Prayer times
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion what is my next prayer” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion when is the next prayer”
- Says the next prayer, its time and how long until it, plus your masjid's iqamah if you follow one.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion when is Maghrib” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion what time is Fajr”
- Says the time for one prayer today (after Isha, Fajr is tomorrow's).
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion for today's prayer times” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion for prayer times”
- Reads all of today's times. On an Echo Show it also shows them on screen with the next prayer and a countdown.
Location
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to use my Echo's location” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to update my location”
- Sets your prayer times from your Echo's address (after you allow Device Address in the Alexa app). Only the city and approximate coordinates are kept.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion for prayer times where I am” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion for prayer times near me”
- In the Alexa app on your phone: prayer times where you are right now, for that answer only. Your Athans at home don't change.
- “Yes” “No”
- Answers a question from Muslim Companion, such as whether to use your Echo's location.
Your prayer settings
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to read my prayer settings”
- Says your location, calculation method and Asr madhab, and how to change them.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to set my calculation method to Umm al-Qura” “Alexa, tell Muslim Companion to use the Muslim World League method” “Alexa, tell Muslim Companion my masjid uses ISNA”
- Changes how your prayer times are calculated: ISNA, Muslim World League, Umm al-Qura, Egyptian, Karachi, Gulf, Kuwait, Qatar, Singapore, France, Turkey, Russia, Tehran or Jafari. Alexa confirms with your new next prayer time and tells you how to go back.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to set my madhab to Hanafi” “Alexa, tell Muslim Companion I follow the Hanafi madhab” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to set my madhab to standard”
- Sets the Asr time: Hanafi (later Asr), or standard for Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion which calculation method should I use”
- Suggests the method most used where you live (for example ISNA in North America, Turkey's Diyanet in Turkey) and offers to switch: say yes or no.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion what calculation method am I using” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion what is my madhab”
- Other ways to ask for your settings.
Athan
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to play athan” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to play athan in Makkah”
- Plays the Athan now, with the Duas and Quran you chose after it. Voices you can name include Makkah, Madinah, Mishary and Zahrani.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to play fajr athan” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to play maghrib athan”
- Plays that prayer's Athan (Fajr uses its own Athan voice).
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to test athan”
- Plays the Athan once so you can check the sound on this Echo.
Automatic Athan
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion what is my scheduled athan status”
- Tells you whether the automatic Athan is on.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to enable scheduled athan”
- Turns the automatic Athan on. It plays at each prayer time through your Alexa routine (see the Setup Guide).
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to disable scheduled athan”
- Turns the automatic Athan off for all prayers until you turn it on again.
Quran and playback
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to play Surah Al-Kahf” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to play Surah Baqarah by Qari Badar” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to play Fatiha by Maher” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to play surah number 36” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to play Surah Yasin with English translation”
- Plays any surah by name or number, said the way you say it (Fatiha or Fateha, Baqarah or Surah Baqara, Nisa…), with your reciter or the one you name (Qari Badar, Maher, Al-Muaiqly, Sudais…), or with an English or Urdu translation after each ayah.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion which reciters do you have” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion which reciters start with S”
- Lists the reciters, or the ones whose name starts with a letter. If Alexa doesn't know a reciter you name, it suggests the ones starting with the same letter.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to turn on Friday Kahf” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to turn off Friday Kahf”
- Every Friday, Surah Al-Kahf plays after the Fajr Athan (or Dhuhr, set on the dashboard).
- “Alexa, next” “Alexa, previous”
- While the Quran plays: the next or previous surah. During the Athan and Duas, Next skips ahead.
- “Alexa, start over”
- Starts the current surah again.
- “Alexa, pause” “Alexa, resume”
- Pauses the recitation and carries on from the same place.
- “Alexa, stop” “Alexa, cancel”
- Stops the Athan or recitation at any time.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion how far am I in the Quran”
- Tells you your Quran Journey: listening time and how much of the khatm you have heard.
- “Alexa, shuffle” “Alexa, loop”
- Explains how to choose Random or continuous Quran on the Quran Schedule page.
Hifz Coach
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to start Hifz”
- Plays your current lesson: each ayah repeated, then the whole lesson together. On an Echo Show the ayah appears on screen.
- “Alexa, tell Muslim Companion I memorized it”
- Marks the lesson memorized and moves to the next one.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to repeat each ayah five times”
- Sets how many times each ayah repeats: 1, 3, 5, 7 or 10.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion how is my Hifz”
- Tells you how many ayahs you have memorized and your current lesson.
My Masjid
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion when is iqamah”
- Says the next iqamah time at the masjid you follow.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion when is jumuah”
- Says this week's Jumu'ah time or times at your masjid.
Ramadan
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to turn on Ramadan mode” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to turn off Ramadan mode”
- Turns Ramadan mode on or off: Suhoor reminder, Iftar at Maghrib and Taraweeh recitation after Isha.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion is Ramadan mode on”
- Tells you whether Ramadan mode is on.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion when is suhoor” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion when is iftar”
- Says when Suhoor ends (Fajr) and when Iftar is (Maghrib).
Qibla and the Islamic calendar
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion which way is the Qibla” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion where is the Qibla”
- Says the Qibla direction from your saved location in degrees from true north and as a compass point, and how far Makkah is.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion what is the Hijri date” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion what is the Islamic date today”
- Says today's Hijri date (the same date as the app and your Echo Show), and if today is a special day.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion when is Ramadan” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion how many days until Eid” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion when are the white days”
- When Ramadan, Eid, Ashura, Arafah, the Islamic New Year, the last ten nights or the white days are, with a countdown. Dates follow Umm al-Qura and can differ by a day where the moon is sighted locally.
Sunnah fasting
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion when is the next Sunnah fast” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion should I fast tomorrow”
- The next Sunnah fast: Mondays and Thursdays, the white days, Arafah, Ashura and the six days of Shawwal.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to turn on fasting reminders” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to turn off fasting reminders”
- A reminder after Isha on the evening before a Sunnah fast, through your Muslim Companion routine.
Adhkar, Tasbih and daily reminders
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to play the morning adhkar” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to play the evening adhkar”
- Ayat al-Kursi, then Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas three times each, recited.
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to turn on morning and evening adhkar” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to turn off evening adhkar”
- Plays the morning adhkar after Fajr and the evening adhkar after Asr every day (or Maghrib, set on the dashboard).
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to start tasbih” “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion to count 33 subhanallah”
- Counts dhikr with you at a gentle pace. With no dhikr named, it leads the tasbih after the prayer: 33 SubhanAllah, 33 Alhamdulillah and 34 Allahu Akbar. On an Echo Show, tap the screen to count.
Getting started
- “Alexa, open Muslim Companion”
- Starts the skill (it plays the Athan for the current prayer).
- “Alexa, ask Muslim Companion for help”
- Lists what you can ask.
Get the Athan on your Echo today
Enable the skill, then choose your settings on the dashboard. It takes about five minutes.