Q1. What is the use of the Athan (Azan) Software?
Q2. How many cities are covering in Athan software?
Q3. How can I set my city for athan?
Q4. If my city is not present in a CHANGE CITY window, then how can I add it?
Q5. How many years are covering for athan?
Q6. Can I contact with you for any help?
Q7. How much accuracy is in prayer time’s program?
Q8. How can I confirm that you are providing accurate prayer times?
Q9. During adding my city, I observe that my city is appearing in your site more than once?
Q10. What language should I use for my question?
Q11. Can I get printable format of annual prayer times?
Q12. I am unable to listen athan sound?
Q13. Can I give some suggestions for Athan software?
Q14. Should i connect to interent while running Athan software?
Q15. Will the Athan(Azan) play automatically at prayer time?
Q16. What are the system requirements for Athan(Azan) software?
Q17. Is there any precaution before installing new version of Athan(Azan) software?
Q18. How to change the prayer calculation method?
Q19. Which prayer times depend on the Prayer calculation method and juristic method?
Q20. How can i know that i have latest version of Athan(Azan) software?
Q21. Why Athan(Azan) software is showing wrong date and time for today?


Q1. What is the use of the Athan (Azan) Software?
Ans. If Athan(Azan) program is running in your computer then automatically Athan(Azan) start at the prayer time.

Q2. How many cities are covering in Athan software?
Ans. IslamicFinder is covering more than 5 million cities, towns, and villages around the world for Athan.

Q3. How can I set my city for athan?
Ans. Click on the "Change City" button and select your city from the list.

Q4. If my city is not present in a CHANGE CITY window, then how can I add it?
Ans. There is a button "Change City", click on it and one new window will open where you can see button "Add New City". Please click it and one new window will open then you can choose your country and on the following pages you can select your city and set prayer times calculation method, juristic method and time zone and at finally save this file for adding your city. This feature needs internet connection and procedure length depends on your internet connection speed.

Q5. How many years are covering for athan?
Ans. When you add your city then we are providing option to add athan from 2001 to 2020. In one click you can add athan for one complete year.

Q6. Can I contact with you for any help?
Ans Yes, you can email us at
info@islamicFinder.org Please must send us your city, state, zip code and country name with your question

Q7. How much accuracy is in prayer time’s program?
Ans. We are getting response from all over the world and so far we are getting 99.9% accuracy.

Q8. How can I confirm that you are providing accurate prayer times?
Ans. Please compare sunrise (shurooq) and sunset (Maghrib) time with your area. If they are same then it is obvious that prayer times are accurate. But if you find difference then contact us at
info@islamicFinder.org with your city, state, zip code and country name.

Q9. During adding my city, I observe that my city is appearing in your site more than once?
Ans. Actually some times more than one city has same name and spelling in one country but there state and location is different. If you are living in USA and Canada then we are showing state name with every city so you can select your city easily but if you belong to other countries then we are showing latitude and longitude of all cities so you can differentiate your city from other cities with same name.

Q10. What language should I use for my question?
Ans. We have arrangement to reply emails in two languages English and Arabic so you can use any of them.

Q11. Can I get printable format of annual prayer times?
Ans. Yes, you can get printable format of annual prayer times from
www.islamicFinder.org

Q12. I am unable to listen athan sound?
Ans. Please check your media player. If you do not have media player or old version of media player then download from http://www.microsoft.com/mediaplayer

Q13. Can I give some suggestions for Athan software?
Ans. Yes, we always need your suggestions for improvement. Email us at
info@islamicFinder.org

Q14. Should i connect to interent while running Athan software?
Ans. No. You do not need internet connection to run athan software. You only need internet connection when you want to add your city in software. By default, Makkah city is present and you can add any city in the world.

Q15. Will the Athan(Azan) play automatically at prayer time?
Ans. Yes, on every prayer time, Athan (Azan) will play automatically and if it does not play then please first click the "Play" button in main window and make sure that you can hear the Athan sound. For testing automatic Athan sound, you can adjust your system clock one minute before of any prayer time for testing Athan sound.

Q16. What are the system requirements for Athan(Azan) software?
Ans. Windows 9X, NT, 2000, XP and Sound card.

Q17. Is there any precaution before installing new version of Athan(Azan) software.
Ans. Yes, if you have old version of software then first exit from it. If Athan software icon is present at the right bottom corner near the clock time then right click it and choose "Exit" from menu. Now uninstall the old version and then install the new verion.

Q18. How to change the prayer calculation method?
Ans. When you first time add your city in the software then before pressing the button "Add this city" check the prayer time and change the prayer calculation method located at right the side. If you have already added the your city in the software and now you want to change prayer calculation method then delete your city from the list and again add your city as you added it first time.

Q19. Which prayer times depend on the Prayer calculation method and juristic method?
Ans. Fajr and isha prayer time depend on five prayer calculation methods.
Organization Angle of the sun under the Horizon (Fajr) Angle of the sun under the Horizon (Isha) Region
University Of Islamic Sciences, Karachi 18 Degrees 18 Degrees Pakistan, Bangladesh,
India, Afghanistan, Parts of Europe
Islamic Society of North America 15 Degrees 15 Degrees Parts of the USA, Canada, Parts of the UK
Muslim World League 18 Degrees 17 Degrees Europe, The Far East, Parts of the USA
Umm Al-Qura Committee 19 Degrees 90 minutes after the Sunset Prayer
120 minutes (in Ramadan only)
The Arabian Peninsula
Egyptian General Authority of Survey 19.5 Degrees 17.5 Degrees Africa, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Malaysia, Parts of the USA

Asr prayer time depend on juristic method. In the standard method (which is used by imamas Shafi, Hanbali, and Malki) the Asr prayer time starts when the shadow of an object is equivalent to its height. Whereas in the Hanafi method the Asr prayer time starts when the shadow of an object is twice its height.

Q20. How can i know that i have latest version of Athan(Azan) software?
Ans. Please click on the "About Athan" in the top menu. Here, you can check the version. Now go to the website http://www.islamicfinder.org/athanDownload.php and check the latest available version.

Q21. Why Athan(Azan) software is showing wrong date and time for today?
Ans. You need to check your computer date and time. Please right click the time clock in the right bottom corner and choose "Adjust Date/Time". Now set your today date and time and press "OK" now check the date and time in the Athan software.