about arihna
arihna (formerly sakinah) is an Islamic app for prayer, remembrance and looking after your heart. it is on Google Play and the App Store. it is run by Abdul Rahim, a sole trader in England.
free, always
- prayer times worked out on your phone, with reminders, and the qibla
- the Qurʼān, to read and listen to
- ḥadīth and duʿāʾ from sunnah.com, and the remembrances of Ḥiṣn al-Muslim
- a tasbīḥ counter
- a minute of slow breathing, a thought record, and white noise
- find support: helplines for where you live, in many countries
arihna+
an optional subscription, with free days first. it never locks the Qurʼān, ḥadīth, duʿāʾ, prayer times or the qibla. it adds:
- the Fajr alarm, which rings on silent
- prayer lock, which pauses the apps you choose at each prayer (Android)
- say it, a journal you write or speak, kept on your phone
- more sleep sounds
- focus sessions that stop for the prayer
- worry time
- small steps
- a night plan
privacy
- there is no account. what you write or say, your feelings and your answers stay on your phone.
- prayer times are worked out on your phone; your location isn't sent to work them out.
- the few things that leave your phone are listed in the privacy policy.
where its words come from
sacred text comes only from its sources, shown as they give it, with the source named: sources and credits.
what it is not
arihna is not a crisis service or a medical one, and it makes no promise about health or faith.
the name
arihna is named from this ḥadīth, as sunnah.com gives it.
Narrated A man:
Salim ibn AbulJa'dah said: A man said: (Mis'ar said: I think he was from the tribe of Khuza'ah): would that I had prayed, and got comfort. The people objected to him for it. Thereupon he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: O Bilal, call iqamah for prayer: give us comfort by it.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرُ بْنُ كِدَامٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ - قَالَ مِسْعَرٌ أُرَاهُ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ - لَيْتَنِي صَلَّيْتُ فَاسْتَرَحْتُ فَكَأَنَّهُمْ عَابُوا عَلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " يَا بِلاَلُ أَقِمِ الصَّلاَةَ أَرِحْنَا بِهَا " .
Sunan Abi Dawud 4985 · Sahih, Al-Albani · read it on sunnah.com