The calendar and Shia occasions

Open the calendar

Calendar shows one Hijri month at a time, with the other date small under each day. A coloured dot marks an occasion (warmer for a major one) and a second dot marks something of yours. Tap a day to see everything on it: the occasion, what it is about and its recommended deeds, then your own items. The arrows move between months, and the list under the month gathers that month's occasions.

Your account's Today card shows today's Hijri date and occasion, and opens the calendar.

Recommended deeds

On days with special recommended deeds, the Today card adds a line with them, and the day in the calendar lists each one: how to do it, its reward and its source. That includes the dated days, Thursday night and Friday, the first of each month and the white days (13–15). A night's deeds (for example the Nights of Qadr) show the evening before, under Tonight's deeds. Where a du'a or ziyara has a complete text, Read the full text opens it in the du'a reader; a list marked Abridged text names a ziyara by its opening words only. To hide the deeds, untick Show recommended deeds under Hijri date where you live.

Your lessons, sessions and due dates

When you're signed in, the calendar also shows:

• the sessions you booked, including your group's weekly sessions;
• lessons opening on a schedule;
• in a group, each activity and challenge, due when the next lesson opens.

Studying at your own pace, you have no due dates: the calendar shows your sessions and when scheduled lessons open.

Hijri dates where you live

Basira follows the announced start of each month. If the month starts a day earlier or later in your country, choose A day earlier or A day later under Hijri date where you live. The calendar, the Today card and Nibras then follow your date.

Reminders

The evening before a major occasion, the bell tells you what tomorrow is. To stop it, turn off Major occasions (the evening before) in your notifications.

Add it to your phone's calendar

At the bottom of the calendar, press Get my link, then Open in calendar app on an iPhone or Mac. For Google Calendar, press Copy link and add the link under "From URL". Your sessions, due dates and the major occasions then appear and stay up to date. The link is yours alone; if you shared it by mistake, press Make a new link and the old one stops working.

The site on major occasions

On major occasions Basira changes its tone for a few days: quieter colours for days of mourning such as Muharram and the Fatimiyya, a little warmth for the Eids and the births, and one line under the menu naming the occasion. Tap it to open that day in the calendar. It follows the same Hijri date as the calendar.

Ask Nibras

Ask Nibras "When is the passing of the Prophet?" or "What is recommended today?" anywhere you ask it, and it answers from this calendar on your own Hijri date.