Learn it before you fly
Eleven lessons take you through Umrah in order, with extra foundations and references when you need them. Choose Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i or Hanbali guidance and return to your saved place whenever you are ready.
لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ
Here I am, O Allah, here I am.
Your first Umrah, guided step by step.
A free app for first-timers and those helping them. The refreshed edition brings learning, preparation and step-by-step guidance together, before you travel and as you perform Umrah.
The screenshots and features shown here are from the new edition, now in preparation. An earlier version is available on the App Store.
Free. No account. Core guidance and your saved progress work offline. Each school's ruling shows its sources.
For your first Umrah,
and every one after.
Keep count in the crowd.
A prayer begins, the crowd pushes, you pause. Murshid keeps your place, and if the count goes, it shows what your school advises, with sources.
Know what comes next.
Ihram, Tawaf, Sa'i, the haircut. Each step comes in order, tagged Required, Sunnah, Recommended or Optional, so the small details stay clear on the day.
See where each ruling comes from.
Your uncle says one thing, a video says another. Murshid shows what your own school holds, Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i or Hanbali, and where that comes from.
Learn it at home. Follow it in Makkah.
Count with a steady hand
A clear counter keeps your completed rounds in view. Hold to record each round and undo a mistake if needed. If you lose count or are interrupted, focused guidance explains what your school advises, with sources.
Know what your school holds
Understand what is required, what is recommended and where scholars differ. Read the view of your chosen school, compare another when helpful and follow the sources for more detail.
Umrah Starter course
Learn first
Umrah step by step, in your school of fiqh. Mark each lesson completed as you go, so you always know where you left off.
Tawaf counter
Count calmly
A dark, quiet screen: Round 3 of 7, hold to complete, Undo last round. "Interrupted?" and "Not sure of my count" open from the screen itself and say what to do next, school by school. "Any other du'a, in any language, is fine."
Sa'i counter
Pocket Mode
Lap 4 of 7 beneath a Safa–Marwa track, green-lights stretch marked. In Pocket Mode the screen goes black: just the lap count, large, over a thin progress bar; volume-up counts each lap, and the screen stays awake.
Pocket Mode during Tawaf
Du'a detail
Right words
Arabic, transliteration and translation for each du'a, with its source. Most have a recitation to hear before you say it; recordings stream over the internet.
Ihram preparation
Before the Miqat
Prepare for Ihram before you reach the Miqat. The five-moves overview brings purity, garments, prayer, intention and Talbiyah together, with the next step close at hand.
Checklist
Nothing forgotten
Essentials across travel, bookings, packing and money, tailored to your trip. Visa and vaccination guidance one tap away, summarised from official Saudi sources, with the date it was checked.
Also inside: prayer times computed on your phone, so they work offline · a Qibla compass whose Kaaba marker glows gold when aligned · Makkah weather with the cooler period in the next 24 hours and a reminder 15 minutes before it starts (needs internet) · common Umrah mistakes · a five-question Knowledge Check · places to visit in Makkah and Madinah · English, Arabic, Urdu, French and Hausa.
How it works
1
Answer a few questions.
First time? Which stage? How familiar are you with the rituals? Depending on your answers, a few more may follow. A few taps, no account, and you can skip it; set it up for a parent too, in their language if it is one of the five.
2
Choose your school.
Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i or Hanbali. Murshid starts from the one most common in your device's region; switch it wherever guidance appears.
3
Learn at home.
Work through the Starter course, tick off the checklist, then try the Knowledge Check.
4
Follow along on the day.
Ihram in five moves, then Tawaf and Sa'i round by round, Pocket Mode when your hands are full. It ends with "Taqabbal Allahu minnak — May Allah accept from you."
Our promise
- No account and no sign-up. Your ritual progress, checklist, saved places and settings live on your phone.
- Core guidance and your saved progress work offline. Streamed recitations, weather, map previews and place photos need a connection.
- No ads, no ad network, and advertising identifiers switched off.
- Crash reports and usage analytics are two separate switches, both off until you turn them on.
- Prayer times and Qibla use your phone's GPS on the device. Your GPS location is never attached to analytics or crash reports.
Our sources
Where the du'as come from.
Hundreds of du'as from Hisn al-Muslim via the OpenDua dataset (CC BY 4.0 for OpenDua's editorial layer; credits and licence), each with Arabic, transliteration, translation and source.
Where the rulings come from.
Where scholars differ, each school's ruling shows its sources; switch school inside any guidance sheet to read another view. Du'as, common mistakes and quick cards cite theirs too.
How it was built.
Learning before you travel, practical preparation and calm guidance during the rituals, together in one app. Clear steps and focused help keep the next action close at hand.
Behind Murshid
Murshid is developed and operated by Jamiu Okanlawon, based in Nigeria.
For questions about the app, contributions or support, contact developerjamiu@gmail.com.
Support Murshid
Help keep Umrah guidance free and ad-free for everyone.
Voluntary contributions help fund development, content updates, hosting and ongoing maintenance. They do not unlock content, features or paid benefits.
Give once via PaystackMonthly support will also be available in the refreshed app. If you choose it, contributions renew automatically until you cancel through Paystack.
Contributions are charged in Nigerian naira. For an international card, your bank handles conversion; acceptance depends on Paystack and your card issuer. All guidance remains free.
FAQ
Does it work offline?
The guidance does. Lessons, ritual steps, du'a text, the checklist and your saved progress live on your phone, and prayer times are computed there too. Recitations stream (three are bundled, including the Talbiyah; a few du'as have none yet); weather, map previews and place photos need a connection; offline feedback sends when you reconnect.
Is Murshid free?
Yes. No ads, no paid tiers, nothing behind a payment.
Do I need an account?
No account is needed to use Murshid. Your progress is saved on your phone. Murshid does not provide cloud backup, so that progress may not transfer when you change devices.
Which school of fiqh does it follow?
You choose: Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i or Hanbali. Murshid starts from the school most common in your device's region; switch wherever guidance is shown to read another school's view. Where scholars differ, the step is tagged "Schools differ".
Who reviewed the content?
Murshid's owner, Jamiu Okanlawon, reviewed the lessons, rulings, du'as and translations. Sources accompany school rulings, du'as and common mistakes so you can read further and discuss personal questions with a scholar you trust. Travel-health notes summarise official guidance; check the requirements for your own journey with a travel-health service.
Which languages does it come in?
English, Arabic, Urdu, French and Hausa, guidance and menus alike, reviewed by Murshid's owner; pick yours in More → Language. Where a translation is not ready, the course, checklist, du'a and mistakes pages show English and say so.
When is the new edition ready?
The refreshed edition shown on this page is in preparation. Leave your email for one notification when it is ready. An earlier version is available on the App Store; it does not include all the features shown here. Android availability will be announced when ready.
Where does my location go?
Prayer times and Qibla use your phone's GPS on the device; a city label may pass those coordinates to Apple's or Google's geocoder. Your GPS location is never attached to analytics or crash reports (if analytics is on, Firebase may infer a rough location from your IP address). It reaches Murshid only if you add it to a place suggestion, and attached photos may keep their own location data. Weather uses fixed Makkah and Madinah coordinates, never yours.
Prepare with sources. Count with confidence.
Free. No account. Works offline for the guidance that matters.