Author: Umar Sulaiman al-Ashqar

Translator: Nasiruddin al-Khattab

Book length: 240 pages

Excerpt: Seeking refuge from the Shaytan is like a sword in the hand of
a warrior: if the hand is strong then the sword will be able to deal the fatal blow to the enemy, otherwise the sword will not harm the enemy at all.

Author: Tom Nichols

Book length: 272 pages

Excerpt: Education and credentials in one area do not guarantee expertise in all areas.

Author: Yasir Qadhi

Book length: 128 pages

Excerpt: Let every person seek his wealth in the most beautiful and perfect manner, for he will only be able to get whatever has been written for him.

Author: Jonathan Brown

Excerpt: The Qur’anic command traditionally understood to legitimize the ulema: ‘Ask the people of heedfulness if you do not know.’

Author: Zaid Shakir

Excerpt: The Prophet referred to Umm Ayman as “my mother after my mother,” and she was a black woman of Ethiopian descent.

Author: Zohair Abdul-Rahman

Excerpt: Like adultery is the greatest act of betrayal in marriage, and to Allah belongs the highest example, when one elevates an idol to the position of Divine, they have committed the greatest act of betrayal in the most important relationship of their lives.

Author: Hatem al-Haj

Book length: 158 pages

Excerpt: “I have not left behind me a trial more harmful to men than women.” Common sense necessitates a distance between the source of the trial and the one being tried.

Author: Manzur Numani

Translator: Zameelur Rahman

Excerpt: The primary means to the acquisition of the desired qualities of the soul and heart is to find the company and the training of its bearers.

Author: Abdullah bin Hamid Ali

Excerpt: Ibn Hajar: “And in the hadith there is an allusion to the virtue of the sittings for dhikr and the virtue of those who do dhikr, along with the virtue of coming together as a group for that.”

Author: Musa Furber

Excerpt: Since communicating speech through an avatar is the same as communicating speech through a phone: lying, slander, backbiting, accusations of adultery and apostasy performed by one’s avatar are in fact acts of real-world communication bearing their known consequences.