English Books

Muslim Women in the Midst of Change

This text discusses and aims to vindicate the traditional viewpoint on the role of women, based on a strict interpretation of the Qur'an and the Sunnah.

The Debate On the Rule of Cause Prevention and Its Strict Implementation

The author devotes this volume to a debate concerning the application of the rule of cause prevention. He shows that a strict and extremist application has been the reason for many restrictions that social tradition in many Muslim countries have imposed...

The Debate on Participation in Social Life and on Face Uncovering

In this volume of his work, the author engages in a debate that takes two full volumes to answer the objections that are often raised concerning social mixing and keeping a woman’s face uncovered in Muslim society. This is a tradition in Islamic...

The Character of The Muslim Woman: Women's Emancipation During The Prophet's Lifetime

The Prophet Muhammadﷺ established complete equality between men and women as he said, "Women are full sisters of men." Yet both have their respective special functions. This volume draws out the features of the Muslim woman's character as outlined in the...

Love & Happiness

Things fall apart. And they break sometimes. Like many of you, my journey hasn't always been easy. Pain is very real. And so is loss. Sometimes it's hard not to let the weight of what we carry--or the memory of what we've lost--take over. Many of us know...

Women in Islam: What the Qur'an and Sunnah Say

Women in Islam is an attractive book of simple compilation of quotations from the Qur’an and Hadith collections that refer to or address women specifically. It engages the reader in a moment of reflection on the Islamic view of womanhood: her...

Trials and Tribulations an Islamic Perspective

Trials and Tribulations: An Islamic Perspective offers an insight into how to deal with life’s challenges with grace, positivity and strength. Rooted in the Qur’an and sunnah, this book seeks to: Place the life of this world into...

Pioneers of Islamic Scholarship

Over the fourteen centuries of its existence, Islamic scholarship has produced numerous individuals who have acquired broad knowledge and deep insight. This work summarizes the thought of ten key personalities whose influence encompasses the vast...

Our Legends: Luminaries Who Revived Islam

Every now and then some great people have come along to protect and revive Islam. This short and well-presented book highlights a small selection of specific personalities from our rich tradition who served as foundational hallmarks for the progress of...

Shades of Islam: Poems for a New Century

"These poems offer a window into the sensibility of a modern American Muslim, with unflinching honesty and richly informed compassion. The great humanistic tradition of poetry known in Arabic and other Eastern languages here finds a contemporary English...

Hijra: Story and Significance

This account of the Hijra-the departure of the Prophetﷺ from Makkah (Mecca) to Yathrib (now Medina)-is a story of endurance and triumph in the face of seemingly insuperable adversity.

Sahih Muslim (Volume 8): With the Full Commentary by Imam Nawawi

The eighth volume in a new translation of Sahih Muslim , the second most authentic collection of Prophetic traditions, with Imam Nawawi's commentary and translation by Adil Salahi.Imam Nawawi's commentary on Sahih Muslim is one of the most highly...

Ummah or Nation?

This survey of the literature on the development of nationalism in Muslim countries also examines the status of the ummah in Muslim nation states as well as activities of Muslim nations through the OIC.

Dying and Living for Allah: The Last Will of Khurram Murad

About The Book The Last Will of Khurram Murad is essentially a wake-up call, not just to his kith and kin, but all Muslims. In accordance with the Quran and Sunnah , this Will is a nasihah (advising), commending and enjoining a life based on loyalty to...

Communicating with Allah: Rediscovering Prayer (Salah)

Muslims are required to pray five times a day, but for too many of us these are little more than physical movements devoid of any spirit or divine connection. In contrast, the Prophetﷺ characterized prayer as “the spiritual ascent (mi'raj) of the...

Rethinking Islam and Modernity: Essays in Honour of Fathi Osman

This book, which originated in a conference held to honour Dr. Fathi Osman, starts with a redefinition of what modernity signifies. Rejecting ideological and ethnocentric definitions of modernity, the contributors depart from the understanding that Islam...

Words That Moved the World

Throwing light on the relation between the Message, and the life of the Messenger, this guide contains suggestions on how to study the Qur'an. The themes of the Qur'an have been presented in a historical perspective, based on simple language.

Islam the Way of Revival

In this refreshingly different book one can relish the works and ideas of numerous Muslim scholars and leaders of the 20th century. The contributors include Muhammad Asad, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Hasan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb, Khurshid Ahmad and Sayyid Abul...

Journey to Islam

A lengthy process, rich in remarkable and thought-provoking events, including compelling encounters with Islamic philosophy, led the author to embrace Islam. His experiences since that time-such as his pilgrimages to Makkah-further deepened his...

The Islamic Movement: Dynamics of Values, Power And Change

This concise but enormously valuable work lays down the nature, logic and dynamic of the Islamic movement in the context of Iman and Jihad.