Battut Guide
Battut is a free, Shariah-compliant social media app for Muslims — a halal alternative to Instagram and X. This guide explains every feature and how to use it, step by step.
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Battut runs on the web at app.battut.app and as apps for iPhone and Android. Button names below are from the web app; the mobile apps have the same features, though some menus are arranged differently.
You can look around Battut without an account. Create a free account when you want to post, comment, like or message.
Battut is a social network built around Islamic values. You can share photo posts, videos (reels), stories and Khawater (short written reflections), follow creators and message friends. Uploads are screened automatically, music is not allowed, and community moderators called Shariah Guards review reported content. Battut is free and available in 11 languages, including English and Arabic.
Guests can read the home feed, watch Reels, read Khawater, search, and open posts and public profiles.
Sign up with your email address and choose a unique username.
You can also use "Continue with Google" or "Continue with Apple" on the sign-in and sign-up screens.
Until you confirm your email address you can browse, but you cannot like, comment or send messages.
You can reset your password by email.
Tap the log-out icon on your own profile, or "Logout" in the side menu on mobile, and confirm.
Everyone on Battut has a role that decides what they can do: guest, member, creator, Battut Plus subscriber, Shariah Guard, or the Battut team. Creator channels and Battut Plus are not available yet.
Each role builds on the one before it. One person can have several, for example a member who is also a creator and a Plus subscriber.
Without an account you can read the home feed, watch Reels, read Khawater, search, and open posts and public profiles. Prayer times, the Qibla compass and the dhikr counter also work without an account. To like, comment, follow, share, post or message, create a free account.
A member has a free Battut account. After verifying your email you can do everything in this guide: post photos, videos, stories and Khawater, comment, like, follow, save, share, send messages, report content and apply to become a Shariah Guard. Membership is and will remain free.
Shariah Guards are members who passed the Guard quiz and were approved by the Battut team. They get a "Guard Duty" page where they review reported posts, reels, stories, Khawater and comments, and a "Guard" badge on their profile. They cannot review reports about accounts or private messages, and cannot review their own content. See "Become a Shariah Guard" to apply.
Battut staff review reports about accounts and private messages, handle appeals and escalations from Shariah Guards, approve Guard applications, and can suspend accounts that break the rules. Official messages from the team arrive from "Battut Security".
Creator channels are not available yet. They will let members turn their profile into a channel. Details will be added to this guide when creator channels open.
Battut Plus is not available yet and cannot be bought. It will be an optional paid membership. Everything you can do on Battut today is free, including posting, messaging, prayer times, the Qibla compass and the dhikr counter. Details will be added to this guide when Battut Plus opens.
Battut has a personalised home feed, a full-screen video feed (Reels), a text feed (Khawater) and search.
The home feed ("For You") mixes photo posts, videos and text posts. Stories from people you follow appear at the top. Pull down to refresh on mobile; more posts load as you scroll.
Once a day Battut asks "What brings you here today?" — "Learn", "Relax", "Family" or "Discover". Your choice gently shapes that day's feed. Tap "Skip" to ignore it, or tap the pill at the top of the feed to change it later.
You can teach the feed what you like.
Reels shows videos one at a time, full screen. Every video post appears here.
Khawater (singular: Khatir) are short written thoughts and reflections, similar to tweets. The Khawater feed shows the newest first.
Find people, posts and hashtags.
Tap the Battut logo at the top of the screen to open your channels bar: the creators you follow. A "New drop" ring means they posted since you last looked. Tap a creator to see all their posts, reels and Khawater in one place.
The Activity page lists likes, comments, mentions, new followers, messages and updates from Battut and the Shariah Guard, grouped by Today, Yesterday, This Week and Older.
Every post has an action bar: like, comment and share on the left; save and more on the right. You need an account with a verified email to like, comment and message.
Tap the heart, or double-tap the photo or video. Tap the heart again to unlike. Likes made while offline are sent when you reconnect.
Join the conversation under any post.
Tap the bookmark icon ("Save") on a post. Tap it again to unsave.
Tap the share icon (paper plane) to open the share sheet.
Tap "Follow" on a post or profile. The button changes to "Followed" (or "Follow Back" if they already follow you). To unfollow, tap it again and confirm. People you follow rank higher in your feed and appear in your channels bar.
When a caption, Khatir, comment or message is written in a different language from yours, tap "See translation". The text is translated automatically and labelled "Auto-translated". Tap "See original" to switch back.
Battut transcribes videos automatically, so most videos have captions and a full transcript.
Everything starts from "Create". You need to be signed in.
Tap "Create" and choose what to share: "Photo" (up to 10 photos), "Video" (shown in your feed and in Reels), "Story" (disappears after 24 hours) or "Khawater" (a written thought).
A photo post can have 1 to 10 images. With more than one it becomes a swipeable carousel.
A video post holds one video. It appears in your followers' feeds and in Reels.
On the "New Post" step you add the details of your post.
On the "Audience" step you can hide a post from the other gender. Women see the switch "Sisters only", men see "Brothers only". When it is on, the post is not shown to the other gender.
Tap "Share" on the review screen. Battut shows progress while it prepares, uploads and saves your post. Photos are checked on your device before upload, and content flagged as inappropriate cannot be added. After upload, a post may show "Under review — visible only to you until approved".
Battut saves your work in progress automatically. When you open Create again it asks "Continue where you left off?" — tap "Continue" or "Start fresh".
A Khatir is a short written post of up to 500 characters.
A story is a photo or video that disappears after 24 hours.
Manage your posts from their "More" (⋯) menu.
If the automatic transcript of your video has mistakes, open the video's menu and choose "Edit searchable text / transcript". Edit the original-language and English text, then tap "Save". This text helps people find your video in search; it is not shown on the post itself.
Battut is a music-free platform. Videos are checked for music on your device when you select them.
If Battut finds music in your video, you see "Music detected" and two choices.
Messages are private one-to-one chats. Group chats and calls are not available.
You can message anyone who accepts messages from you.
A first message from someone you don't follow arrives in "Message requests" instead of your inbox. They don't know you have seen it until you accept.
Tap "Attach" to send a photo or video, take one with the camera, or send a file (up to 50 MB each).
Press and hold a message (or right-click it on a computer) to open its actions.
You can fix or remove what you sent.
In a chat, open the ⋮ menu → "Disappearing Messages" and choose "24 hours", "7 days" or "Off". New messages disappear after that time. Either person in the chat can change this.
Ticks show whether your message is sent, delivered or read. The chat header shows when the other person is typing, "Active now", or when they were last active.
Open the ⋮ menu in a chat.
Battut keeps content halal with automatic screening, community moderators and member reports.
Photos are checked on your device before upload, and content flagged as nudity or otherwise inappropriate cannot be posted. Uploaded posts can be scanned again on the server and held for review. Videos are checked for music.
If you see something harmful or non-compliant, report it. Reports are confidential.
A Shariah Guard can blur a post, limit it to "Females Only" (shown with a pink flower badge), remove its music or vocals, or block it. If this happens to your post you are notified and can appeal.
Official messages from Battut, such as replies to appeals, arrive in Messages from "Battut Security". You can reply in the same chat. Only Battut can send from this account.
Shariah Guards are volunteer community moderators. They review reported posts, reels, stories, Khawater and comments and decide whether to approve, blur, limit to sisters, remove music, block, or escalate to Battut's team.
The Community Covenant (battut.app/community) describes the duties every member shares: lower your gaze, guard your tongue and keyboard, conceal rather than expose, and forbid the wrong by reporting harm.
Battut gives you controls over who sees your posts, who can message you, and whose content you see.
Your content environment (Male Environment or Female Environment) follows the gender in your profile. Change your gender in Settings → Account Information. These settings only change what you see; they never change other people's content.
In Settings → Content Standards you will find two switches.
In Settings → Privacy → Messages choose "Everyone" (people you don't follow arrive as message requests), "Following", or "None" (nobody can start a new chat). Tap "Save Changes".
Block someone from their profile ("More options" → "Block user"), from a chat, or from a message request. Blocking removes any follow between you and stops messages both ways. To unblock, go to Settings → Privacy → "Blocked Users" and tap "Unblock".
All Battut profiles and posts are currently public. Private accounts are coming soon. Use Sisters only / Brothers only, blocking and message settings to control your experience.
Your profile shows who you are and everything you have shared.
A profile shows a cover photo, profile photo, name, @username, bio, links, and counts of posts, followers and following. Tabs show "Photos", "Reels", "Reposts", "Khawater" and "Tagged" posts. If the person has a live story, tap their photo to watch it.
Open your profile and tap "Edit Profile".
Tap "Share profile" on any profile to copy or send its link.
On the "Tagged" tab, open the post and choose "Remove me".
Open "Settings" from the menu or the gear icon on your profile.
In Settings → Notifications switch push notifications on or off for likes, comments, new followers, posts from people you follow, mentions and tags, messages, announcements and the discovery digest. Turn on "Enable Quiet Hours" and set a start and end time to pause notifications (default 22:00–07:00, in your device's time zone).
In Settings → Display & language:
Data Saver ("Automatic", "On" or "Off") uses smaller images and lower-quality video and stops videos loading in advance. On a slow connection Battut switches to low-data mode automatically and tells you. Some videos then show "Tap to play" instead of playing automatically.
In Settings → Account Information you can change your username, name, birthday (not shown publicly), gender and social links, then tap "Save changes".
In Settings → Content Standards → Interests, pick the topics you care about and tap "Save". They personalise your feed and sponsored content.
In Settings → "Send a Suggestion" tell the Battut team what would make the app better (up to 2,000 characters) and tap "Send suggestion".
Deleting your account permanently removes your account and your posts. It cannot be undone.
Battut includes free worship tools. On the web, open them directly with the links below.
app.battut.app/worship shows today's Fajr, Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha times and a countdown to the next prayer.
app.battut.app/qibla shows the direction of the Kaaba from where you are. Tap "Enable compass" on a phone for a live compass; otherwise the bearing is shown in degrees.
app.battut.app/dhikr is a tasbih counter. Choose a dhikr (such as SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah or Allahu Akbar), tap the large button to count, and see your count, target and completed rounds. Tap "Reset" to start again.
Need help or want to give feedback?
Email [email protected], use "Contact Support on WhatsApp" in Settings → Account Information, or send an idea with Settings → "Send a Suggestion". Battut is made by Battut Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Battut is free on the web at app.battut.app, on iPhone from the App Store (apps.apple.com/us/app/battut/id6760133813) and on Android from Google Play (play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.battut.app).
