The Companion

A small friend who lives on your prayers.

The companion is a character in Hayya whose strength is your last seven days — with today counting most. Praying on time feeds them; the morning and evening adhkār keep them warm and guarded; letting a prayer's window run out wounds them. Everything below is computed on your device from your own prayer log, and only there. The companion mirrors the log, nothing more — Allah alone knows the hearts.

Arriving with the next update. The companion lives on the Home screen, on its own page in the app, and as a home-screen widget on iOS and Android — the widget changes the moment things change, even with the app closed.

Who walks with you

You choose: a brother in a kufi, or a sister in hijab. Same heart, same rules, same faces — only the framing changes. Pick on the companion's page in the app.

Strength — the five tiers

Strength runs 0–100. Each prayer is worth 14 answered on time (within half an hour of the adhan), 8 answered late, and nothing if its window runs out. The morning and evening adhkār are worth 12 each, the before-sleep list 6. As the day fills, today takes up to 65% of the whole measure — so a neglected day visibly drains them by nightfall, and one sincere day lifts most of it back.

Radiantstrength 85+ — gold trim and sparkles
Strong65+ — full colour, standing tall
Steady45+ — where everyone begins
Fading25+ — faded thobe, heavy lids, a slump
Depletedbelow 25 — grey, sunken, tearful

Moods — the face

The face is the last few hours, not the week.

Joyfulfor 45 minutes after a prayer is marked prayed
Contentthe resting face while strength holds
Sadfor 3 hours after a prayer is lost
Wearythe resting face when strength is low

The shield

The adhkār are called a fortress for a reason. Keep one day perfectly — all five prayers on time, morning and evening lists finished — and tomorrow the companion stands inside a shield. Neglect today's protection and you can watch it wear: it cracks before it breaks.

Shield — wholea perfect yesterday: all five on time, morning & evening adhkār finished
Shield — crackedtoday's protection unsaid or a grace slipping — finish the lists to mend it
Shield — shattereda prayer was lost today; a new perfect day raises it again
No shieldnothing raised — keep one whole day perfectly to earn it

The whispers

Left unguarded, the waswas draws near — smoke at the edges, murmurs at the ear. Never a figure, never a face: only smoke and withdrawn light. Each open door brings it one step closer, and each deed done shuts one: say the day's adhkār, answer the prayer that's waiting, and the whispers retreat.

A whisper, farone door open — usually adhkār unsaid past their reminder
At the eartwo doors open — add a prayer's on-time grace slipping
Besiegedthree doors open — a prayer lost on top; the light itself withdraws
Glowingseven days with all five prayers kept — the whispers find nothing

The road from here

The companion's page in the app always shows both directions from this moment: the deeds you could do right now and exactly what each would restore ("Finish the evening adhkār — +6 strength, the shield mends"), and the next moment things worsen if nothing is done ("at 6:52 PM the whispers draw closer"). Both come from the same arithmetic that draws the companion, so the promise is always kept.

In a sentence

Pray on time and say your adhkār, and your companion stands radiant, shielded, and glowing. Let the day slip, and you'll watch the protection crack, the whispers arrive, and the light fade — until one prayer begins the road back.