“My period ended but I still see spotting. Can I pray?”Hayd and istihadah
For the questions you can only whisper.
She asks her mom in a whisper, if she can ask at all. Or she searches at two in the morning and clears her history after. Nurah gives her a private place to ask instead, with gentle answers rooted in the Quran and Sunnah, and the source always shown. From her first period to menopause, it stays with her.
- No account needed to start
- No ads. Ever.
- Every answer shows its source
Nurah comes from نور Nour, light. Launching soon on iOS and Android.
In her own words
The questions she whispers
The questions too private for the family group chat, too embarrassing for a search bar. She asks Nurah instead.
“How many fasts do I actually owe from last Ramadan?”The fasts she owes
“Everyone keeps announcing pregnancies. Why is mine taking so long?”The waiting
“I had my baby weeks ago and I still do not feel like myself.”After the baby
Every answer is private. Every answer shows its source and follows her madhhab. And when a question needs a doctor or a scholar, Nurah tells her that gently, too.
A quieter phone
A calmer corner of her phone
Her feed is loud. Everyone on it looks healed, married, glowing, pregnant. Nurah is the opposite of that feed. No feed. No ads. No strangers performing their lives. Just what she needs today.
The heavy days
Nurah shows her where she is in her cycle, and that what she feels has a rhythm and an end.
The anxious nights
A dua for the hard day, and one gentle reminder. Nothing about her life is behind, whatever the feed told her today.
The days she feels far from Allah
Nurah tells her plainly what today asks of her. Some days ask nothing at all, and resting is not falling behind.
No feed. No ads. No noise. Just her, her Lord, and a little light.
Her whole life
She changes. Her companion stays.
Most apps leave when the season changes. Nurah meets her at thirteen and is still with her at fifty. Choose a stage to see her there.
Thirteen, and confused
Nurah explains hayd, ghusl and prayer in plain words she can read on her own, as many times as she needs.
- What hayd is, in plain words
- How to make ghusl
- When salah is excused, and why
Her day
Little moments, all day long
It fits quietly into the moments she already has, and answers before the doubt starts.
Before Fajr, one glance
She opens Nurah before Fajr and knows in one glance whether today is a praying day. No mental maths, no doubt, no asking anyone.
Hayd or istihadah, answered her way
Spotting on day nine. A cycle that will not settle. She gets guidance that follows her own school, with the source on the same screen.
A dua for the exact moment
For the anxious night, the hospital corridor, the negative test. Every dua comes with Arabic, transliteration, translation and its reference, and duas stay free.
She always knows what she owes
Missed Ramadan fasts are counted quietly, with a calm plan for making them up. When a fast cannot be made up, a simple fidya calculator works it out step by step.
Pregnancy, week by week
Guidance for each week, pregnancy duas for each trimester, and simple tools for counting kicks and timing contractions.
After the baby, she is not forgotten
Everyone asks about the baby. Nurah asks about her. It tracks her nifas and tells her, with sources, when prayer and fasting come back.
What she tells Nurah stays with Nurah.
Her cycle, her questions, her body. To Nurah these are an أَمَانَة amanah, a trust she placed with us. A trust is kept close. It is never repeated, never sold, and never used to follow her around the internet.
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No ads. No ad trackers.
Nothing inside Nurah watches her cycle so it can sell her something. There are no ads, and no advertising trackers quietly following her from app to app.
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No account needed
She opens it and it works. No email, no password, no sign in wall standing between her and the answer she needs at two in the morning.
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Her phone first
What she records lives on her phone. Backup and sync stay off unless she turns them on herself. Her information goes nowhere by default.
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Hers to lock, hers to delete
An app lock keeps her questions private on a shared phone. And whenever she wants, she can delete everything, permanently. No permission needed. No questions asked.
Fiqh with sources
Rulings she can trace, not just trust
A ruling about her worship is too important to take on trust alone. So Nurah shows its work.
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Matched to her madhhab
She chooses her school once: Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i, Hanbali or Ja’fari. If she is still learning, she can say so.
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Every ruling shows its source
Quran, hadith and the works of her school, cited on the same screen, so she can check it herself.
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Honest about its limits
Content is reviewed before it reaches her. For personal questions, Nurah points her to a qualified scholar.
How Nurah presents a ruling
SampleQuestion: What is the minimum duration of hayd (menstruation)?
Hanafi
3 days & nights
Bleeding shorter than this is treated as istihadah (non-menstrual bleeding), and salah continues.
Shafi’i
1 day & night
The minimum is a day and a night; what falls short of it is treated as istihadah.
Positions as recorded in the trusted fiqh manuals of each school. In the app, Nurah shows the position of her school by default, with the others there when she wants to learn.
This is educational information, not a personal ruling. For her own situation, Nurah directs her to a qualified scholar.
Asked honestly
The questions she would ask any app
Before she trusts an app with her cycle, she has questions of her own. Here are the honest answers.
| Feature | Nurah | Mainstream trackers |
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| Will it sell my data? | No. Never. There are no ads and no trackers | Data sharing is common |
| Does it follow my madhhab? | Yes. Her school, and the source is shown | Not offered |
| Does it know what Ramadan asks of me? | Yes. Her missed fasts are counted, and her qada is planned | Not offered |
| Can I ask the questions I am embarrassed to say out loud? | Privately, with a source for every answer | Only public forums of strangers |
| Will it stay with me for life? | Yes. First period to menopause | Mostly cycle and pregnancy |
A fair summary of how mainstream trackers are generally built today, not a claim about any single app’s current version.
Creators and collaborators
Help her find this.
Nurah grows the way women have always shared what helps them. One sister telling another. We are looking for the women she already trusts to spread this intention with us. Content creators, influencers, midwives, doulas, teachers and community voices. The sister whose reminders she saves. The midwife she listens to in the hard weeks. The teacher whose words she carries with her.
Early access
Use Nurah before launch and shape it with your feedback. Founding collaborators see what is coming first, and their honest response helps decide what is ready for her.
A voice in the content
Help decide which questions get answered and reviewed first. You hear her questions every day, in your comments, your classes and your clinic rooms. Tell us where to begin.
Rewarded sharing
When Nurah Plus arrives, founding collaborators will have a place in our affiliate program, so the work they do sharing Nurah is rewarded properly. Sharing something good should never be taken for granted.
I want to collaborate
Join the waitlist and choose “Content creator or affiliate partner” so we know how to reach you.
Be there when the light turns on
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Questions
Asked often, answered honestly
Yes. Nurah has no ads and no advertising trackers, needs no account, and keeps your data on your phone unless you choose to back it up. You can delete everything at any time.
No. Nurah works from the first moment you open it, as a guest. An account is only there if you want backup or sync across devices.
Yours. You choose Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i, Hanbali or Ja’fari, and your guidance follows your school, with sources shown. Not sure yet? Choose “just learning.”
No. It begins at a first period and stays through the cycle years, trying to conceive, pregnancy, postpartum and menopause. Pregnancy is one stage among equals.
Yes. Content is reviewed before it is published, and every ruling carries its source so you can check it yourself. For personal situations, Nurah points you to a qualified scholar.
Launching soon on iOS and Android. Join the waitlist and you will hear when it is live. It is free during early access, duas stay free, and there are no ads.
Coming soon
One tap away, very soon
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