- Find the next Prayer/ Salah time - Find Salah/ Prayer time by name (e.g. Fajr, Dhuhr, Juma, Asr, Magrib, Isha) - Find Salah/ Paryer time for a specified city. - Find Salah/ Prayer on a specific Date. - Find how much time remaining in current prayer before it ends. - Find Qibla direction for your place or for any specified city
Example of Phrases you can say -------------------------------------------- Alexa, ask my prayer when is the next prayer Alexa, ask my prayer when is next prayer in London Alexa, ask my prayer when is Isha prayer (or when is Juma prayer) Alexa, ask my prayer when is Isha prayer in Paris Alexa, ask my prayer when is Isha prayer tomorrow Alexa, ask my prayer when is Isha prayer on 15th of August Alexa, ask my prayer when is Isha prayer in Cambridge on 15th of August Alexa, ask my prayer when current prayer ends (or how long before next prayer) Alexa, ask my prayer how long before next prayer starts in London Alexa, ask my prayer when is sunset Alexa, ask my prayer when is sunrise Alexa, ask my prayer when is sunset in Paris Alexa, ask my prayer which direction is Qibla Alexa, ask my prayer which direction is Qibla from Paris
Important ------------- This skill needs to know your geographical location to calculate the prayer times so please enable it in skill settings. If you are unable or unwilling to give permission for any reason, you can set your location by saying : "Alexa, ask my prayer to set my location as <city name>" "Alexa, ask my prayer to change my location to <city name>"
You can change some of the configurations based on which prayer/ salah time is calculated.
Calculation Method: The default calculation method is ISNA (Islamic Society of North America). If you wish to change it anything below, you can say: "Alexa, ask my prayer to change my calculation to Makkah" "Alexa, ask my prayer to change my calculation to I S N A" "Alexa, ask my prayer to change my calculation to Islamic Society of North America"
Calculation method => Description M W L => Muslim World League I S N A => Islamic Society of North America Egypt => Egyptian General Authority of Survey Makkah => Umm al-Qura University, Makkah Karachi => University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi Tehran => Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran Jafari => Shia Ithna Ashari (Ja`fari)
Asr juristic methods : The default juristic set as "Standard" for Shafi, Maliki, Jafari and Hanbali. You can change it to "Hanafi" by saying: "Alexa, ask my prayer to change my school to Hanafi" To make it back to default, say: "Alexa, ask my prayer to change my school to Standard"
School or thought / Asr Juristic => Description Standard => Shafii, Maliki, Jafari and Hanbali Hanafi => Hanafi school of thought
Midnight methods : Midnight time is when Isha prayer time ends. The default midnight method set as "Standard". You can change it to "Jafari" by saying: "Alexa, ask my prayer to change my midnight method to Jafari" To make it back to default, say: "Alexa, ask my prayer to change my midnight method to Standard"
Midnight Method => Description Standard => The mean time from Sunset to Sunrise Jafari => The mean time from Maghrib to Fajr (Usually for Shia)
Feedback ------------------------------------------ If you find this skill useful then please provide your rating and comment. If you find any issue then please send an email to rafiahmad@outlook.com . I am actively working on this skill to fix issues and improve it.
Credit ------------------------------------------ This Alexa skill is created by Rafi Ahmad. Credit for time calculation JavaScript function goes to PrayTimes.org.