Is Muslim Pro Safe? What Happened to Users' Data and the Private Way to Pray
A plain look at the location data story that shook the biggest prayer app, what the company says now, and how to pick an app that keeps your worship private.
How to Block Distracting Apps During Salah
The habits and the iPhone apps that quietly lock your distractions away while you pray, so your attention stays where it belongs.
How to Find the Qibla Direction Without a Compass
Five reliable ways to face the Kaaba from anywhere, including the method that works indoors when a compass will not.
How to Wake Up for Fajr and Actually Keep It Up
Practical habits that get you out of bed before dawn, drawn from the routines of people who rarely miss it.
Why Prayer Apps Show Different Times
Open two apps and Fajr is ten minutes apart. How salah times are really calculated, and which one to trust.
How to Find the Qibla Direction at Home
Which wall of your house faces the Kaaba, how to verify it against the sun, and how to mark it once.
Prayer Time Calculation Methods Explained
ISNA, Muslim World League, Umm al-Qura and the rest, compared. What each one changes and how to pick.
How Muslims Kept Prayer Time Before Clocks
The sun, a shadow stick, the astrolabe and the muezzin: how prayer time was kept for centuries before the smartphone.