(Hard Cover) A Compendium of the Sources on the Prophetic Narrative (Vol 1 & 2 SET) مختصر كتاب السيرة المترجم: المؤلفة الشيخة سميرة الزايد
$150.00 USD
This multiple award-winning, comprehensive compilation of narrations and details of the life of Prophet Muhammad (S) has never before been available in English until now! Internationally acclaimed as “the most authoritative resource” on the Sīra, this two-volume translation text book is revolutionary in bringing his (S) life to life for every one who ventures upon it. The original volumes have won the approval and praise of numerous scholars. Now, it is at last available as a treasured text for your personal or educational development.
Now also available in soft cover here:
Author: Samira al-Zayid
Translators: Susan Imady, Tamara Gray, & Randa Mardini
Binding: Hard cover
Pages: Vol 1, 570; Vol 2, 558
Publisher: Daybreak Press
(Soft Cover) A Compendium of the Sources on the Prophetic Narrative (Vol 1 & 2 SET) مختصر كتاب السيرة المترجم: المؤلفة الشيخة سميرة الزايد
$75.00 USD
This multiple award-winning, comprehensive compilation of narrations and details of the life of Prophet Muhammad (S) has never before been available in English until now! Internationally acclaimed as “the most authoritative resource” on the Sīra, this two-volume translation text book is revolutionary in bringing his (S) life to life for every one who ventures upon it. The original volumes have won the approval and praise of numerous scholars. Now, it is at last available as a treasured text for your personal or educational development.
Available in hard cover here:
Author: Samira al-Zayid
Translators: Susan Imady, Tamara Gray, & Randa Mardini
Binding: Soft cover
Pages: Vol 1, 570; Vol 2, 558
Publisher: Daybreak Press
(Soft Cover) Stars in the Prophet's Orbit
$32.99 USD
This book represents a simple, intriguing, and historically precise portrayal of 60 Companions of Prophet Muhammad (s).
This is the textbook for both SIR 101 and 102 with the Ribaat Academic Program. For more information, please visit rabata.org/ribaat.
A Baghdad Cookery Book: The Book of Dishes Kitab Al-tabikh
$19.95 USD - SOLD OUT
by Perry, Charles
Pages: 127
Paperback
Publisher: Prospect Books
A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (Arabic-English)
$49.99 USD - SOLD OUT
A History of Muslim Civilization: Vol I
$20.00 USD - SOLD OUT
A Hisotry of Muslim Civilization is a unique textbook written especially for the younger generation of Western-born Muslims and all those interested in learning about the History of Muslims from a Muslim perspective.
By Huseyin Abiva
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 372
Publisher: IQRA
A Journey Through Islamic History: A Timeline of Key Events
$30.00 USD
A Journey through Islamic History tells you all you ever wanted to know about the history of the Muslim world from the Prophet Muhammad to Malcolm X in a short, accessible, and lavishly-illustrated format.
This book includes eight chronological essays covering fifteen hundred years, over 175 photographs, a timeline with five hundred entries, and textboxes featuring important personalities, key events, and major ideas.
By Yasminah Hashim & Muhammad Beg
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 164
Publisher: Kube
A Sufi Study of Hadith
$22.95 USD
A Sufi Study Of Hadith | Haqiq Al Tariqa Minas-Sunna Al-Aniqa
Turath Publishing
by Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi
Translated by Shaykh Yusuf Tala Delorenzo
A Textbook of Hadith Studies
$22.00 USD
Authenticity, Compilation, Classification and Criticism of Hadith
A Textbook of Hadith Studies provides an academic introduction to the Hadith, or the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, which are second only to the Qur'an (Koran) in their authoritativeness within Islamic tradition. Suitable for university courses and all serious students of Islam, the topics surveyed include Hadith methodology, Hadith literature, the history of Hadith compilation and documentation, and the methods of Hadith criticism (al-jarh wa al-ta'dil) and classification.
Mohammad Hashim Kamali, born in Afghanistan in 1944, was a professor of Islamic Law and Jurisprudence at the International Islamic University in Malaysia, and dean of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) from 1985–2007. He is currently chairman and CEO of the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies, Malaysia. He is also on the international advisory boards of eleven academic journals published in Malaysia, the United States, Canada, Kuwait, India, Australia, and Pakistan. Professor Kamali has addressed over 120 national and international conferences, and has published sixteen books and over 110 academic articles. His books include The Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, Freedom of Expression in Islam, and Islamic Commercial Law: An Analysis of Futures and Options.
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 257
A Treasury of Hadith: A Commentary on Nawawi's Selection of Prophetic Traditions
$14.95 USD
This is the textbook for "HAD 202: The Forty Hadith of Imam al-Nawawi" with the Ribaat Academic Program. For more information please visit rabata.org/ribaat.
Imam Nawawi's collection of forty two hadith brings together some of the most important and pivotal Prophetic traditions. Each tradition encapsulates a great rule of the religion of Islam, described by Islamic religious scholars as an "axis" in Islam. The commentary of the great hadith master Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Daqiq al-'Id is simple but erudite.
Mokrane Guezzou is a well-known translator of over ten works including the Qur'an commentary Wahidi's Asbab al-Nuzul.
Ibn Daqiq al-'Id (d.1302) is accounted as one of Islam's great scholars in the fundamentals of Islamic law and belief.
Imam Nawawi (1233-77) was an authority on hadith and a biographer, lexicologist, and Sufi.
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Abu Bakr As-Siddiq
$8.95 USD
This book is about Abu Bakr, the first Caliph to rule the world of Islam after the Prophet Muhammad. More important than his achievements as a state leader was his close companionship with Prophet Muhammad, a relationship that earned him the name al Siddiq. He was the only Companion who was privileged to ride alongside the Prophet Muhammad in his great migration to Madina, a turning point in the history of Islam. This book analyzes his exemplary life, his relationship with the Prophet, and his unique role in the birth period of Islam.
By Resit Haylamaz
Pages: 167 pages
Publisher: Tughra Books
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Against Smoking: An Ottoman Manifesto
$16.00 USD
"Michot provides an introduction into the work (Risaleh Dukhaniyyeh) and an outline of the scholarly debates concerning smoking that occured in Turkey in the 16th and 17th centuries." —Islamic Horizons
"Against Smoking is a gem of scholarship. This compact book is a major contribution to the study of Islamic pietism in general and Ottoman religious and cultural history in particular." —Professor Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Washington University in St. Louis
One of the earliest Arabic texts against smoking, Ahmad al-Aqhisari's Epistle on Tobacco is presented here for the first time in a scholarly edition, together with a fully annotated English translation. Yahya Michot expertly sets the epistle within its Ottoman social, intellectual, and historical context. Includes thirty illustrations.
by Ahmad al-Aqhisari
Introduction, first edition and translation by Yahya Michot
Yahya Michot is professor of Islamic studies and Christian–Muslim relations at Hartford Seminary, Connecticut.
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 108
Al-Arba'in (Chihil Kalima) of Abd Al-Rahman Jami
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The Arba'in or Chihil Kalima of Jami is a choice collection of Traditions of the Blessed Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). The main emphasis is on cultivating high qualities of character. The compiler, a great Persian scholar and poet, further enriched his beautiful Hadith selection with pithy and eloquent paraphrases in verse. In this edition, Turath Publishing presents the original Arabic and Persian texts together with English translations of both. These are complemented by an introductory account of Jami and his works, and also by notes on both the content and the sources of the Hadiths.
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Al-Arba'in of Mulla 'Ali al-Qari - Excellence of Clear Qur'an
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It is not possible to fully grasp the true gravity of the Qur'an, but this remarkable collection gathers forty hadith that each indicate the majesty of the Book of Allah. Whether describing the manifestation of the Qur'an as an intercessor on the Day of Judgement, or its effect on those who read it, every hadith in this collection is profoundly inspiring and likely to have a deeply transformative effect on the reader.
Translated by Mawlana Mohammad Mohammadi
Commentary by Mohamed Ansa & Mawlana Mohammad Mohammadi
Mulla 'Ali al-Qari Mulla 'Ali al Qari, a Hanafi jurist, hadith expert and theologian, was born and grew up in Herat, Afghanistan where he received his early Islamic education. He was deeply devoted to the Qur'an, and his mastery and precision of Qur'anic recitation and its science earned him the appellate "al Qari, or 'the Qur'an reciter'. His scholarship was exacting and his output profuse having composed works a great number being encyclopaedic in nature on just about every field and subfield of the traditional Islamic disciplines. ...... ''A fluid translation of an invaluable work on the Prophetic hadiths related to the virtues of the Qur an by a leading hadith master. The commentary and referencing make this work of great benefit to anyone seeking to become of the people of the Qur an, whom the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) described as, "the people of Allah and His most chosen." - SHAYKH FARAZ RABBANI
Al-Ghazali Letter to a Disciple (Ghazali Series)
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by Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-ghazali
Al-Ghazali on the Manners Relating to Eating: Book XI of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ghazali Series)
$30.00 USD
by Abu Hamid Mohammad Al-Ghazali
Al-Jami fi al-Sirah (6 volumes) الجامع في السيرة النبوية
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قامت المؤلفة بقراءة السيرة من منابعها الأولى ومصادرها الأم ومن مصادر أخرى وبعد دراستها قامت بتأليف هذا الكتاب لتجمع فيه أخبار السيرة من أوثق مصادرها واعتمدت في هذا الكتاب بالإضافة إلى الى كتب السيرة كتب الأحاديث، كما حرصت على تنسيق الأخبار وترتيبها زمنياً . وقد أفردت لكل فترة زمنية من حياة النبي ﷺ قسماً خاصاً بها يضم أحداثه، هذا الكتاب في ستة أجزاء يعتبره بعض الدعاة والعلماء مرجعاً أساسياً لمن يريد دراسة السيرة النبوية
تأليف الدكتورة سميرة الزايد
A 6-volume compilation of sirah written in Arabic by Ustadha Samira az-Zayid, a female scholar residing in Damascus, Syria, with a Bachelor's degree in Islamic Studies and Arabic Literature. This in-depth sirah is the only book on this topic written by a woman and has been called by scholars the most important work of sirah this century.
Al-Manhal المنهل
$6.00 USD
This short work in Arabic is commonly used as a teacher's guide for children's programs as it covers all the basic requirements of knowledge. Compiled by Ustadha Thana' al-Mahini, it covers topics such as Qur'an and hadith, sirah, 'aqidah, fiqh, and the 10 sahaba promised Paradise.
Al-Manhal المنهل INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ONLY
$16.00 USD
This short work in Arabic is commonly used as a teacher's guide for children's programs as it covers all the basic requirements of knowledge. Compiled by Ustadha Thana' al-Mahini, it covers topics such as Qur'an and hadith, sirah, 'aqidah, fiqh, and the 10 sahaba promised Paradise.
***ONLY BUY IF YOU ARE NOT IN NORTH OR SOUTH AMERICA!***
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Al-Maqasid: Nawawi's Manual of Islam
$15.00 USD
FAMOUS FIQH BOOKS like al-Maqasid have stood the test of time because of their sheer usefulness. Compact enough to be memorized by students becoming scholars, al-Maqasid contains hundreds of rulings of personal Islamic law distilled from the most commonly asked and answered questions in schools and mosques from the time of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) down to Imam Nawawi.
Widely considered the best medium-size handbook available in English for teaching the basics of Islam from a traditional perspective, this new edition has been revised and updated with a full complement of notes on a number of contemporary Muslim issues, and three major essays have been appended on why Muslims follow madhhabs, hadiths the mujtahid Imams lacked, and the place of Sufism in Islam.
by Nawawi (Author)
Nuh Ha Mim Keller (Translator, Author)
Al-Mu'in (2 volumes) المعين
$59.99 USD
في هذا الكتاب مادة غنية متنوعة للوعظ والإرشاد تكون عوناً للوعاظ على تحديد أهم الخطوط التي يسيرون ضمنها لتحيق الأهداف المرجوة من الوعظ، هذا الكتاب في جزأين تأليف الأستاذة حسناء صلاحي الأصبحي
Written by Ustadha Hasna' Salahi al-Asbahi, this 2-volume book is a guide and a reference for the da'iya and covers many different aspects of Islam.
al-Muhaddithat: the women scholars in Islam
$26.00 USD
This book is an adaptation in English of the prefatory volume of a 40-volume biographical dictionary (in Arabic) of women scholars of the Prophet’s hadith. Learned women enjoyed high public standing and authority in the formative years of Islam. For centuries thereafter, women travelled intensively for religious knowledge and routinely attended the most prestigious mosques and madrasas across the Islamic world. Typical documents (like class registers and ijazahs from women authorizing men to teach) and the glowing testimonies about their women teachers from the most revered ulema are cited in detail. An overview chapter, with accompanying maps, traces the spread of centres of hadith learning for women, and their eventual decline. The information summarized here is essential to a balanced appreciation of the role of women in Islamic society.
“...read today, when many Muslim women still don’t dare pray in mosques, let alone lecture leaders in them, Akram’s entry for someone like Umm al-Darda, a prominent jurist in seventh-century Damascus, is startling. As a young woman, Umm al-Darda used to sit with male scholars in the mosque, talking shop... She went on to teach hadith and fiqh, or law, at the mosque, and even lectured in the men’s section; her students included the caliph...” (New York Times)
“...replete with enlightening references... the standard introduction to the study of the women scholars of Islam.” (Muslim World Book Review)
By Mohammad Akram Nadwi
Mohammad Akram Nadwi (alumnus of Nadwat al-Ulama, Lucknow) has written extensively in Arabic and Urdu on hadith, fiqh, Islamic biography, and Arabic grammar; and recently in English: Madrasa Life (2007), Abu Hanifah (2010), two (of the five) volumes of al-Fiqh al-Islama (2007, 2012), and Abu l-Hasan 'Ali al-Nadwi (2013).
The cover shows the study journeys of Fatimah bt. Sa'd al-Khayr and her principal students. She moved from Valencia with her merchant-scholar father to China, then travelled back westward, settling longest in Baghdad. She taught thereafter in Cairo, where she died in 600 ah. (See ch. 3.)
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 314
Al-Murshid Al-Mu'een
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Al-Murshid al-Mu'een is a widely recognised primary text for learning Islam in North Africa. In it the author, Abd al-Wahid ibn 'Ashir, summarises in verse the three sciences of Islam, Iman and Ihsan: Maliki fiqh, Ash'ari 'aqida and Junaidi tasawwuf. This is its first complete translation into English. Dr. Asadullah Yate is also the translator of Shaykh Ahmad bin al-Bashir al-Qalawi ash-Shinqiti's (1216 AH/1802 CE- 1276 AH/1853 CE) Mufid al-'Ibad, a very full commentary on al-Murshid al-Mu'een, which is published by Diwan Press in English as "Islam in the School of Madina".
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Al-Shafi'i's Risala: Treatise on the Foundation of Islamic Jurisprudence
$62.95 USD
Written in the second Islamic century by al-Imam al-Shafi’i (d. 204AH/820AD), the founder of one of the four Sunni schools of law, this important work gives the fundamental principles of Islamic jurisprudence and its influence continues to the present day. During the early years of the spread of Islam, the exponents of Islamic legal doctrine were faced with the problems raised by ruling and administering a diverse and rapidly growing empire. In Medina and Kufa, as well as other cities of early Muslim rule, schools of law had to be developed, but it took the genius of Muhammad b. Idris al-Shafi’i, born in the year 150AH/767AD, to establish the principles by which the various legal doctrines could be synthesised into a coherent system. In theRisala, which laid down the basis for such a synthesis, al-Shafi’i established the overriding authority, next only to the Qur’an, of theSunnaor example of the Prophet Muhammad as transmitted in the traditions.
Professor Majid Khadduri has done an admirable service in making this valuable work available in English, His excellent translation uses not only the original manuscripts of Ibn Jama’a and al-Rabi, found at Dar al-Kutub, the National Library in Cairo, but also authoritative editions published earlier in this century, namely the Bulaq and Shakir editions. In his introduction, Professor Khadduri outlines the historical background of theRisalaand gives a biography of al-Imam al-Shafi’i as well as annotated, detailed summaries of the composition, structure, substance and argument of the text. He also includes a list of transmitters of traditions, a glossary of the most important Islamic legal terms and a select bibliography. For this new edition, the index has been expanded and a small corrigenda added.
by Majid Khadduri
‘One of the leading texts on Islamic fiqh. A must for the bookshelf of all conscientious Muslims.’Dr Darsh (Q News)
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Substance and Argument of theRisala. |
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Significance of theRisala |
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The Text of theRisala. |
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Translation of Shafi’i’sRisala. |
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Ali Ibn Abi Talib
$9.95 USD
Ali ibn Abi Taleb is the fourth Caliph of Islam, but he is the first to remember from among all the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad as far as bravery is concerned. He is a symbol of courage and gallantry as much as a leading spiritual figure in Islam. This book brings to life the biography of this unique hero of Islam, analyzing where and how he was raised, the dynamics that formed his personality and the struggles that he went through in his lifetime.
By Resit Haylamaz
Pages: 134
Publisher: Tughra Books
Binding: paperback
An-Nawawi's Forty Hadith
$21.16 USD
*This book is in Arabic and English*
This collection of forty hadith by one of the most famous compilers of hadith is generally regarded as the most popular anthology and the best introduction to the study of the Prophet’s sayings which, together with the Qur’an, contain the essential teachings of Islam. The Arabic original has been printed alongside the English translation for the benefit of those with a knowledge of Arabic. The translation, by two scholars working in close collaboration, combines accuracy with readability.
Translated by Ezzeddin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 131
Table of Contents
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Translators’ Introduction in English |
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Translators’ Introduction in Arabic |
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Imam an-Nawawi’s Introduction in Arabic |
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The Hadith: Arabic text with Facing English Translation |
Assalamu Alaykum
$8.95 USD
Teaches kids about how Islam teaches Muslims to greet one another.
by M S Kayani
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 22
Authentication of Hadith: Redefining the Criteria
$14.95 USD
In today’s complex and volatile world the consequences of relying on fraudulent and counterfeit Hadith to legitimize extremist behavior, issue violent fatwas, and justify blatant abuse, particularly of women, is not only far too easy but in fact dangerous. Israr Khan addresses the sensitive topic of Hadith authentication, focusing on the criteria adopted by classical scholars to maintain that concentration on the continuity and accuracy of the chain of narrators, rather than the textual content of Hadith, has led to particular Hadith being included which either contradict other Hadith directly, project the Prophet (SAAS) in an uncharacteristic light, or do not reflect and/or conflict with the teachings of the Qur’an. The study traces in careful detail the historical development of the oral and written traditions, as well as the many targeted attempts at fabrication that took place, critiquing in methodical detail certain Hadith which have come to be widely accepted as “authentic.”
The prominent collections we have today, were made possible by the development of the science of Hadith criticism, and Muslim scholars deserve deep appreciation for their painstaking work, as well as their invaluable contribution towards preserving the Hadith literature to the best of their ability. However, insists the author, the process is ongoing, and the closed door policy which currently surrounds Hadith authentication needs to be carefully reexamined.
by Israr Ahmad Khan
Black Milk; On the Conflicting Demands of Writing, Creativity and Motherhood
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A thoughtful and incisive meditation on literature, motherhood, and spiritual wellbeing from Turkey's leading female author.
After the birth of her first child, Elif Shafak experienced a profound personal crisis. Plagued by guilt, anxiety, and bewilderment about her new maternal role, the acclaimed novelist stopped writing for the first time in her life. As she plummeted into post-partum depression, Shafak looked to the experiences of other prominent female writers - including Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, and Alice Walker - for help navigating the conflict between motherhood and artistic creation in a male-dominated society. Searingly honest, eloquent, and unexpectedly humorous, Black Milk will be widely embraced by writers, academics, and anyone who has undergone the identity crisis engendered by being a mother.
by Elif Shafak
Binding: Paperback
Classification Of Knowledge In Islam: A Study In Islamic Philosophies Of Science
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The classification of knowledge is a recurring theme in Islamic scholarship. Successive generations of Muslim scholars, from al-Kindi in the ninth century to Shah Waliallah of Delhi in the eighteenth century, have devoted considerable efforts to the exposition of this theme.
The lives and the ideas of the three thinkers discussed in Classification of Knowledge in Islam - al-Farabi (870-950AD), al-Ghazzali (1058-1111AD) and Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236-1311AD) - cover the pivotal period of Islamic history from the first flourishing of the philosophical sciences to the sacking of Baghdad by the Mongols.
In addition, each of these three thinkers was either a founder or an eminent representative of a major intellectual school in Islam. Al-Farabi was the founder and one of the most prominent representatives of the mashsha’i (Peripatetic) school of philosopher-scientists.
By Osman Bakar
Foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Publisher: Islamic Texts Society
Daughter of Damascus
$19.95 USD
Daughter of Damascus presents a personal account of a Syrian woman's youth in the Suq Saruja ("old city") quarter of Damascus in the 1940s. Siham Tergeman wrote this book to preserve the details of a "genuine Arab past" for Syrian young people. In it, she relates the customs pertaining to marriage, birth, circumcision, and death. She writes of Ramadan festivities, family picnics to the orchards of the Ghuta, weekly trips to the public bath, her school experiences, Damascene cooking, peddlers' calls, and proverbs. She includes the well-known dramatic skits, songs, and tales of the Syrian Hakawati storytellers. And, through the words of her father, she describes the difficult period when Syrians were involved in the Balkans War and World War I. All this wealth of ethnographic detail is set in real-life vignettes that make the book lively and entertaining reading.
Little has been published about modern Syrian social life. In this English translation of an Arabic memoir originally published in Syria in 1978, Tergeman appeals to a wide audience. General readers will find a charming story, while scholars can find source material for university courses in anthropology, sociology, family and women's studies, and Middle Eastern area studies. The introduction by anthropologist Andrea Rugh portrays Syrian social life for Western readers and points out some of the nuances that might escape the attention of those unacquainted with Arab culture.
by Siham Tergeman
English version and introduction by Andrea Rugh
Deliverance from Error: Five Key Texts Including His Spiritual Autobiography, al-Munqidh min al-Dalal
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by Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (Author), Ilse Lichtenstadter (Editor), R. J. McCarthy (Translator)
This spiritual autobiography describes Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's intellectual crisis, which led him to achieve direct knowledge of God. Among his most outstanding contributions to Muslim intellectual life were masterly defenses of Islamic orthodoxy, mysticism, and law, against the attacks of those who advocated purely legalistic, or entirely esoteric, readings of the religion. He hence articulated the Islam of the middle way, in balance between the extremes of the letter and the spirit. Also included in this volume are extensive translations from key works of al-Ghazali.
Digest of Muslim Names: Beautiful Muslim Names and Their Meaning
$7.95 USD
An updated edition of the earlier work Muslim Names which the compiler Fatimah Suzanne Al Ja'fari published in 1977. The book is an easy to use reference to the most common names, their English meaning, and the most accurate way of how to transliterate them.
Compiled by Fatimah Suzanne Al Ja'fari
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 109
Publisher: Amana Publications
Emanations of Grace
$18.95 USD
Mystical Poems by A'ishah al-Bacuniyah (d. 923/1517)
A'ishah al-Bacuniyah was one of the greatest female scholars in Islamic history; a mystic and prolific poet and writer, she composed more works in Arabic than any other woman prior to the 20th century. This volume of poetry, edited and translated into English for the first time, recounts A'ishah al-Bacuniyah's remarkable story of devotion and mystical illumination, challenging many Western stereotypes of Islam by presenting the thoughts, feelings, and concerns of an educated Muslim woman. A'ishah al-Bacuniyah does not write of hatred or violence, but of her love and longing for God and His Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhe wa salaam). These poems are a window into the world of others and the self.
Edited and Translated with an Introduction by Th. Emil Homerin
Escape from Syria
$19.95 USD
A graphic story of intense current events.
From the pen of former Daily Star (Lebanon) reporter Samya Kullab comes a breathtaking and hard-hitting story of one family's struggle to survive in the face of war, displacement, poverty and relocation.
Escape from Syria is a fictionalized account that calls on real-life circumstances and true tales of refugee families to serve as a microcosm of the Syrian uprising and the war and refugee crisis that followed.
The story spans six years in the lives of Walid, his wife Dalia, and their two children, Amina and Youssef. Forced to flee from Syria, they become asylum-seekers in Lebanon, and finally resettled refugees in the West. It is a story that has been replayed thousands of times by other families.
When the family home in Aleppo is destroyed by a government-led bomb strike, Walid has no choice but to take his wife and children and flee their war-torn and much loved homeland. They struggle to survive in the wretched refugee camps of Lebanon, and when Youssef becomes fatally ill as a result of the poor hygienic conditions, his father is forced to take great personal risk to save his family.
Walid's daughter, the young Amina, a whip-smart grade-A student, tells the story. As she witnesses firsthand the harsh realities that her family must endure if they are to survive -- swindling smugglers, treacherous ocean crossings, and jihadist militias -- she is forced to grow up very quickly in order to help her parents and brother.
Kullab's narrative masterfully maps both the collapse and destruction of Syria, and the real-life tragedies faced by its citizens still today. The family's escape from their homeland makes for a harrowing tale, but with their safe arrival in the West it serves as a hopeful endnote to this ongoing worldwide crisis.
Beautiful illustrations by Jackie Roche -- whose work on the viral web-comic, Syria's Climate Conflict, was seen prominently in Symboliamag. com, Upworthy.com and Motherjones.com, among others -- bring Kullab's words to life in stunning imagery that captures both the horror of war and the dignity of human will.
By: Samya Kullab
Published by: firefly
Hardcover
96 pages
Fate and Predestination
$8.95 USD
Fate and Predestination is one of a series of books written by Sheikh Al-Sha'rawi. (Who is one of the most eminent scholars in Egypt and well received in the Muslim world) to deal with specific religious questions in a comprehensive and definitive manner. In them he explains all the different aspects of the topic involved, removes any misconceptions which have grown up around it and clarifies any difficulties. This book particularly important in that it covers the subject matter of the last of the Muslim's "pillars of belief", belief in the Divine Decree. A correct understanding of this matter is absolutely necessary if we wish to know how existence really functions and what our place in it is. There is very little in English dealing with this vital topic, which has been the subject of so much debate and difficulty throughout the ages, and this volume therefore is essential reading for all who want to deepen and clarify their understanding of it.
By Sheikh Mohammad M. Al-Sha'rawi
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 70
Publisher: Dar Al Taqwa Ltd.
Fiqh al-Ibadat - Jurisprudence of Worship According to the Hanafi School of Thought (Arabic) كتاب فقه العبادات
$18.00 USD
هذا الكتاب على المذهب الحنفي يدرس بعض المواضيع الفقهية الأساسية مثل الطهارة والصلاة والصيام والزكاة والحج
This book, an Arabic manual on the Hanafi madhhab, covers topics such as purification, prayer, fasting, zakah (annual charity), and Hajj (Pilgrimage).
Fiqh al-Ibadat - Jurisprudence of Worship According to the Hanafi School of Thought (Arabic) كتاب فقه العبادات INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ONLY
$28.00 USD
هذا الكتاب على المذهب الحنفي يدرس بعض المواضيع الفقهية الأساسية مثل الطهارة والصلاة والصيام والزكاة والحج
This book, an Arabic manual on the Hanafi madhhab, covers topics such as purification, prayer, fasting, zakah (annual charity), and Hajj (Pilgrimage).
***ONLY BUY IF YOU ARE NOT IN NORTH OR SOUTH AMERICA!***
Price includes shipping (book cost plus $10 shipping)
Fiqh al-Ibadat - Jurisprudence of Worship According to the Maliki School of Thought (Arabic) كتاب فقه العبادات
$18.00 USD
هذا الكتاب على المذهب المالكي يدرس بعض المواضيع الفقهية الأساسية مثل الطهارة والصلاة والصيام والزكاة والحج
This book, an Arabic manual on the Maliki madhhab, covers topics such as purification, prayer, fasting, zakah (annual charity), and Hajj (Pilgrimage).
Fiqh al-Ibadat - Jurisprudence of Worship According to the Maliki School of Thought (Arabic) كتاب فقه العبادات INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ONLY
$28.00 USD
هذا الكتاب على المذهب المالكي يدرس بعض المواضيع الفقهية الأساسية مثل الطهارة والصلاة والصيام والزكاة والحج
This book, an Arabic manual on the Maliki madhhab, covers topics such as purification, prayer, fasting, zakah (annual charity), and Hajj (Pilgrimage).
***ONLY BUY IF YOU ARE NOT IN NORTH OR SOUTH AMERICA!***
Price includes shipping (book cost plus $10 shipping)
Five Pillars of Prosperity: Essentials of Faith-Based Wealth Building
$15.95 USD - SOLD OUT
This book provides readers with a balanced and sensible approach to financial planning and security, it is unique in that it is written by a leading Muslim financial expert who draws on Islamic teachings while showing how these Islamic values are consistent with Jewish and Christian values. Though the primary audience may be American Muslims, anyone interested in financial security will find this practical guide helpful in making wise financial decisions.
Dr. Mirza presents a powerful and provocative case for arranging one’s life — and the material pursuits — in ways that not only benefit the reader but also society at large. He shows how the attainment of wealth and prosperity can be achieved by following five key activities: Earning, Saving, Investing, Spending, and Giving.
The author closes with a discussion on wealth building strategies and wealth preservation. Additionally, he has provided a section of resources and an extensive bibliography for further reading. The book is rich in investment strategies and advice and though the topic is often complex Dr. Mirza’s writings are clear and accessible to a general audience.
by M. Yaqub Mirza
Four Plays from Syria
$30.00 USD
Four full-length plays by Sa'dallah Wannous, the leading Syrian dramatist of the twentieth century, published in English for the first time: Rituals of Signs and Transformations , The Evening Party for the Fifth of June , The Adventure of the Mamluk Jaber's Head , and The Drunken Days. Together they represent three decades of Wannous's remarkable career and indicate the range of his political, social, personal, and metatheatrical contributions to modern drama.
by Sa'dallah Wannous (Author), Marvin Carlson (Translator), Safi Mahfouz (Translator)
Fundamentals of Classical Arabic
$11.95 USD
Volume 1 conjugating regular verbs and derived nouns
Fundamentals of Classical Arabic is a series of practical, easy-to-read books that help students learn the difficult subjects of Arabic verb conjugation and grammar. Based on methodologies used by Islamic scholars for centuries, this series focuses on grasping short, understandable principles to steadily build a comprehension of the language. This first volume provides a framework for studying the Arabic language, introduces Arabic word patterns, and covers the essentials of conjugating common verb and noun forms. Throughout the book, important concepts are explained in a lucid and concise manner.
Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Foundations of Islam)
$29.95 USD
Informative and accessible, this wide-ranging introduction provides a detailed exploration of the collection and criticism of hadith and examines the controversy surrounding its role in modern Islam. Complete with a glossary, extensive bibliography, and helpful diagrams, Hadith is perfectly suited to students, scholars, and the general reader interested in this critical element of Islam.
Jonathan A.C. Brown is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction.
I Can Series: I Can Wear Hijab Anywhere!
$9.95 USD
by Yasmin Ibrahim
Binding: Board Book
Pages: 15
I is for Iran
$17.99 USD
I is for Iran, a large country in western Asia bordered by many lands including Russia, Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the Caspian Sea above and the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea below. It is a country of contrasts, where high-rise city buildings stand beside ancient mosques, vast deserts sprawl alongside mountains and forests, and what was once the ancient Persian civilisation is now the oil-rich Islamic Republic of Iran. From Bazaar to Naan, from Chelo-kabab to Rugs, this book celebrates everything Iranians love best about their country. I is for Iran is the latest in the highly successful and widely recognized World Alphabet series, each of which is written and/or photographed by a national of the country.
by Shirin Adl
Photographs by Kamyar Adl
Ibn 'Arabi: The Voyage of No Return
$22.95 USD
This is a concise introduction to the life and thought of Ibn 'Arabi, who is considered as the 'Greatest of Sufi Masters'. Written by the author of a best-selling biography of Ibn Arabi, Ibn Arabi: The Voyage of No Return traces the major events of Ibn Arabi's life: his conversion to Sufism; his travels around Andalusia and the Maghreb; his meetings with the saints of his time; his journey to Mecca; his travels in Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Syria; his most important books. The events of Ibn Arabi's 'inner voyage', however, are far more spectacular than those of his outer life and are here presented directly from the many auto-biographical sections found in his writings. Through her detailed analysis of Ibn Arabi's works and her profound understanding of his ideas, Claude Addas gives us a comprehensive insight into the major doctrines of this most influential of Sufi masters. Ibn Arabi: The Voyage of No Return is essential reading for anyone interested in Islamic mysticism and is a genuine contribution to scholarship in this field.
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Ibn Hazm on the lawfulness of women attending prayers in the mosque
$10.00 USD
Presented, translated and annotated by Mohammad Akram Nadwi
