Salam.chat is an AI chatbot aimed at a specific purpose: making it easier to learn about Islam. Instead of a general-purpose assistant, it is trained with scholarly input and wrapped in a halal filter that keeps the conversation within the scope of Islam. If you ask something outside that scope, it declines to answer, which keeps the tool focused and, in the team's words, safe for children.
Its defining feature is transparency. Rather than presenting answers as fact, Salam.chat attaches inline citations to the Quran and Hadith so every piece of Islamic text has a source you can go and read for yourself. The team is also adding curation to mark information as incorrect and inviting scholars to help review and train the model.
Salam.chat is free and does not currently make money. It is described as a volunteer-driven, open-source project created by Muslims who wanted a ChatGPT alternative built for their own religious practice, and it welcomes engineers, designers and Islamic scholars to help improve it. Early access is deliberately given to scholars, designers and developers so the model can be refined before wider release. Donations are accepted to support the work.
