Ramadan
The month the Qur’an was first revealed: fasting from dawn to sunset, iftar shared at nightfall, and nights of prayer.
In ActivePray
Kept by its own rules
Prayers
Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha at their five times, worked out from the sun where you are.
Calendar
The Hijri year, with Ramadan, the two Eids, the White Days and Mawlid an-Nabi, following the Umm al-Qura calendar.
Scripture
The Holy Qur’an, all 114 surahs, duas by theme, a tasbih to count your dhikr, and a guide to the rak‘ahs.
Before prayer
Wudu, step by step, and the Qibla toward the Kaaba.
Your choices
Standard or Hanafi Asr, and the convention for Fajr and Isha: Muslim World League, ISNA, Egyptian, Umm al-Qura, Karachi or Tehran.
Its year
Coming up
Free, with no app needed: the holy days appear in your own calendar and keep themselves up to date.
Opens in Apple Calendar and Outlook. For Google Calendar, copy the link and add it under Other calendars, From URL.
Hijri dates are projected, and may move a day once the new moon is sighted.
The holy days
Its holy days, year by year
Laylat al-Qadr
The Night of Power, when Muslims believe the Qur’an was first revealed, sought in the later nights of Ramadan.
Eid al-Fitr
The feast that ends Ramadan, with prayer, gifts and charity for those in need.
Day of Arafah
The great day of the Hajj, when the pilgrims stand in prayer on the plain of Arafat.
Eid al-Adha
The feast during the Hajj that remembers Abraham’s readiness to give up his son.
Islamic New Year
The first of Muharram, the start of the Hijri year.
Ashura
The tenth of Muharram, kept differently in each branch: a day of fasting in Sunni practice, and in Shia practice the mourning of Imam Husayn.
Mawlid an-Nabi
The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, kept by many Muslims.
In ActivePray, Sunni Islam keeps its own prayers at their hours, its own year and its own scripture, with none set above another branch.
ActivePray on the App StoreMore about Islam, every branch on the Faiths page, and how ActivePray compares.