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Salaah MCP (Muslim Community Prayer Times)

@yusufk

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Other

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stdio

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yusufk

About Salaah MCP

A FastAPI and MCP service providing Islamic prayer times calculations

#prayer-times#mcp-server

Salaah MCP config

Add this server to your MCP-compatible client using the configuration below.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "salaah-mcp": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "run.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Salaah MCP tools

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Overview

What is Salaah MCP (Muslim Community Prayer Times)?

Salaah MCP is a FastAPI and Model Context Protocol (MCP) service that calculates Islamic prayer times, Qiblah direction, and solar/lunar data using the islamic_times library. It is designed for developers and users who need accurate, location-based Islamic timing data, and integrates with Claude Desktop via MCP.

How to use Salaah MCP (Muslim Community Prayer Times)?

Clone the repository, install dependencies with pip install uv and uv install, then run with uv run run.py. The API serves endpoints at http://localhost:8000. To use with Claude Desktop, configure claude_desktop_config.json with the MCP proxy pointing to http://localhost:8000/mcp.

Key features of Salaah MCP (Muslim Community Prayer Times)

  • Calculate prayer times for any latitude/longitude.
  • Multiple calculation methods (ISNA, MWL, Umm al-Qura, Egyptian, Karachi, Tehran, Jafari).
  • Get Qiblah direction, distance, and angle from any location.
  • Detailed sun position and moon information including illumination and phase.
  • New moon visibility calculation using Yallop's criterion.

Use cases of Salaah MCP (Muslim Community Prayer Times)

  • Embedding accurate daily prayer times into Islamic apps or widgets.
  • Determining Qiblah direction for prayer in any city worldwide.
  • Computing moon visibility for Islamic calendar events (e.g., Ramadan start).
  • Integrating with Claude Desktop to answer prayer time queries conversationally.

Frequently asked questions

1

What calculation methods are supported?

Seven methods: ISNA, Muslim World League, Umm al-Qura (Makkah), Egyptian General Authority, University of Karachi, University of Tehran, and Jafari (Shia).

2

What data does the API require?

For prayer times, only latitude, longitude, and method. Optionally a date (defaults to current). For Qiblah, latitude, longitude, and optionally a date.

3

Does the service run locally or is it hosted?

The README describes a self-hosted service; no public hosted instance is mentioned.

4

How do I integrate with Claude Desktop?

Run the server, then configure the MCP proxy in Claude Desktop’s config pointing to `http://localhost:8000/mcp`. Claude can then invoke prayer time endpoints.

5

What transport or authentication is used?

The service uses SSE (Server-Sent Events) over HTTP for the MCP transport. No authentication mechanism is described.

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