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Change the words used for prayers

Choose how prayer names and other words are spelt on your screens, in the app and on printed timetables. Zuhr or Dhuhr, Jumu'ah or Jummah, jamaat or iqamah: it's up to you.

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  • In the portal: Settings → Prayer labels

Change the words

  1. 1

    Open Settings then Prayer labels

  2. 2

    Change any of the words

    Pick a suggested spelling or type your own.

  3. 3

    Press Save labels

You can change:

  • Daily prayers: Fajr, Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha and Sunrise.
  • Friday prayer: the words for Jumu'ah, khutbah and jamaat.
  • Tomorrow's jamaat: the short word for tomorrow (such as Tmw) and the heading used when screens show tomorrow's times.
  • Other labels: adhan, iqamah, suhoor and iftar.

To go back to the standard words, press Reset to defaults.

Where the words show

Your screens, the Community app, your website widget, printed timetables and the portal itself, including the Dashboard. The change applies to the whole masjid.

Screens pick up the new words overnight. To see them straight away, press Restart on each screen in Screens then My Screens.

Checked against the portal on 14 October 2026. Something look different? Tell us on WhatsApp.

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