Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vol 11, No 5: May 2013

Development of Mobile Dua and Zikr for Hajj (MDZ4H)

Ahmed Sheikh Abdullah Al-Aidaroos (Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Abdul Nasir Zulkifli (Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Ruzinoor Che Mat (Universiti Utara Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 May 2013

Abstract

In the last decade, the number of mobile phone users has increased dramatically. Nowadays, mobile phone has become part of people’s life. Today’s mobile phones provide not just voice call and messaging services, but plethora of other services. This research is about the utilization of mobile phone for dua and zikr for Hajj. The main aim of this research is to develop a mobile Dua and Zikr application to help Hajj pilgrims to recite them while performing all the Hajj, Umrah and Ziarah rituals. At the moment, this research focuses on developing the application on Android platform. In developing the application, all the required Dua and Zikr have to be gathered, compiled and verified before the prototype could be developed using J2ME. The prototype consists of text and audio files of the recited Dua and Zikr in Arabic as well as the translations in Malay. The prototype has been proven to be useful in helping the pilgrims to easily and conveniently recite the Dua and Zikr towards achieving Hajj Mabrur. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/telkomnika.v11i5.2509

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