“As-salatu khairon min al-nawm” (Prayer is better than sleep). My father used to wake me up saying this. He wouldn’t stop until I wake up. It always never took me more than 30 seconds to wake up and say “Alhamdulillah!”
It was interesting for me to observe how the new and free app, FajrUp, seemed to create a similar experience for the users. We snooze or dismiss alarms we set to wake up for fajr, but what’s interesting about this app is that you’re not relying on an alarm; you will actually be receiving a phone call from someone to wake you up!
Imagine getting a phone call from someone saying, “as-salatu khairon min al-nawm“! Seems even more alarming, right?
In FajrUp it will not always be ‘as-salatu khairon min al-nawm‘; it can be an ‘assalamualikum’ followed by an ayah from the Qur’an or a greeting in a language you have never heard before.
In any case, a phone call from an unknown person normally provides enough mental engagement to overcome sleep inertia. More than that, what I like about this app is that it opens an opportunity for me to anonymously help someone fulfill their ibadah and we know that “Allah is helping the servant as long as the servant is helping his brother” [At-Tirmidhi].
When you use FajrUp to wake someone up or request someone to wake you up, you are called a FajrUpie. The total number of FajrUpies available to be woken up is shown above the fajr-up options and the list puts on view the most immediate available FajrUpies at the top, highlighted in green. On this note, I really liked its user-friendly design!
Is it safe making a call to an unknown person?
FajrUp is gender specific and makes sure that users cannot make a call to or receive a call from a person of the opposite gender. The developer seems heedful of observing modesty, privacy and respect for all FajrUpies. Also, the call lasts only for 15 seconds, just enough to relieve you from the inertia of sleep.
FajrUp does not disclose the phone number of its FajrUpie, only the name users have submitted will be displayed to the person you are calling and shown as available two hours before respective fajr time. A call can be made to the available FajrUpies only two minutes before their fajr time (there is a great chance that you will be waking someone up for fajr when it’s not fajr time for you!)
These calls are made via VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), an IP-enabled service which allows you to make voice calls using a broadband internet connection. So the user’s phone must be connected to an active network so as to access ‘Reminder’ and receive or make a call. If the user misses the call from a FajrUpie, a missed call notification will be displayed.
What if you do not want to receive a call or your phone is not connected to a network?
If the user does not want to receive a call, an alarm can be added for fajr and the user will be woken up by adhan. The user will also be woken up by adhan if no one is available to wake him/her up.
Alarm for other salahs also can be added to remind oneself to perform salah on time. FajrUp features the prayer times according to locations via GPS and all what the user needs to do is select ‘Prayers’ and then select the desired salah to set an alarm. So, simple and short to use during a hectic schedule, also far better when compared to some built-in alarm clocks where we need to touch repeatedly to select time. A notification will be displayed for a missed alarm too.
Auxiliaries that you will love to use
FajrUp, in its decent and calming white and green design, features a calendar highlighting Islamic holidays and other notable days. Some other apps also provide that, but FajrUp makes it easy for the user to navigate through the calendar. You can, for instance, leap to 20 years ahead in less than 3 seconds. How cool is that!
Overall, pleased with this app experience! May Allah reward its team for enabling the ummah to enjoin goodness by waking someone up to perform the precious fajr salah.
Have you tried this app yet? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
AOA
This article is very interesting. I miss my fajar prayer many times.i want to avail this opportunity to get up for fajar. Need your help.
Asalama alaikum…please email this query yo Admin@fajrup.co
I’ll give some siggestions in sh Allah..
Wa alaikumussalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu!
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy and wise. Hope you have heard of the hadith Prophet Muhammad sallalahualayhiwasallam disliked staying awake and engaging in conversation after ‘Isha. He wanted us to sleep as early as possible after ‘Isha so that we can wake up for fajr or even earlier for tahajjud.
1. Set alarm and keep your device where you can here alarm, but must walk a little bit to turn it off.
2. Go to bed early and remember to perform sunnah of sleeping: making wudhu, du’as, right side, etc.
2. After prayer make sincere intention to wake up for fajr and seek help from Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la
In sha Allah, may He bless you, your beloved ones and all the believers and the righteous to pray on time.
1. You can download and use FajrUp to wake you up
2. Read the following articles
http://productivemuslim.com/how-i-consistently-wake-up-45-minutes-before-fajr-adhan/
3. Join our Academy and complete a course on this
http://productivemuslimacademy.com/recommends/fajr-class
Assalamualaikum,
This FajrUp app is not available for Windows Phones. Pls make it available for windows platform too.
Can’t wait for the appstore launch!
Asalama alaikum…please email this query yo Admin@fajrup.co
I’ll give some siggestions in sh Allah..
Regarding ios
Salam,
Make available on windows phone
Kindly make fajarup abailable for IOS devices i like this application very much its really a gift for me because too lazy to make me makeup at fajar salah so kindly make it available for apple versions
I will be thank full
From. Dr Din Muhammad Chandio
Asalama alaikum…please email this query yo Admin@fajrup.co
I’ll give some siggestions in sh Allah..
Regarding ios
Asalama Alaikum,
We’re out on iOS, Download and enjoy in sh Allah.
Team FajrUp
Jazak Allah khairun for the review. May Allah(swt) reward you in your efforts to help the ummah.
Wa iyyakki!!
mashalla this is great! may Allah reward this effort of yours with jannah
May Allah bless you immensely! :)
Asalamualykum,
This is funny, I’ve been thinking about doing this. I mean I have a friend who I call to wake up for far, but it’s easy for me to call cause we are in two different continents… But when they are at work I don’t have anyone to call me… So I was thinking if I call more people in the morning in my community (my girls) I will def. feel responsible and wake up. In our community right now we do have a sis who texts everyone in the morning, May Allah reward her and everyone involved in that… (but it was not working for myself) Calls do work! Insha’Allah I will look into this! :) May Allah reward everyone involved with this idea.
Wa alaikumussalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu!
In sha Allah, may Allah bless us, our loved ones and all the believers and the righteous to perform salah on time and never miss Fajr and ‘asr.
Hi, do you have apps for blackberry? I need this app to help me.
Asalama alaikum…please email this query yo Admin@fajrup.co
Regarding bb
Jazakallah, you may also want to try:
Fajr Wake Up
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fajr
And
Alarmy
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=droom.sleepIfUCan
This alarm app, when used with the right settings, plays your choice alarm, and in order to turn it off, forces you to get out of bed and take a picture of your bathroom sink or even car, by which time you are wide awake! As an extreme measure You set it so that you can’t snooze, turn off your phone or uninstall the app!
Masha Allah, it’s a pleasure to see people inventing things to boost up imaan. May Allah bless us to use them and elevates our imaan.
Masha Allah…it’s a nice idea..
May Allah bless us to make best out of it!!!
The best idea I think to wake up someone. May Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you immensely and continue to amaze you with good and useful things and events!
jazakallah productive muslim for this amazing info..i cant tell you how i am feeling at the moment..its like Allah swt showing me the way. .i am struggling from months to wake up for fajr.
thank you soo very much once again.
May Allah make it easy for you! :)
Jazakallahu Khairan.
Thanks for all.
May Allah bless you immensely! :)
Assalamualykum
Will u plz tell me something abut proďuctvemuslim
Could i do regular course at your institute
This realy very productive
Wa alaikumussalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu!
Conveyed your query to our Academy dept. Soon someone will be contacting you, in shah Allah, to provide you with details.
Assalamualikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu!
Productive Muslim Academy provides “Never miss Fajr (again)” and others courses which touch almost all spheres of our actions and obligations. For further information email your query at academy@ProductiveMuslim.com
Asalamualykum,
I just wanted to ask a quick question..why is it that sometimes i wake up at night and hear the adhan in my ears, when its actually not the time for fajr prayer? Is it true that the angels wake you up to pray?
Thank you!
Wa alaikumussalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu!
Plenty of people hear adhan. Reasons are also plenty and subjective and only Allah knows everything. I used to hear adhan whenever I was afraid of missing prayers or delaying them. When I planned my life around salah.
What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur (Qur’an 71:13) Do your mind ask you this question? Or do you want to pray more to Allah? Do you want to pray Tahajjud? Are you afraid of missing Fajr? Ask yourself, you will find the answer soon, in sha Allah. I don’t know the truth about angels waking us up. But I too have wondered plenty of times: How come I woke up?! No alarm, nothe the usual time, but rejuvenated and thoughts related to Him!!
Cool stuff! I always need my friend to wake me up, but sometime she couldn’t make it.
Is it available in AppStore?
Asalama alaikum…please email this query yo Admin@fajrup.co
Regarding ios..
AoA Afina. The FajrUP iOS app is now available!
Asalama Alaikum Ya Iqwaa fii deen …It was an absolute please taking part in this project..
I simply imagined a situation, one where all my deeds were brought before me and among them was ‘trying to connect the Ummah and encourage them to return to Allah, encourage them to seek Tawbah, simply encouraging them to have a conversation with Allah!’
Subhanallah! (Thank you all for your kind words : If anyone has any critisms please email me @ admin@fajrup.co
Salaam alaikum
The remind me and wake someone up do not work for me?
Asalama alaikum…please email this exact query..I’ll let u jnow why..
Admin@fajrup.co
Asalama alaikum…please email this query to Admin@fajrup.co
I’ll give some siggestions in sh Allah..
As salamu alaikum I’m looking for muslimah friends that can be my pen pal my goal is to have a muslimah pen pal in every country to talk about common grounds …jazakallah khairan ( shetarah3@aol.com)
Salaam I am from Pakistan.If I could be of some help for you. I shall be highly obliged.Do mail me at qirat_nitou17@hotmail.com.
MASHAALLAH! Very very good job. Thats a great idea. May Allah give you strength and capability to continue doing amal assalihaat.
Thank you for such very useful idea.may Allah a.a grant you Janna,but it is not clear for me how to use it I mean I must dawnload it or….
Asalama alaikum…please email this query yo Admin@fajrup.co
I’ll give some siggestions in sh Allah..
Asalama alaikum…please email this query to Admin@fajrup.co
I’ll give some siggestions in sh Allah..
It is a good idea, jazakumllahu khairan.
Wa iyyakka!
Great idea!! Looking for really working plans to wake up on fajr,
You from Kerala?saw “Palakad” on the pics
May Allah make it easy for us all. And, yes
This App is amazing the GPS element I like..SubhanAllahh it sets to your locations Fajr…no clunky alarm to set…the person you call also has their Fajr set via gps…
May Allah reward the brothers and sisters that did this…Imagine waking a person who then wakes his family…you get the reward for All!!… Takbiir
Asalamwalaikum.
I hope with a help of ALLAH,SWT you all are good.JazakAllah Khair for this alarming message(which many of us forget).
how I can upload this application on my mobile,is it available in “Google Aplications”?
Wa alaikumussalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu! Wa iyyakka!
Please click on the link ‘download for Android’. You will be taken to Google play store and can download it from there.
May Allah reward the developers. Amine
Ameen
Jazakillah u khairan :) have installed it.lets see what is gonna happen tomorrow:) I have set the alarm for tomorrow fajr salah.
I absolutely love FajrUp, great way to start the day! need it on my iPhone though!!! May Allah bless the founders of this innovative app. Amiin
AoA Yasmine. The FajrUP iOS app is now available!
AssalamuAlaikum, :)
Mashallah this app seems really interesting. But I typed FajrUp on App Store in my iPhone, it turned out “no, result for “fajrup”. Is there other way to get this app?
Thank you and J.A.K for sharing
AoA Maryam. The FajrUP iOS app is now available!
AoA. Please consider updating this article as the FajrUP iOS app is now available!! :)