How to check prayer times and find the Qibla in one place

Why the usual way fails

Prayer times are not fixed. They follow the sun, so they move a little every day and differ from one city to the next, which is why last week's timetable or a time a friend sent you from another town is often wrong. Mosques and apps can also disagree on Fajr, Isha and Asr because they use different calculation methods. The Qibla has its own trap: the direction depends on exactly where you are, and a phone compass is easy to confuse with a laptop or a steel table nearby. So people end up guessing, or asking someone, or praying a little late while they sort it out.

How Sabrtime helps

SabrTime puts the prayer times and a Qibla compass in the same free app, next to a dua library and a tasbeeh counter, with no login and no ads. The home screen shows a card with the next prayer, and tapping it opens all of the day's times. Prayer times, Qibla and tasbeeh sit together under the option for help with worship, so you go from checking the time to finding the direction without switching apps. After you pray, the daily ibadah tracker lets you tick off Fajr, Dhuhr and Asr, and Maghrib and Isha.

Step by step

1. Open SabrTime. You do not need to log in or create an account first.
2. On the first screen, choose the option for help with worship, which covers prayer times, Qibla and tasbeeh.
3. Look at the next prayer card on the home screen, and tap it when you want to see all of today's times.
4. Open the Qibla compass and turn until you are facing the direction it shows before you lay down your mat.
5. After you pray, tick the prayer off in the daily ibadah tracker so the day is recorded.

Tips

• Check the times on the day, not from memory. Prayer times shift a little each day as the days get longer or shorter, and the change adds up over a few weeks, especially for Fajr and Isha.
• If your local mosque prints a timetable, compare it with the app once. When they differ by a few minutes, it is usually the calculation method, and it helps to know which one your community follows before you rely on either.
• Phone compasses are sensitive. Step away from laptops, speakers and metal furniture, keep the phone flat, and if the needle seems off, move the phone in a figure eight a few times to recalibrate it before you trust the direction.
• Keep the tasbeeh counter in mind for after salah. It is in the same section as the times and the compass, and you tap the screen to count your dhikr instead of keeping track in your head.

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