Salaah MCP (Muslim Community Prayer Times)

A FastAPI and MCP service providing Islamic prayer times calculations using the islamic_times library.

Dependencies

This project relies on the following main dependencies:

• FastAPI: Web framework for building APIs
• FastAPI MCP: Model Control Protocol
• islamic_times: Core calculation engine for prayer times
• Pydantic: Data validation

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/salaah-mcp.git
cd salaah-mcp

2. Install uvv and dependencies:

pip install uv
uv install

Usage

uv run run.py

The API will be available at:

• Development: http://localhost:8000
• Production: http://localhost:8000 (configurable via UVV_PORT environment variable)

API

Calculate Prayer Times

POST /prayer_times

Example request:

{
  "latitude": -26.1528113,
  "longitude": 28.0049996,
  "method": "EGYPTIAN"
}

Example response:

{
  "method": "Egyptian General Authority of Survey (Egypt)",
  "fajr": "2025-06-01T05:19:11.373053+02:00",
  "sunrise": "2025-06-01T06:47:44.369263+02:00",
  "zuhr": "2025-06-01T12:05:43.358460+02:00",
  "asr": "2025-06-01T15:23:52.560113+02:00",
  "sunset": "2025-06-01T17:23:52.560113+02:00",
  "maghrib": "2025-06-01T17:23:52.560113+02:00",
  "isha": "2025-06-01T18:43:09.341111+02:00",
  "midnight": "2025-06-02T00:06:02.228763+02:00"
}

Available Calculation Methods

• ISNA: Islamic Society of North America
• MWL: Muslim World League
• UMM_AL_QURA: Umm al-Qura University, Makkah
• EGYPTIAN: Egyptian General Authority of Survey
• KARACHI: University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi
• TEHRAN: Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran
• JAFARI: Shia Ithna Ashari, Leva Research Institute, Qom

Claude Desktop Integration

To use the prayer times service with Claude Desktop:

1. Create a configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Salaah Times": {
      "command": "/Users/yusuf/.local/bin/mcp-proxy",
      "env": {
        "SSE_URL": "http://localhost:8000/mcp"
      }
    }
  }
}

2. Save this as claude_desktop_config.json in your Claude Desktop configuration directory.

3. Make sure the MCP service is running:

uv run run.py

4. Start Claude Desktop and you can now ask questions about prayer times like:

• "What time is Asr prayer today?"
• "When is Fajr tomorrow in Johannesburg?"
• "Show me all prayer times for London"

The AI will use the MCP service to calculate accurate prayer times based on your queries.