Biography & History

Those Who Followed

This book is a collection of interesting and inspiring short biographies of the selected torchbearers of Islam from the generations that followed the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Each biography highlights to the readers how these personalities...

Early Sources for Prophet Muhammad's Biography

Early Western biographies of the Prophet of Islam ﷺ were largely based upon the Qur’an, as well as upon the late Muslim sources dating from the sixteenth century. From Gustav Weil to William Muir, European writers proceeded on the assumption that...

Salah ad-Deen al-Ayubi (2-Volume Set)

The renowned contemporary Arab historian of Islam, Dr. Ali M. Sallabi has written a fascinating biography of a man who looms larger than life throughout history, yet who remains largely unknown to people outside the Arab world. Dr. Sallabi’s...

Ali ibn Abi Talib (2 Vols)

Succession to the prophet... The murder of Uthman and the quest for justice... The Battle of the Camel... Ahl al-Bayt... Caliphs and Imams... Moderation and extremism..This book is far more than a biography, as it discusses major issues that have their...

Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq: His Life and Times

The life of the first Rightly-Guided Caliph, Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq (may Allah be pleased with him) is a valuable roadmap for the Muslims of today. One of the first people to believe and embrace the Prophet’s Message of Islam, Abu Bakr remained a...

The Days of Prophet Muhammad with His Wives

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ had a large and lively household that was ‘ruled’ by his good nature and common sense. His marital life was an example of activity, vitality, and sympathy. He had a pure nature that filled his household with warmth and...

The Wives of the Prophet Muhammad

Within this book, The Wives of Prophet Muhammad, is a wealth of captivating information about the distinguished wives of the Prophetﷺ. Their lives are represented through vivid stories encompassing their lineage, history, and marriages to the Prophetﷺ...

Muhammad: As If You Can See Him

This little book describes the beloved Prophet of Islam ﷺ so intimately that it literally is as if you see him in front of you. The author uses incidents in the life of Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) to paint a detailed and very personal...

The Life of Prophet Muhammad: Highlights and Lessons

It is very important for anyone who wants to spread the message of Islam to study the life of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and discover how he undertook the mission of da‘wah, or calling to Islam. This book is a blueprint...

Even the Clouds Spread Shade for Him: The Story ﷺ of Prophet Muhammad

Embark on an exhilarating journey through the life of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) in this thrilling and captivating tale. This dramatic account of the Prophet’s (ﷺ) story provides one of the most comprehensive pictures of his life and times, as well...

Around the Prophet Collection

Men Around The Prophet The generation of men who accepted Islam with the Prophet were seekers of truth. They stood by him through unimaginable difficulties to give human civilisation a new and dignified way of life. They were revolutionaries at a...

The Warrior Prophet

Most Islamic biographies deal with Muhammad'sﷺ use of warfare by using an understandable but insufficient logic: that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the ideal and paradigmatic human, so he must have been an ideal and paradigmatic military commander...

St. Thomas Aquinas and Muslim Thought

St. Thomas Aquinas, the most known medieval philosophical theologian; the stal- wart of scholasticism; the Doctor of Church; and one of the most influential figures in West- ern Christianity, was greatly influenced by Muslim synthetic thought. The...

The Beloved Prophet: An Illustrated Biography in Rhyme

Embedded in every civilisation is a poetic history of its people. The stanzaic, metric, rhythmical structure has shaped, ordered, and re-ordered our understanding of humanity since the beginning of language. Many biographers have written about Muhammad...

Tiger: The Life of Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan was the most feared Indian of his time. But to his subjects he was a strong and just king and to his family, a loving son and father. From his daring military exploits to his practice of recording his dreams, this book brings the...

A Pilgrim's Journey

After spending her childhood holidays in North Africa (specifically, Libya), Lady Evelyn became fascinated with the Muslim way of life and eventually converted to Islam. This book recounts her travels to Medina to visit the Prophet’s mosque and...

Men Around the Prophet

The generation of men who accepted Islam with the Prophet ﷺ were seekers of truth. They stood by him through unimaginable difficulties to give human civilization a new and dignified way of life. They were revolutionaries at a time when humankind was...

Women Around the Prophet

Women Around the Prophet collects the stories of the most important and influential women in Islam. Beginning with the mother of mankind, Hawwa (Eve), and moving through human history until the time of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, this volume also...

Prophet Muhammad: The Teacher

Education is one of the most universally discussed topics – the process of exchanging knowledge and values from one generation to the next. For Muslims, wherever they may live in the world, there is an added complexity to the education dilemma...

The Islamic Civilization

For a thousand years, the Islamic civilization was the central light whose rays illumined the world. It was the mother of European culture, for men reared in this civilization were the masters in the Middle Ages at whose feet the Spaniards, the...