Author: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

Translator: Kamran Riaz

Book length: 147 pages

Excerpt: Allah could have made food to have no taste or a foul taste, yet Allah favored man by allowing him to enjoy a function that is required for survival.

Author: Fahad Tasleem

Book length: 61 pages

Excerpt: There are two views regarding fiṭrah: it refers to inborn knowledge of God’s existence and His deserving worship, or it refers to a potency disposed towards the recognition and worship of God.

Authors: Rania Awaad and Sara Ali

Excerpt: Balkhi notes that when a person struggles with a psychological disorder, their psyche can become distorted, thus the need for advice and counseling from someone external.

Author: Hatem al-Haj

Excerpt: The differing opinions of the mujtahids on an issue are not all correct in reality, as indicated by the hadith: “And if he gives a verdict according to the best of his knowledge and his verdict is wrong, even then he will get a reward.”

Author: Ryan Holiday

Book length: 256 pages

Excerpt: More rare than talent, skill, or even confidence, is humility, diligence, and self-awareness.

Author: Hatem al-Haj

Excerpt: If it is prohibited for someone who is praying or reciting the Qur’an to bother other worshipers, then it is more prohibited for someone doing something inferior to that to bother them.

Author: Michael J. Sandel

Book length: 256 pages

Excerpt: Cash incentives work better at getting people to show up for a specific event—a doctor’s appointment or an injection—than at changing long-term habits and behaviors.

Author: Abd al-Wahhab b. Nasir al-Turayri

Translator: Adil Salahi

Book length: 95 pages

Excerpt: Such regular nightly devotion, which the Prophet practised throughout his life, could never have been put on by an impostor.

Author: Mohammad Elshinawy

Excerpt: The Qur’an’s use of stories dispels the notion that stories are just for children.

Author: Mufti Taqi Usmani

Excerpt: If the khutbah is a mode of worship, then it may not be changed based on rational opinion.