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| Command | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| location | PRAYTIME 90210 PRAYTIME Chicago, IL PRAYTIME ORD |
Get prayer times for a location. Location can be a zip code, city and state, or 3-letter airport code, or any place name understood by Google Maps. |
| set location | PRAYTIME SET 90210 PRAYTIME SET Chicago |
Sets a default location associated with your phone number. Setting a default location allows you to make requests without specifying a location. The default location is also used for alerts. |
|
pause pause num |
PRAYTIME PAUSE PRAYTIME PAUSE 10 |
Pauses all alerts for 2 days. If num is specified, then will pause for the given number of days. |
|
set azan set noazan |
PRAYTIME SET azan PRAYTIME SET NOAZAN |
Enables/disables prayer alerts. |
|
set daily set nodaily |
PRAYTIME SET daily PRAYTIME SET nodaily |
Enables/disables daily prayer time digests. |
| set hilal set nohilal |
PRAYTIME SET HILAL PRAYTIME SET NOHILAL |
Enables/disables moonsighting alerts for your account. |
| set hanafi set nohanafi |
PRAYTIME SET HANAFI PRAYTIME SET nohanafi |
Enables/disables Hanafi-style 'Asr time calculation. |
| set method | PRAYTIME SET karachi PRAYTIME SET mwl PRAYTIME SET isna PRAYTIME SET egy PRAYTIME SET ksa |
Sets the calculation method to use for fajr and isha. |
| set salat set nosalat |
PRAYTIME SET fajr PRAYTIME SET nozuhr PRAYTIME SET asr PRAYTIME SET maghrib PRAYTIME SET noisha |
Enables/disables prayer alerts for the individual salat. |
| unsub praytime leave praytime |
UNSUB PRAYTIME LEAVE PRAYTIME |
This will unsubscribe you from all Praytime alerts and daily digests. |
| sub praytime join praytime |
SUB PRAYTIME JOIN PRAYTIME |
This command will automatically subscribe you to Praytime, and will enable alerts to be sent to your phone. |
SET commands can be chained together, with the caveat that the location is specified last. The following are all valid requests:
PRAYTIME SET mwl daily seattle, wa
PRAYTIME set hilal azan daily hanafi karachi 60148
PRAYTIME set azan ksa Washington DC
How do I unsubscribe from Praytime?
See the UNSUB command above to completely unsubscribe from all Praytime text messages. You will still receive a response when texting a location to Praytime however. You can also selectively turn off daily digest alerts, prayer alerts, and/or hilal alerts by using the set nodaily, noazan, and nohilal commands, respectively.
I recently switched to Sprint, and now I'm not receiving any more texts.
In our experience Sprint blocks texts originating from 41411 for new accounts. You can enable it for your account however by following the procedures here.