The agreement, plain.

Barakah Life ("Barakah", "we", "us") is a small independent project building an Islamic lifestyle app for iOS and a companion website at barakah.life. These terms cover both. If you're using a third-party fork or mirror, these terms don't apply there.

The core features of Barakah are free for anyone to use, signed in or not. That includes prayer times, qibla, the Quran reader and audio, duas + adhkar, the 99 Names of Allah, the tasbih counter, the salah tracker, the halal scanner, the zakat calculator, the Hijri calendar, the community feed, and the new-Muslim path. We will not paywall any of those. If we ever add a feature that the ummah needs to live the basics of the deen, it goes in the free tier.

Premium is an optional subscription that unlocks cosmetic and convenience extras: premium tasbih bead designs, premium qibla compass themes, premium greeting card styles, the AI assistant, AI-assisted community drafts, and the full finance + giving log.

Pricing. $3.99 / month or $29.99 / year (or local-currency equivalents shown on the App Store at the point of purchase). Annual works out to roughly $2.49 / month, a 37% saving over monthly.

Billing. Subscriptions are sold and billed by Apple via the App Store. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase.

Auto-renewal. Subscriptions renew automatically at the same price for the same period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period.

Cancellation. You can cancel anytime from iOS Settings → your name → Subscriptions → Barakah Life, or via apps.apple.com/account/subscriptions. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current paid period; you keep Premium until then.

Refunds. All purchases are processed by Apple, so refund requests are handled by Apple per the App Store policy at reportaproblem.apple.com. If you bought Premium and feel it wasn't right for you, we're happy to support an Apple refund — just email us.

Free Premium for those in need. If you cannot afford Premium, email hello@barakah.life with subject "Barakah Premium, if possible" and we'll set up a free server-side entitlement on your account. No questions asked. The deen is for everyone.

We try to be careful and we cite our sources (Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi, etc.) but Barakah is software, not a mufti. For matters of fiqh, please ask a qualified scholar in your tradition. Where the app makes choices that vary by madhab (e.g. Asr calculation, Witr placement, recitation timing), we expose the setting so you can configure it; we default to the majority position in each case, and those defaults are not religious endorsements.

Prayer times are computed using standard astronomical methods for the angle convention you've chosen. They are accurate to the minute for modeled positions, but real Fajr / Maghrib visibility can differ slightly based on horizon, weather, and elevation. If a local masjid's announced time differs, it is generally more reliable for your specific neighborhood — we recommend deferring to it.

The AI assistant cites Quran + authentic hadith and points to where mainstream scholars discuss disagreements; it does not issue rulings. Treat it as a starting point for research, never as a fatwa.

Barakah is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind. We try hard to be accurate and useful but we won't be liable for losses arising from typos, calculation errors, missed notifications, misunderstood guidance, or third-party service outages. To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months preceding the claim (which for free users is zero).

Don't use Barakah to harass other users (e.g. via the leaderboard, the community feed, or invite links). Don't post hateful, harmful, sexual, illegal, or harassing content. Don't impersonate scholars or claim religious authority you don't have. Don't reverse-engineer or redistribute the proprietary parts of the app. Don't attempt to circumvent rate limits or scrape paid content.

Quranic text, hadith collections, and translations belong to their original publishers — we license or fetch them under their terms and you should respect those terms when quoting them.

The community feed is a place for prayer requests, reflections, questions, and gratitude. By posting, you grant Barakah a non-exclusive licence to display your content (text + any attached images) to other users of the app and the website.

What's not allowed: hate speech, harassment, doxing, sexual content, marketing or selling, spreading content that's known to be fabricated about Islam or about other Muslims, deliberate misinformation, and anything illegal in your jurisdiction.

Moderation. Posts can be reported by any user. A post that crosses a community-report threshold is auto-hidden; an admin then reviews and either restores it or deletes it. Repeat violations may result in your community-posting access being suspended. You can delete your own posts at any time.

Image uploads. Up to 4 images per post, stored in our public community-images Storage bucket. By uploading, you confirm you have the right to share the image. We may remove images that violate the rules above.

You're responsible for keeping your sign-in email secure. We store the minimum we need to make the app work — see the privacy policy for the exact list. You can delete your account anytime from Settings in the app or by emailing hello@barakah.life. Deletion removes your profile, your posts, your reactions, your invite token, and any cached server-side activity, and ends any active subscription entitlement. Apple's record of the purchase remains with Apple per their policy.

The Barakah brand, logo, code, and original UI design belong to Barakah Life. The Quranic text and hadith are sacred sources and belong to no one. Translations are used under their respective licences. The greeting card SVG backgrounds, Islamic icon set, and tasbih + qibla theme colourways are original to Barakah and may not be copied for commercial use without written permission.

We may update these terms occasionally — usually to clarify wording, list a new third-party provider, or reflect a new feature. Material changes will be highlighted in-app with a one-time banner. Continuing to use Barakah after a change means you accept the updated terms; if you don't agree, you can delete your account at any time without penalty.

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. If you live in the EU or UK, this does not affect statutory consumer rights you have under your local law.

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