Terms of use
Shia Ilm: the Android app and the website shiailm.com. Last updated 13 November 2026.
These terms cover the Shia Ilm Android app and this website, shiailm.com. By installing or using the app, or using the website, you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use either.
Free and non-commercial
The app is free. It has no ads, no purchases and no subscription. Many of the texts it contains are published for non-commercial use, and the app is offered on that basis. You may use it for your own reading and study, and you may not sell it or its contents, or use them commercially.
The texts, and their licences
The app brings together hadith, Quran, tafsir, duʿāʾ, ziyārāt and practical laws from published sources. Each source keeps its own licence and terms. Each download names its source and the terms it is published under. Respect those terms when you copy or share text from the app.
Translations and summaries
Some English and Urdu text, and some summaries, were written by a machine translation model and have not been reviewed by a scholar. They are marked as such in the app. They can be wrong. For anything that matters, read the Arabic and ask a qualified person.
Not religious advice
The app is a reading and study aid. It is not a fatwa and does not replace a qualified scholar. The practical laws shown belong to the marjaʿ named on the screen; if you follow another, ask them. Prayer times are calculated and can differ from your local authority's. Gradings are shown as the scholars gave them; the app does not judge them.
No warranty
The app is provided as it is, with no promise that it is correct, complete or always available. To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for loss arising from its use.
Your content
What you write in notes and collections is yours and stays on your phone.
The website
shiailm.com describes the app and offers a way to contact us. Its descriptions and screenshots show the app as it was when they were made; the app you have may differ.
The website's own text, design and screenshots are ours. The religious texts that appear in the screenshots belong to their sources and keep their licences.
Use the contact form only for genuine messages: no spam, no abuse, and nothing you have no right to send. We try to answer every message but cannot promise to.
If the website links to another website, that site is not ours and its own terms apply.
What these terms say about the texts, translations, religious advice and warranty applies to the website as it does to the app.
Changes
We may change these terms; the current version is always on this page. Continued use after a change means you accept it.