Author: Firas Alkhateeb

Book length: 248 pages

Excerpt: Under Aurangzeb’s Islamically-oriented economic policies, Mughal-era India became the world’s largest economy.

Author: Jonathan Brown and Abdullah Hamid Ali

Excerpt: Since there is no one comprehensive definition of slavery under which all instances of slavery in history can fit, instead of focusing on the term ‘slavery’ itself we should focus on the conditions associated with it.

Author: Al-Nawawi

Translator: Musa Furber

Book length: 234 pages

Excerpt: Ibn Mas‘ud RA said, “If one of us memorized a chapter from the Qur’an, he did not leave it for the next until mastering the knowledge it contains and knowing what it permits and prohibits.”

Author: Ahmad Ali al-Imam

Book length: 167 pages

Excerpt: It was said, “This verse has been abrogated by another verse. Why then do you write it?” ‘Uthmān RA replied: “Leave it as it is for I will not shift anything of it from its original position.”

Author: Mufti Taqi Usmani

Translator: Amir Toft

Book length: 153 pages

Excerpt: The term ‘People of the Book’ only applies to such people who actually believe in the religions of Judaism and Christianity, even if doing so entails false beliefs such as the Trinity.

Author: Abd al-Haqq al-Dihlawi

Translator: Bilal Ali Ansari

Book length: 98 pages

Excerpt: A narrator’s lying is established either through the liar’s own acknowledgment or through external evidences; such a narrator’s hadiths are all rejected even if he repented. This is a prime example of the extreme caution exercised in the authentication of hadith.

Author: Mufti Taqi Usmani

Translator: Rafiq Abdur Rehman

Book length: 136 pages

Excerpt: In reality, even those who oppose taqlīd engage in it by turning to the works of previous ‘ulamā and relying on their statements and judgments without conducting their own study.

Authors: Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

Book length: 384 pages

Excerpt: Most of us are quick to criticize and slow to praise.

Author: Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera

Book length: 264 pages

Excerpt: “A believer must not hate a believing woman; if he dislikes one of her characteristics he will be pleased with another.”

Author: Al-Tahāwī

Translator: Fahim Hoosen

Book length: 172 pages

Excerpt: Because Allah created space, Allah cannot be ascribed a location.