Authors: Muhammed V. Stodolsky & Aasim I. Padela

Excerpt: Although there is consensus within the Hanafī School that abortion after istibānat al-khalq is a sin and is prohibited, there is disagreement whether it refers to the time of ensoulment or the appearance of human features.

Author: Life With Allah

Book length: 200 pages

Excerpt: The Prophet ﷺ would tell people who prayed too fast to repeat their prayer.

Author: Abdullah bin Hamid Ali

Excerpt: People have confused the later adoption of the term ijazah as an indication of one’s worthiness to teach Islam, with its original use as one of the means to ensure that transmitted books were authentic copies of the originals.

Author: Khadiga Musa Latef

Excerpt: There are five principles that govern all or most juridical cases and are accepted by all the schools of law.

Author: Zafar Ahmad Uthmani

Translator: Muntasir Zaman

Excerpt: The hadith that the Prophet ﷺ would not exceed eleven nightly raka‘āt in or out of Ramadan refers to the number of raka‘āt of Tahajjud, not the total number for the whole night.

Author: Hamza Yusuf

Excerpt: Abū al-Dardā’ RA: “I sometimes use purposeless things to reinvigorate myself for purposeful things.”

Author: Mohammad Hashim Kamali

Excerpt: ‘Urf is applied in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, such as paying a portion of the mahr upfront when custom dictates it.

Author: Muhammad Abdullah Draz

Translator: Adil Salahi

Book length: 208 pages

Excerpt: The claim that Muhammad ﷺ took from Jewish and Christian scholars is untenable considering that the Qur’an points out their errors and openly accuses them of concealing the truth.

Authors: Ahsan M Arozullah, Aasim I Padela, M Amin Kholwadia, M Volkan Stodolsky

Excerpt: “O Allah, Lord of mankind! Remove our suffering. Heal us as you are the healer (al-Shāfī), and none can heal but you; a healing that leaves behind no ailment.”

Author: Mohamed-Umer Esmail

Book length: 95 pages

Excerpt: Abū al-Aswad al-Du’alī innovated a dot system in the mushaf: a dot on top of a letter signified fatḥah, below a letter indicated kasrah, in front of a letter signified ḍammah, and two of any signified tanwīn.