Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Every feature is free for every user, for life — no premium tier, no paywall, and no advertisements. We believe Islamic knowledge should be accessible to everyone, including people on low-end devices where ads would hurt performance.

Running the service costs real money (servers, CDN, security, development). QASRA relies on community donations. If costs grow beyond funding, donation prompts may appear in the app — but core knowledge stays free.

No. Account creation is optional — the app works without login. Sign in only if you want cloud bookmarks, profile sync, and the same progress across devices.

QASRA is a free Islamic digital library with:

• The Holy Quran — Arabic text, translations, tafseer, and audio
• Hadith collections — Sunni and Shia sources (480,000+ hadiths)
• Islamic tools — prayer times, Qibla finder, tasbeeh, Hijri calendar, Azaan alerts, and Ibadaat guides

Data centre fees, CDN bandwidth, security, and development are borne by the academy. Estimated cost per user is roughly ₹3–₹23 per month depending on usage. The project continues as long as community support covers operations.

If you create an account: email, display name, and optional profile photo. Optionally you may share gender, age, or religion for statistics only.

When logged in, bookmarks and last-active timestamp can sync to the cloud. Location for prayer times and Qibla is stored locally on your device — coordinates are not saved on our servers (they may be sent briefly to a secure geocoding API only to resolve city/state names, and are not logged or stored).

We do not sell, share, or rent your data to third parties. Full details: App Privacy Policy.

Location (precise or approximate, your choice) is used for prayer times and Qibla direction. It is optional and battery-efficient — not continuous high-accuracy GPS tracking.

Notifications are optional, for Azaan / prayer reminders. Vibration is used for tasbeeh haptics and alerts. Internet is needed to load Quran, Hadith, and sync.

You can delete your account and wipe cloud data instantly in the app under Profile → Delete Account. Bookmarks are cleared from the device on logout; cloud profile and bookmarks remain until you delete the account.

You can also email [email protected] for deletion requests.

Firebase (Google) for authentication and analytics, Google Sign-In for social login, and Cloudflare for content delivery, hosting, and secure cloud storage. Each service has its own privacy policy. Network traffic uses HTTPS.

When you sign in, bookmarks and profile-related data can sync to the cloud so you can pick up on another device. Account data is stored securely on Cloudflare (encrypted at rest). Theme, font, and prayer settings stay on your device unless the app is designed to sync them for your account.

You are responsible for keeping your account secure and providing accurate signup information.

You can use Google Sign-In (name, email, and photo from Google) or other options shown in the app. Signing in is only required for cloud sync and profile features — not for reading Quran or Hadith.

Yes. In Azaan Settings you can set location (GPS or manual), refresh prayer times, choose Azaan sounds (e.g. Hayya Alal Fala, Allah Hu Akbar), test the sound, and turn Azaan notifications on or off. Notifications are delivered on your device and are optional under system permissions.

In Islamic tradition, a new day begins at sunset (Maghrib), not at midnight. QASRA follows this with a Maghrib shift: the Hijri date advances after Maghrib using your local prayer times. The Calendar screen explains this and shows Maghrib time for your location.

Yes. The Calendar includes a day offset control (typically −3 to +3) so you can match your local moon-sighting authority or mosque, even when calculation methods differ slightly.

Prayer times are calculated mathematically from location and method settings. Local mosques may use different calculation methods, adjustments, or sighting rules — so slight differences are normal. For fiqh rulings and local practice, follow your mosque or a qualified scholar.

Internet is required to load content so the app stays lightweight on low-end devices. Offline access is available for content you have already viewed. Azaan alerts and local settings work on the device once configured, depending on your notification permissions and downloaded assets.

QASRA holds 480,000+ hadiths across Sunni and Shia collections, with rich metadata per entry (on the order of millions of data points across the library). The Hadith Library screen shows Sunni (e.g. 293 books, 368K+) and Shia (e.g. 155 books, 111K+) collections separately.

Translations and commentaries are prepared by scholars (Ulama), Muhadditheen, and qualified translators under the direction of Syed Badrudduja Chishty and Syed Ali Hamza Chishty, with careful language refinement. Quranic and Hadith Arabic text is in the public domain; many translations are original QASRA works or sourced from published editions — see the Terms of Use for IP details.

With a library of this scale, errors can still occur. If you find a mistake, please report it — we correct issues promptly.

Sharah on QASRA are original collaborative works involving Muslims from different schools of thought (Maktab-e-Fikr), prepared under the founders’ guidance. Not every individual commentary can be personally re-verified line by line at this scale — some may reflect the author’s scholarly understanding.

Sharah is interpretation, not the Matn (actual text) of the Hadith. If you have stronger evidence that a commentary is incorrect, contact us with sources; valid feedback may lead to revision.

Hadith status and grading are sourced from renowned Muhadditheen. In about 98% of cases, the name of the grading scholar is mentioned in the reference.

Arabic Quran and Hadith text is public domain. App design, code, branding, and original translations/commentaries are owned by QASRA and may not be scraped, bulk-downloaded, reverse-engineered, or redistributed without permission. See the full Terms of Use.