Shia Ilm

Home-screen widgets

Six widgets put the parts of the app you use every day on your home screen. Prayers, qaḍāʾ and tasbih can be marked and counted from the widget itself, without opening the app.

Next prayer widget during Dhuhr, with a ring showing 4h 10m left
During a prayer's time
Next prayer widget after Dhuhr was marked, saying Good job
After you mark it

Next prayer 2 × 2

While a prayer's time is running, a ring counts down what is left of it, turning from green to orange to red. Outside any prayer's time, it shows the next prayer and when it starts.

Tap

  • Tap the ring when you have prayed, and it is marked.
  • Tap the rest to open today's prayer times.

Good for

  • Seeing at a glance how long is left before Dhuhr or Maghrib ends.
  • Marking a prayer the moment you finish, without opening anything.
  • A small widget beside your clock on the first home screen.
Salah widget with Fajr marked late and Dhuhr marked, 30 points today

Salah 4 × 2

All five prayers with their start and end times, the current one outlined, which you have prayed, and today's score.

Tap

  • Tap a prayer to mark it prayed, or tap again to unmark it.
  • Tap the header to open the prayer tracker.

Good for

  • Keeping the whole day's prayers in view.
  • Catching up: marking a prayer you prayed earlier, which still counts.
  • Building a streak you can see every time you unlock the phone.
Hadith of the day widget showing a narration from al-Kāfī in Arabic and English

Hadith of the day 4 × 2

One narration a day, in Arabic and English, with its book and number.

Tap

  • Tap to open the narration, with its grading, chain and full text.

Good for

  • One saying a day without setting time aside for it.
  • A narration to think about, or to share with family.
  • Discovering books in the library you have not opened yet.
Plan widget for Friday listing the duas and ziyārāt to read, with the five prayers above

Plan 4 × 4

The week starting today: what to read each day and night (the book's own assignments and yours), with the five prayers and today's score on top.

Tap

  • Tap a dua, ziyāra or surah to open it.
  • Tap a prayer to mark it.
  • Tap the header to edit the plan.

Good for

  • Friday's duas and ziyārāt, listed on Friday, without looking them up.
  • Keeping a daily surah or dua you have set yourself.
  • Seeing prayers and reading together on one screen.
Qaza widget showing 42 prayers owed, with minus and plus for each of the five

Qaza 4 × 3

How many of each prayer you owe, and the total.

Tap

  • Tap minus when you make one up, plus if you need to add one. It works with the app closed.
  • Tap the header to open the Qaza screen.

Good for

  • Making up missed prayers steadily, one at a time, and watching the number fall.
  • Keeping an honest count somewhere you will see it daily.
Tasbih widget showing a count of 21

Tasbih 2 × 2

Your current counter: its name, the count, and how many rounds are done. For a sequence, the step you are on.

Tap

  • Tap the number or plus to count, with a vibration, and a chime at the end of a round.
  • Tap the name to move to the next counter. Minus and reset are there too.

Good for

  • Dhikr after prayer, straight from the home screen.
  • Counting through a sequence, such as the tasbīḥ of Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ.
  • Keeping a running count through the day.

On a home screen

Adding one

  1. Touch and hold an empty part of your home screen, then choose Widgets.
  2. Find Shia Ilm and choose a widget.
  3. Tap Add, or drag it where you want it. Touch and hold it later to resize.

The prayer widgets need a city chosen in the app. Everything they show is worked out on the phone and nothing is sent anywhere.