I recently received this email from R. and I thought it was worth sharing here:

Asalaam Aleikum Warahmatullah Wabarakatu,

Brothers, Sisters, Friends,

The biggest news since, I dunno…. NO MORE WONDERING where the nearest Masjid is… NO MORE TRYING to find a halal spot close by.

Alhamdulliah, I have been helping Shahed, the founder of Zabihah.com and Salatomatic.com, to have downloadable GPS coordinates for all the Masajid and Halal Restaurants on the websites, FREE!!!

That’s almost EVERY masjid and halal restaurant in the nation. He still will make a few updates to the format, but a working version is available online. I was only able to test it out with a Garmin, so try with yours and send him comments insha Allah. If you don’t have a GPS, get one.

Spread the word to your friends insha Allah.

Here’s what to do to set yourself free insha Allah and not be worried about where to pray again:

1) Go to Salatomatic.com & Zabihah.com:

2) When you browse a region, go to the bottom of the page and you will see:

Click here for a CSV POI file for GPS systems”

3) You can download this to your GPS insha Allah. Change the filename to the region before uploading to your GPS (e.g. “NJ.csv”), he will add this naming convention in his updates insha Allah.

4) When prayer time comes, or you get a hunger attack, find the nearest spot with your GPS insha Allah.

Enjoy!!!