Author: John T. Cacioppo

Book length: 336 pages

Excerpt: For marital success, data shows that similarity (i.e., birds of a feather flock together) trumps complementarity (i.e., opposites attract).

Author: Jon Hoover

Book length: 176 pages

Excerpt: Ibn Taymiyya does not deny nor affirm explicitly that God is corporeal or spatial, but acknowledges that anything existing outside the mind must be accessible to the human senses, and God is no exception.

Author: Surkheel Abu Aaliyah

Excerpt: Ibn ‘Uthaymīn: “Look at the way of the pious salaf and the openness of their hearts in regards to differing in that which ijtihād is permitted … So Salafism with the meaning of a specific party with specific distinctions where other than them are seen as deviant, then we say: they are not from Salafism in the least.”

Author: Anna Lembke

Book length: 304 pages

Excerpt: Boredom is good because it forces us to come face-to-face with bigger questions of meaning and purpose, and creates the space necessary for new thoughts.

Author: Mohammad Akram Nadwi

Book length: 160 pages

Excerpt: In rites of worship, he gave preference to solitary hadīth over qiyās since these rulings are not dependent on reason; in matters not related to worship, he gave preference to qiyās over solitary hadīth since these rulings are often based on an underlying reason (‘illah).

Author: Barry Schwartz

Book length: 282 pages

Excerpt: Counterintuitive as it may appear, what seems to contribute most to happiness restricts us rather than liberates us.

Author: Mustansir Mir

Excerpt: Reading Surah Fīl in conjunction with Surah Quraysh suggests that the addressee in Surah Fīl are the Quraysh, not the Prophet ﷺ as is stated by many commentators.

Author: Norman Solomon

Book length: 168 pages

Excerpt: ‘Tohar hanesheq’ demands that any fighting force take special risks to avoid harm to non-combatants and to minimize enemy casualties.

Author: Mateen Khan

Excerpt: All 4 madhāhib mandate the niqāb of a woman in front of a non-mahram man when there is the fear of fitnah (temptation).

Author: Omaima Abou-Bakr

Excerpt: Al-Rāzī: Since this world is a place of trial and affliction (ibtilāʾ) for humankind, any forceful imposition or oppression for the sake of faith annuls the meaning of this divine test.