Fiqh (Jurisprudence)

These two treatises discuss and examine the various aspects of fasting and contribute to serving this great pillar of Islam written by two eminent scholars both from the blessed land of Syria. The first is by Shaykh...

Zakat an obligatory almsgiving is one of the five pillars of Islam. The importance of this Islamic obligation is highlighted by the fact that it is directly linked to the ritual prayer (salat) by Allah in the Qur'an...

The Mukhtasar of Imam Imam Abu'l-Husayn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Ja'far Ibn Hamdan al-Quduri al-Baghdadi - A Manual of Islamic Law according to the Hanafi School The Mukhtasar Al-Quduri is one of the most ce...

mam Malik composed the Muwatta over a period of forty years to represent the well-trodden path of the people of Madina. Its name also means that it is the book that is many times agreed upon about whose contents the...

Allah (swt) has declared in the Qur’ān: ﴾O you who believe, obey Allah and obey the Messenger…﴿ (4:59). Accordingly, Islamic religious life is based on the instructions of the Qur’ān and the authentic Sunna. This tr...

In 'Shahadah and Its Essential Conditions' Yahya Ondigo details the seven necessary conditions for a Muslim's testimony of faith to be accepted by Allah. These include knowledge, certainty, truth, compliance, accept...

This is a translation of volume 1 & 2 of Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan's excellent 3 part commentary on the classical guide to the Hanbali madhab entitled Zad al-Mustaqni'. It covers the Book of Purification, the Book of P...

This simple and concise guide to the Shariah (Islamic law) explains its meaning, scope and operation, as well as helping readers understand and appreciate its value and importance in the believer’s life.

For the Muslim woman, the period of menstruation and the period of bleeding after childbirth are times to leave off certain acts of worship, such as formal prayer and fasting. It is important for believing women to...

This book discusses the often vexed issues of when to marry; choosing a marriage partner; how to marry; how to live happily with one spouse and in-laws; what the often trampled rights are of wives and daughter’s in-...

Muslims in every generation have been confronted with different kinds of challenges. Nevertheless, Islam produced such luminary scholars who confronted and responded to the challenges of their time.

Travelling in the Pursuit of Knowledge

The purpose of this series, enter in to islam completely, is to present some unduly belittled issues, prove their value, and discuss their regulations.

This is a Fiqh book appropriate for the time and intellect of the students, conforming to the environment in which we live and the age in which we are main. The main reference for this book is Nur ul Idaa.

This book clarifies the Islamic stance on music by bringing together two different perspectives: the ruling on this topic based on authentic Islamic sources, and information gleaned from contemporary research on the...

The prayer or salah has been described by the Prophet Muhammad SAW as one of the five foundations of Islam the first duty to be judged by Allah Most High on the Day of Judgement and as the divider between faith and...

It is obligatory for a Muslim to be clean and in a state of purity in order to offer formal prayer and recite the Qur’an by way of ablution, a ritual shower, or dry ablution. Purity and cleanliness encompass both ph...

Perhaps Imam al Quduri's most famous works, Al Mukhtasar is also known as al Kitab. The number of issues it addresses is 12,500, spanning the entire spectrum of Fiqh, for the book covers not only matters of worship,...

How is one to wade through the apparent welter of irreconcilable primary Islamic sources? What is one to do when faced with opposing practices of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) on the same issue? When is...

Islamic jurisprudence according to the four juistic Schools Zakah (poor Dues)

Muslims believe that everything they own has been given to them as a trust from Allah. Would it constitute a breach of that trust to consent to enrol oneself as an organ donor? While euthanasia may apparently allevi...