Zabihah

08/24/2026

Introducing the Zabihah blog (https://www.zabihah.com/blog) - tracking stories from around the world where halal food is creating a buzz and intersecting with identity, culture, and faith. Each story is tagged to several halal restaurants related to the story. In addition, you can browse the newest restaurants in selected cities.

08/18/2026

Swipe right on Zabihah v10 for a new way to find the best halal spots near you.

5000+ videos from 400+ halal food creators around the world, with more coming every day.

08/18/2026

Global halal foodie video feeds are now live!

Swipe right on Zabihah v10 for a new way to find the best halal spots near you.

5000+ videos from 400+ halal food creators around the world, with more coming every day.

07/08/2026

New on version 9.8:

- Create and share polls with your friends to decide where to eat. Just add the places you love on Zabihah and text the poll to your friends. You'll all see the vote in real time and then use it to find the winning place!

- By popular demand, dark mode is back! And so is an iPad native version!

- On both iOS and Android, use widgets to show you the nearest halal places, and a prayer time widget that shows you the nearest places to pray (including restaurants that allow it)!

07/02/2026

More updates:

- Introducing the Feed, a community conversation about the halal offerings in your neighborhood including posts, videos, photos, playlists, and more! Works in cities around the world!

- New widgets for iOS that show you the next prayer time and the nearest place to pray, as well as the nearest halal restaurants to you at any given time. Great for travelers!

06/24/2026

Salams — we just pushed a bunch of stuff to the apps you should know about.

For context: we get 150–200 downloads a day, mostly word-of-mouth, and have been steady at that for years. So this isn't a "please download my app" post — it's an "if you already use it, here's what's new and what would help" post.

The big one is playlists - themed collections of halal places. Things like "Halal Texas BBQ" or "Best brunch in Brooklyn." Some we curate, but the cool part is you can build your own — pin it to a city, pick a cover photo, add places straight from any restaurant page, and share the link. Use it for travel planning, your usual spots, whatever. You can also follow other people's playlists and they'll sit on your Bookmarks tab.

Also worth flagging if you're new to Zabihah: every restaurant has a HalalRank score (0–100), which is a confidence ranking based on certificates on file, supplier evidence, public statements, and what users have submitted. If you've seen a halal cert at a place or have a photo from inside, you can submit it from the restaurant page and it updates the score for everyone else.

All of this is live on iOS, desktop, and mobile web right now. Android is the only one lagging — should ship in a week or two with the same playlists, same map, same everything.

Would genuinely love feedback on the playlist UX — what would make it actually useful for you vs. a feature that exists but you never open? Let us know!

06/24/2026

Salams — we just pushed a bunch of stuff to the apps I wanted to share.

For context: we get 150–200 downloads a day, mostly word-of-mouth, and have been steady at that for years. So this isn't a "please download my app" post — it's an "if you already use it, here's what's new and what would help" post.

The big one is playlists - themed collections of halal places. Things like "Halal Texas BBQ" or "Best brunch in Brooklyn." Some we curate, but the cool part is you can build your own — pin it to a city, pick a cover photo, add places straight from any restaurant page, and share the link. Use it for travel planning, your usual spots, whatever. You can also follow other people's playlists and they'll sit on your Bookmarks tab.

Also worth flagging if you're new to Zabihah: every restaurant has a HalalRank score (0–100), which is a confidence ranking based on certificates on file, supplier evidence, public statements, and what users have submitted. If you've seen a halal cert at a place or have a photo from inside, you can submit it from the restaurant page and it updates the score for everyone else.

All of this is live on iOS, desktop, and mobile web right now. Android is the only one lagging — should ship in a week or two with the same playlists, same map, same everything.

Would genuinely love feedback on the playlist UX — what would make it actually useful for you vs. a feature that exists but you never open? Let us know!

https://www.zabihah.com/ios

03/12/2026

Salams, and wishing you the best in these last 10 days of Ramadan!

We created Zabihah way back in 1998 so that we could power the halal food revolution. Since then we've served millions of Halal foodies around the world with the best halal food nearby.

We've now rewritten everything from scratch and plan to introduce several new features we've been pondering for years now. Stay tuned!

Zabihah on the web: https://www.zabihah.com
Zabihah for iOS: http://zabihah.com/ios
Zabihah for Android: https://zabihah.com/android

08/05/2025

After years of building Zabihah into the leading global platform for halal discovery, we’re taking the next step in our evolution — and it’s a major one.

Zabihah is merging with river.app, a rapidly growing fintech infrastructure company focused on compliant, cross-border payments. Zabihah will become the brand & gateway to the halal economy — powered by River’s infrastructure

As part of this merger, Arman Khwaja is joining River as Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer, and Shahed Amanullah will lead Zabihah’s transition into a halal payments platform within River.

Why River?

River is scaling fast — processing tens of millions in annualized volume, growing 550% this year, and already working with governments, telecoms, and platforms to:

- Replace informal hawala systems
- Power Shariah-compliant remittances
- Enable digital wallets at global scale

The River team includes founders of category-defining companies and is backed by former leaders from Venmo, Brex, and Deel — who are not just advisors, but also investors.

Why Zabihah?

Because trust matters. Because reach matters. Because building for the global Muslim market requires both.

Together, we’re building the world’s first end-to-end halal commerce ecosystem — from discovery to delivery to remittance. And we’re just getting started.

Let’s build the future of halal fintech — together.

04/18/2025

Just a reminder that we're hiring - lots to do in the remainder of 2025 with new features and services, and we need your help! Join our passionate team and help power the Halal revolution!

Helping millions of Halal foodies find and buy the best Halal food since 1998