Sabily
Encyclopedia
Sabily is a free, open source operating system designed by and for Muslims. It is based on the popular Ubuntu
Linux distribution
which is a Free and Open Source (FOSS
) operating system and has pre-installed packages for the Arabic language.
Sabily includes a set of packages that customizes Ubuntu. Ubuntu is easy to use for a novice user, with the most-used Office, Internet, Graphics and Video applications already installed. With Sabily, Muslim
users have “out of the box” Islamic software and tools installed as well. Sabily includes Islamic software (prayer times tool, Qur'an
study tool, Hijri
calendar etc.) and has a custom design.
The Unity shell is available on the Sabily 11.04 Badr DVD. Ubuntu Classic Desktop is the default desktop in latest version of Sabily (11.04). New applications in Badr: Islamic Date, Zakat Calc, Gufw, DesktopNova, AutoKey
, recordMyDesktop
, Anki.
The full version of Sabily comes with out of the box educational software, codecs
for the most used media formats. Wisabi is a Sabily 10.10 installer for Windows XP
, Windows Vista
or Windows 7 based on Wubi.
The Small version (967.96 MB) contains the main Sabily packages, including artwork and Islamic applications and Arabic support.
The Full version (1.55 GB) contains the same as the Small version plus multimedia, educational and miscellaneous packages.
The Ultimate version (3.3 GB) has the same content as the Full version, plus Qur'an offline recitations provided by Muhammad Siddeeq al-Minshawi
, Huzify, Saad al-Ghamadi and Mishary Rashed Alafasy.
The Ultimate version is useful mainly when not connected to the Internet, yet all Sabily versions provide online Qur'an recitations.
Sabily is available as a Live DVD
, which can be booted on the host computer without installation. The Wisabi installer can install Sabily to the hard disk within Microsoft Windows
, without involving risky formatting
or partitioning
.
Small version DVD available online recitations
Minbar indicates the time when Muslim
s should pray. It runs in background as a tray icon and plays the "athan
" (call to prayer) at prayer times. Minbar works with the main calculation methods, such as Muslim League (default), Shafii, and Hanafi. Muslim
s observe salah five times a day, and Minbar helps to remind of daily prayer times.
Monajat is an application for GNU/Linux
and Windows
that displays Azkar messages. It runs in background as a tray icon and displays hadith
s.
The application an application provided by the Sabily
community.
Zakat Calc is an application for GNU/Linux
. Zakat Calc helps Mulsims to calculate Zakat
types: Gold, silver, stones, jewels, savings in bank, property, loans, business, firms, animanls (2.5%) and agriculture (10%). Zakat Calc is included in Sabily, a free, open source operating system designed by and for Muslims.
This project is for the OS Sabily. To calculate the amount of the payment of zakat. Used for educational purpose and public use. This project is free. It was created using the Gambas
programming language and it runs on GNU/Linux
.
Zakat
or "alms giving" is one of the Five Pillars of Islam
, is the giving of 2.5% of one's possessions (surplus wealth) to charity, generally to the poor and needy.
Gnome Nanny (Parental Control) is an easy way to control how long users or your kids can be on the computer and what they can and can't access browsing the web.
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
which is a Free and Open Source (FOSS
Foss
Foss may refer toPeople*Foss , people with the last name Foss*Foss Shanahan , New Zealand diplomat*Foss Westcott , English bishop...
) operating system and has pre-installed packages for the Arabic language.
Sabily includes a set of packages that customizes Ubuntu. Ubuntu is easy to use for a novice user, with the most-used Office, Internet, Graphics and Video applications already installed. With Sabily, Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
users have “out of the box” Islamic software and tools installed as well. Sabily includes Islamic software (prayer times tool, Qur'an
Qur'an
The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
study tool, Hijri
Islamic calendar
The Hijri calendar , also known as the Muslim calendar or Islamic calendar , is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries , and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...
calendar etc.) and has a custom design.
The Unity shell is available on the Sabily 11.04 Badr DVD. Ubuntu Classic Desktop is the default desktop in latest version of Sabily (11.04). New applications in Badr: Islamic Date, Zakat Calc, Gufw, DesktopNova, AutoKey
Autokey
AutoKey is a text expansion/replacement utility for Linux and X11. It is heavily inspired by the commercial Windows software 'PhraseExpress'. It receives keyboard events using one of several methods and uses X events to drive the expansions. AutoKey can be used to replace abbreviations with full...
, recordMyDesktop
RecordMyDesktop
RecordMyDesktop is a free and open source desktop screencasting software application written for GNU/Linux. The program is separated into two parts; a command line tool that performs the tasks of capturing and encoding, and an interface that exposes the program functionality graphically...
, Anki.
The full version of Sabily comes with out of the box educational software, codecs
Codec
A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding or decoding a digital data stream or signal. The word codec is a portmanteau of "compressor-decompressor" or, more commonly, "coder-decoder"...
for the most used media formats. Wisabi is a Sabily 10.10 installer for Windows XP
Windows XP
Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
, Windows Vista
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
or Windows 7 based on Wubi.
Versions available
There currently exists three versions of Sabily.The Small version (967.96 MB) contains the main Sabily packages, including artwork and Islamic applications and Arabic support.
The Full version (1.55 GB) contains the same as the Small version plus multimedia, educational and miscellaneous packages.
The Ultimate version (3.3 GB) has the same content as the Full version, plus Qur'an offline recitations provided by Muhammad Siddeeq al-Minshawi
Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi
Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi was an Egyptian Qur'anic reciter. Son of Sheikh Siddiq El-Minshawi, his brother Sheikh Mahmoud El-Minshawi is also a famous reciter.-History:...
, Huzify, Saad al-Ghamadi and Mishary Rashed Alafasy.
The Ultimate version is useful mainly when not connected to the Internet, yet all Sabily versions provide online Qur'an recitations.
Sabily is available as a Live DVD
Live CD
A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...
, which can be booted on the host computer without installation. The Wisabi installer can install Sabily to the hard disk within Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
, without involving risky formatting
Disk formatting
Disk formatting is the process of preparing a hard disk drive or flexible disk medium for data storage. In some cases, the formatting operation may also create one or more new file systems...
or partitioning
Disk partitioning
Disk partitioning is the act of dividing a hard disk drive into multiple logical storage units referred to as partitions, to treat one physical disk drive as if it were multiple disks. Partitions are also termed "slices" for operating systems based on BSD, Solaris or GNU Hurd...
.
Additional software
As compared to Ubuntu:- zekrZekrZekr is an open source Quranic desktop application. It is an open platform Quran study tool for browsing and researching on the Quran. Zekr is a Quran-based project, planned to be a universal, open source, and cross-platform application to perform most of the usual refers to the Quran, according to...
: Qur'anic Study Tool - minbarMinbar (software)Minbar is an application for GNU/Linux that indicates the time when Muslims should pray. It runs in background as a tray icon and plays the "athan" at prayer times. Minbar works with the main calculation methods, such as Muslim League , Shafii, and Hanafi...
: Islamic prayer times application - monajat: application that popups prayers every predetermined time
- firefox-praytimes: Firefox extension that displays Islamic daily prayer times
- webstrict: UI frontend to DansGuardian (web content filtering tool)
- nanny: parental control system
- thwab: Electronic Encyclopedia System
- hijra: Islamic calendar
- mus-haf Othman: Othman Qur'an Browser
- noor: Qur'an viewer
- fsool: abbreviated chapters in the Messenger vita
- rejaal: Men around the prophet
Arabic support
- language-pack-ar: translations for language Arabic
- language-pack-gnome-ar: GNOME translations for language Arabic
- mozilla-firefox-locale-ar: Mozilla Firefox Arabic language/region package
- aspell-ar: Arabic dictionary for aspell
- acon: Text console arabization
- bicon: Console that supports bidirectional text display
- arab eyes qamoos: Arabic-English dictionary
Sabily software
Zekr is an open platform Quran study tool for browsing and researching on the Quran. Recitations and translations are available for download in hereSmall version DVD available online recitations
- Abdulbasit Abdussamad (64kbps)
- Mishary bin Rashid Al-Afasy (128kbps)
- Saad Al-Ghamdi (40kbps)
- Mohammed Siddiq Al-Minshawi (16kbps)
- Maher Al-Muaiqly (128kbps)
- Abu Bakr Ash-Shatri (128kbps)
- Saud Al-Shuraim (128kbps)
- Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (192kbps)
Minbar indicates the time when Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s should pray. It runs in background as a tray icon and plays the "athan
Adhan
The adhān is the Islamic call to prayer, recited by the muezzin at prescribed times of the day. The root of the word is meaning "to permit"; another derivative of this word is , meaning "ear"....
" (call to prayer) at prayer times. Minbar works with the main calculation methods, such as Muslim League (default), Shafii, and Hanafi. Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s observe salah five times a day, and Minbar helps to remind of daily prayer times.
Monajat is an application for GNU/Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
and Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
that displays Azkar messages. It runs in background as a tray icon and displays hadith
Hadith
The term Hadīth is used to denote a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad....
s.
The application an application provided by the Sabily
Sabily
Sabily is a free, open source operating system designed by and for Muslims. It is based on the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution which is a Free and Open Source operating system and has pre-installed packages for the Arabic language....
community.
Zakat Calc is an application for GNU/Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
. Zakat Calc helps Mulsims to calculate Zakat
Zakat
Zakāt , one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is the giving of a fixed portion of one's wealth to charity, generally to the poor and needy.-History:Zakat, a practice initiated by Muhammed himself, has played an important role throughout Islamic history...
types: Gold, silver, stones, jewels, savings in bank, property, loans, business, firms, animanls (2.5%) and agriculture (10%). Zakat Calc is included in Sabily, a free, open source operating system designed by and for Muslims.
This project is for the OS Sabily. To calculate the amount of the payment of zakat. Used for educational purpose and public use. This project is free. It was created using the Gambas
Gambas
Gambas is the name of an object-oriented dialect of the BASIC programming language as well as the integrated development environment that accompanies it. Designed to run on Linux and other Unix-like computer operating systems, its name is a recursive acronym for Gambas Almost Means Basic...
programming language and it runs on GNU/Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
.
Zakat
Zakat
Zakāt , one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is the giving of a fixed portion of one's wealth to charity, generally to the poor and needy.-History:Zakat, a practice initiated by Muhammed himself, has played an important role throughout Islamic history...
or "alms giving" is one of the Five Pillars of Islam
Five Pillars of Islam
The Pillars of Islam are basic concepts and duties for accepting the religion for the Muslims.The Shi'i and Sunni both agree on the essential details for the performance of these acts, but the Shi'a do not refer to them by the same name .-Pillars of Shia:According to Shia Islam, the...
, is the giving of 2.5% of one's possessions (surplus wealth) to charity, generally to the poor and needy.
Gnome Nanny (Parental Control) is an easy way to control how long users or your kids can be on the computer and what they can and can't access browsing the web.
See also
- ZakatZakatZakāt , one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is the giving of a fixed portion of one's wealth to charity, generally to the poor and needy.-History:Zakat, a practice initiated by Muhammed himself, has played an important role throughout Islamic history...
- Ojuba LinuxOjuba LinuxOjuba is an Arabic Linux distribution, produced by an Arabic team led by Mo'aied Al-Sa'ady. Ojuba is a computer operating system based on the Fedora distribution...
- Open sourceOpen sourceThe term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
- Free softwareFree softwareFree software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
- Minbar (software)Minbar (software)Minbar is an application for GNU/Linux that indicates the time when Muslims should pray. It runs in background as a tray icon and plays the "athan" at prayer times. Minbar works with the main calculation methods, such as Muslim League , Shafii, and Hanafi...
- GNU General Public LicenseGNU General Public LicenseThe GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....