Request for API access: Faisal Ghazi

[faisalga]

• Please tell us about yourself (include an email address):

Faisal Ghazi. I’m trying to create a library of narrated hadith in english and Arabic. I would like to publish that to youtube.

• Your purpose in using this API:

I’ll be using it to compile a list of Arabic and English Hadid in a format that’s readable for narrator and usable later in an iOS app.

• API rate limits:

  • Maximum requests per second:
  • Maximum requests per day:

• Is your use case better served by having an offline dump of hadith data or programmatic API access?

Probably better served with a data dump, but an API access would also do

• What are the languages in which would you like hadith data?

English in Arabic

• What programming language will your API client be in?

Not yet built

[AbdullahAlhariri]

Thank you for submitting your request. I'm just afraid your request might get stuck in the same backlog of requests that have been accumulating for years in this repository.

Therefore, we (unrelated to sunnah.com) have created and alternative api called sunnah.now. Where every brother can access hadith api completely for free without any (rate limit) restrictions, and it's also possible to download dumps for offline processsing.

Currently we have created an early access waitlist for the new hadith api, that you are more than welcome to join in sunnah.now.

During the early access you brother will be able to download offline dumps and make use of the api for free. This is exciting for our ummah I think, as this is the first free developer-first experience for our brothers like you.

If you want to share your thought or feedback, feel free to contact or schedule a meeting with me if you are open to that.

• Send an email: info@sunnah.now
• Schedule a meeting https://calendar.app.google/3PCbbsu7o8jywQxd8

[faisalga]

Thanks brother. I joined the waitlist. Is it sunnah.now a scrape of sunnah.com?Sent from my iPhoneOn Apr 5, 2026, at 5:39 AM, Abdullah A. ***@***.***> wrote:AbdullahAlhariri left a comment (sunnah-com/api#2568) Thank you for submitting your request. I'm just afraid your request might get stuck in the same backlog of requests that have been accumulating for years in this repository. Therefore, we (unrelated to sunnah.com) have created and alternative api called sunnah.now. Where every brother can access hadith api completely for free without any (rate limit) restrictions, and it's also possible to download dumps for offline processsing. Currently we have created an early access waitlist for the new hadith api, that you are more than welcome to join in sunnah.now. During the early access you brother will be able to download offline dumps and make use of the api for free. This is exciting for our ummah I think, as this is the first free developer-first experience for our brothers like you. If you want to share your thought or feedback, feel free to contact or schedule a meeting with me if you are open to that. Send an email: ***@***.*** Schedule a meeting https://calendar.app.google/3PCbbsu7o8jywQxd8 —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[AbdullahAlhariri]

Thanks for you reponse @faisalga,

It's not a scrape in a direct sence. We see it rather as an free alternative and an extension of sunnah.com.

Unfortunately, there is not yet any really developer-first platform that helps developers with providing them with hadith. Sunnah.com may have an api, but it's made impossible to obtain a token or download offline dumps.

Sunnah.now is quite different on that sence, but it does contain all the verified sources and hadith gradings etc... as we all expect.

Barak allah feek