying if you say kursi instead of throne, it is more powerful and has a greater impact. Please update these changes especially within the daily and nightly duas. Let us not water down Allah’s words. So many people are looking for the right guidance, this app has been their saving grace through the help of Allah. May Allah continue to provide and inspire the developers of this app. Ameen!

INCORRECT INFORMATION FOR WOMEN - updated

*Update*: I emailed them and they reached out to me with the references listed in their response to this review. I then provided several authentic references and they are looking into making changes. I appreciate their efforts of ensuring the information provided is correct 🙏

—— Original review👇——
Salam. I loved the app, but I unfortunately paid the subscription (to support the creators of the app) and then came upon the addition of the menstruation faqs for women. It states a woman can not enter the masjid while menstruating and this is INCORRECT! The app doesn’t even provide a reference to this. Scholars agree, you absolutely CAN ENTER THE MASJID. It also states that women can’t recite Quran while menstruating. Again, INCORRECT! The reference the app provides to Surah Al-Waquiya 56:78-80 says “ In a register well protected; none touch it (Quran) except the purified. It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.” Scholars agree it is stating you can not touch it (note: none can touch the Quran without wudu). Nowhere does it say you can not recite. You CAN RECITE QURAN while menstruating. How dare this app give false information. Especially to new Muslims. This is wrong information that can cause a negativity and confusion. May Allah guide us and help us be better Muslims 🙏

Developer Response ,

Salam,
Apologies for any confusion caused. We strive to provide accurate information based on Quran, Hadith and authentic scholarly sources.

To address your concerns, here is another Hadith reference mentioned in the same FAQ i.e. Ibn Majah: 595 which clearly says that no woman who is menstruating should recite Qur'an.

https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:595

As far as the question of entering the mosque is concerned, please see the below article for reference;

https://islamqa.info/en/answers/60213/menstruating-woman-entering-the-mosque-to-attend-a-class-or-a-halaqah-for-memorizing-quran

Hope these references clarify the matter. If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at support@islamicfinder.org.