Our purpose
KSA Prayer exists to answer a simple daily question quickly: what are the prayer times for the Saudi city I am in? The answer should be visible before promotional copy, explained in plain language and available without an account. The broader purpose is to give residents, visitors, families and workers a stable city reference that remains useful on a phone, a slow connection or a browser with JavaScript disabled.
The site concentrates on Saudi Arabia rather than publishing generic pages for every country. This defined scope supports better city records, relevant nearby links, one civil time zone and a consistent Umm al-Qura configuration. It also creates a clear boundary for editorial work. Content outside prayer-time planning, calculation explanation and responsible local verification is not added merely because it could attract unrelated search traffic.
What we publish
The core publication includes Arabic and English homepages, a searchable Saudi city directory and paired city pages. Every city page includes current daily values, sunrise, a next-prayer indicator, a monthly schedule, local coordinates, a calculation explanation, nearby-city links and answers to practical questions. Trust pages cover methodology, editorial standards, privacy, terms, limitations and contact procedures.
Prayer values are generated from structured city data and astronomical code rather than copied manually into prose. This reduces transcription errors and keeps the daily card, monthly table and public data endpoint aligned. Editorial text provides context the numbers cannot supply: what the values mean, how they differ from iqamah, how to compare sources and when a local announcement should take priority.
Who creates and reviews the site
KSA Prayer is published by the KSA Prayer site team. The byline identifies the organization because the content is maintained as a coordinated service rather than personal religious commentary. The team is responsible for city records, calculation configuration, technical delivery, bilingual presentation and policy updates. We do not invent personal credentials, endorsements or institutional relationships to strengthen a marketing claim.
The service demonstrates expertise through transparent inputs and reproducible output. A reader can see the city latitude, longitude, time zone and method, compare the full month and report a discrepancy with evidence. The editorial policy records how reports are reviewed. The methodology page describes the exact Fajr angle, sunrise and sunset adjustment, Asr factor and Isha interval implemented by the calculator.
Independence and trust
The site does not present calculated values as an official mosque schedule. It does not claim affiliation with the Saudi government, the Two Holy Mosques, Umm al-Qura University or a religious authority. Names of places and calculation conventions are used descriptively. If a future partnership or sponsorship could affect how readers evaluate a page, it should be disclosed clearly near the relevant content rather than hidden in a policy.
Trust also requires acknowledging limits. Local terrain, elevation, observation, rounding and approved safety margins can create differences. Iqamah is controlled locally. Religious rulings require qualified guidance. Technical services can experience outages. These limitations are repeated where they matter because a disclaimer that is impossible to find does not help a visitor make a responsible decision.
Our commitment to readers
We aim for short paragraphs, descriptive headings, readable tables, keyboard access and strong contrast in both reading directions. Essential times are server-rendered. The interface uses lightweight CSS and JavaScript, and dynamic pages have a short cache period so performance does not turn into stale daily information. Canonical and alternate-language links help search engines connect each Arabic page with its English counterpart.
Readers can help improve the service by reporting a specific city, date and comparison source. Useful criticism is evaluated on its evidence, regardless of whether it arrives in Arabic or English. The team may not adopt a different convention simply because it produces another minute, but it should explain the difference and correct inaccurate coordinates, labels, broken routes or calculation defects when verified.
The service these policies describe
KSA Prayer is a focused bilingual utility for calculated prayer times in Saudi cities. Arabic pages are available from the root of the site and corresponding English pages are available under /en/. City pages show today’s timetable, the next calculated prayer, tomorrow’s main values and a full month. They also identify the city coordinates, time zone and calculation convention so a visitor can understand what produced the displayed result.
The service is independent. It is not a Saudi government website, a mosque, a university publication or an official calendar. The words “Umm al-Qura” describe the calculation settings; they do not state sponsorship or approval by Umm al-Qura University. The site is designed to support daily planning while making the difference between a calculated prayer-entry time and a mosque’s iqamah schedule explicit.
How to verify important information
For normal planning, compare the page heading, date, city and time zone before relying on a value. Refresh the page after traveling or returning to an older browser tab. When attendance at a particular congregation matters, verify the iqamah, Friday prayer, Ramadan program or Eid arrangement with that mosque. When an official authority publishes a timetable for a special event or holy place, that notice should be followed for its intended audience.
If two sources differ, record the city, date, prayer, displayed minute, calculation method and coordinates before reporting the issue. A difference can be caused by rounding, a safety offset, elevation, horizon conditions or another accepted convention. Evidence makes a correction request useful. It lets the team distinguish a software or data problem from an expected method difference and apply a change consistently across daily, monthly, Arabic, English and API output.
Related standards and updates
The About page explains the purpose and ownership stance of the publication. The Methodology page documents the calculation inputs and settings. The Editorial Policy explains review and corrections. The Privacy Policy covers data handling, while the Terms and Disclaimer explain permitted use and service limits. These pages are linked together and from the footer so a reader does not need to search for the rules that govern the service.
Policy text is reviewed when the site’s features, data practices or calculation logic materially change. A date is displayed on each trust page to show the current editorial review point. Dates are not changed merely to make a page look fresh. Where a policy update materially affects how visitors use the service or how contact data is handled, the new text applies from its stated effective date and earlier messages remain subject to the commitments made when they were submitted.