How Uswa sources every Sunnah

Three collections, nothing else

Every habit comes from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or Jami at-Tirmidhi.

From Tirmidhi we use a narration only when al-Albani grades it sahih or hasan sahih, and no other grader in the edition calls it weak (da‘if), fabricated (mawdu‘), munkar or shadh. Our build checks this rule automatically, and a narration that fails it can’t reach the app or this site.

One habit, one action, one moment

Each habit is a single small action tied to one moment in your day: “When you finish wudu, say the shahada.” A habit may cite several narrations. A narration that mentions several actions becomes several habits.

Some narrations recommend or praise an action without saying when or how often. There, Uswa may suggest a routine, and we label it as Uswa’s suggestion. We never invent the action itself, and we never say the Prophet ﷺ did something regularly unless the narration says so.

Every habit is reviewed by hand

Before a habit is published, it is reviewed against its narration: the action, the moment, the wording and the reference. An approval covers that exact version. If any of the wording changes later, the habit goes back for review, and it leaves this site until it’s approved again.

The texts and translations

The Arabic texts and the English and Turkish translations come from the open hadith-api project by fawazahmed0 (public domain). Its English translations are by Muhsin Khan (Sahih al-Bukhari) and Abdul Hamid Siddiqui (Sahih Muslim). The edition doesn’t name the translator of its Tirmidhi English or its Turkish texts, and we don’t guess.

We quote these texts word for word. The only change we make is to show the salutation on the Prophet as ﷺ. Where a Turkish text has a typesetting error, we show the English translation instead until it’s fixed. Numbers follow sunnah.com, and every hadith page links there so you can check it.

What the numbers in the app are

Uswa starts you with three habits, pauses at 21 practices to let you choose what’s next, and forgives one missed day in seven. These are product choices meant to keep things small and kind. They aren’t religious rulings, and they aren’t research findings.

Found a mistake?

Write to hello@uswaapp.com with the page and the reference. We check every report against the source.