Research basis
Published fiqh works and madhab-specific rulings shape the product direction.
Sila combines cycle tracking with hayd and istihadha guidance, prayer status, and Ramadan fast debt so the religious meaning of a bleeding log stays visible from the start.
Why women search this
A practical answer for women trying to make a worship decision, not just compare features.
Most period trackers are built for cycle prediction, symptom logging, or fertility planning. An Islamic period tracker needs to go further and help a woman understand the worship implications of the bleeding she records.
That means the useful version is not just a calendar. It should keep hayd and istihadha context, prayer status, and Ramadan make-up fasts connected to the same record. That is the problem Sila is built to solve.
If the app cannot connect your logs to worship decisions, it still leaves the hardest part on you.
| What matters | Sila | Generic period app |
|---|---|---|
| Hayd vs istihadha context | Keeps the distinction visible through fiqh-aware tracking | Usually treats all bleeding as general cycle data |
| Prayer status | Keeps prayer decisions tied to the bleeding record | Not included |
| Ramadan fast debt | Tracks missed fasts as part of the same workflow | Usually handled outside the app |
Sila is deliberately narrow. We are not trying to publish a giant health encyclopedia. We are building practical guidance around recurring fiqh questions Muslim women face every month.
Research basis
Published fiqh works and madhab-specific rulings shape the product direction.
Product lens
The app is designed around the lived workflow of logging, checking worship status, and planning missed fasts.
Limit
Sila is a tracking tool, not a replacement for a scholar in unusual or edge-case situations.
Questions women often still have after reading the short answer.
It needs to do more than predict a cycle. It should help a woman connect her bleeding record to hayd and istihadha questions, prayer status, and Ramadan fast debt instead of leaving those decisions scattered across notes, memory, and search results.
No. A tracking tool can apply published rulings to ordinary cases and make recurring decisions easier to hold together, but unusual or sensitive cases can still need scholar review.
No. Sila is being built to support all four Sunni schools so the tracking logic can reflect the madhab a woman actually follows.
Move from reading about the problem to a tool designed around it.
Join the waitlist for Sila if you want an Islamic period tracker that keeps bleeding logs, prayer status, and Ramadan fast debt in one workflow instead of splitting them across multiple tools.