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Comprehensive Book List: For Advanced Study of Islam (*starred books you may read first) S/N *1 BN Q1 Name and Author Towards Understanding the Quran* (Tafheem ul-Quran) by Syed Abul Ala Maududi Publisher: Islamic Foundation, UK http://www.tafheem.net/main.html Also available in Urdu, Arabic, Bangla and many other languages In the Shade of the Quran* (Fi Zilal al-Quran) by Sayyid Qutb Publisher: Islamic Foundation, UK http://islamworld.net/docs/qutb/shade.html (partial) Also available in Arabic, Urdu, Bangla and many other languages The Message of the Quran* by Muhammad Asad Publisher: Dar al Andelus, Jibralter http://www.geocities.com/masad02/ The Meaning of the Holy Quran by Abdullah Yusuf Ali Publisher: Amana Publications http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/quran/threetran.htm (partial) Ulum Al Quran: An Introduction to the Sciences of the Quran by Ahmed Von Denffer Publisher: Islamic Foundation http://islamworld.net/docs/UUQ/index.html The Way to the Quran by Khurram Murad Publisher: Islamic Foundation, Pakistan http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/KM_W2Q/index.htm The Amazing Quran by Dr. Gary Miller http://www.ymsite.com/books/amazing_quran.htm Sahih Al-Bukhari (9 volumes) Translated and Commented by: M. Muhsin Khan Publisher: Dar AHYA Us-Sunnah Al-Nabawiya. ISBN-13: 978-1881963592 http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/ http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/hadeeth/bukhari/index.htm Sahih Al-Muslim* (8 volumes) Translated and Commented by: Abdul-Hamid Siddiqui http://www.iiu.edu.my/deed/hadith/muslim/index.html Muatta Imam Malik by Imam Malik Translators: `A'isha `Abdarahman at-Tarjumana and Ya`qub Johnson Category
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http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/hadeeth/malik/index.htm Su4 Abu Dawud (3 volumes) Commentary by Prof. Ahmed Hasan Publisher: Kitab Bhavan, India. ISBN-13: 978-8171511136 http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/abudawud/ Su5 Riyadh-us-Saleheen (2 vol. Set) by Imram An-Nawawi Translated by S. Madni Abbasi http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/hadeeth/riyad/default.htm Su6 Hadith and Sunnah Ideals and Realities Compiled by: P. K. Koya (14 essays by 11 authors) Publisher: Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur Su7 Hadith Literature Its Origin, Development & Special Features by Muhammad Zubayr Siddiqi ISBN-13: 978-0946621385 Publisher: The Islamic Text Society Su8 Studies in Hadith Methodology and Literature by M. Mustafa Azami ISBN-13: 978-0892590117 Publisher: American Trust Publications Su9 Fountain of The Sunnah by Imaam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Publisher: Salafi Publications Su10 Approaching the Sunnah: Comprehension and Controversy (Arabic: Kafya Nataamal maa alSunnah)
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by Yusuf al-Qaradawi ISBN: 9781565644182 Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), London Office. The life of Mohammed by Muhammad Husayn Haykal Publisher: American Trust Publications http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/MH_LM/default.htm Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The sealed Nectar) by Safi-ur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri Publisher: Dar-us-Salam Publications, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/SM_tsn/index.htm Sirat-un-Nabi (The Life of the Prophet) (pbuh) (Set of 7 books) by Allama Shibli Naumani Publisher: Islamic Book Service, New Delhi; Darul Ishaat Muhammad: Man and Prophet by Adil M. Salahi Publisher: The Islamic Foundation, UK Madinan Society at the Time of the Prophet (2 volumes) by Akram Diya al Umari Publisher: Int. Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), USA Image of the Prophet Muhammad in the West: a Study of Muir, Margoliouth and Watt by Jabal Muhammad Buaben ISBN: 0860372618 Publisher: Islamic Foundation, Leicester, UK Finality of Prophethood by Syed Abul Ala Maududi Publisher: Islamic Publications ASIN: B0007C9NTK
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http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/M_fop/index.htm Companion of the Prophet [PBUH] (an excellent collection) including four Caliphs (Khaliphas) and other Sahabis of the Prophet Muhammad (SAAS) http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Articles/companion/default.htm Road to Mecca (Meccar Pothe in Bangla) by Mohammad Asad Publisher: Islamic Book Trust ISBN: 9789839154122; Fons Vitae ISBN 1-887752-37-4 http://www.jannah.org/articles/asad.html (partial) Return of the Pharaoh Memoir in the Nasirs Prison by Zainab al-Ghazali Publisher: The Islamic Foundation, UK Al Tawheed: Its Implications for Thought and Life by Ismail Raji al Faruqi ISBN-10: 0912463619 Publisher: International Islamic Publishing House & IIIT, USA The Fundamentals of Tawheed by Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips Publisher: International Islamic Publishing House (IIPH) http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/tawheed/abutaw/abutaw_1.html Towards understanding Islam by Syed Abul Ala Maududi Publisher: Islamic Foundation, UK http://www.islambasics.com/index.php?act=download&BID=56 http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/M_tui/ Let us be Muslim by Syed Abul Ala Maududi Publisher: The Islamic Foundation, UK http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/let_us_be_muslims/index.htm http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/M_foi/ In the Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self Development by Khurram Murad Publisher: Islamic Foundation, UK http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/~msa/text/ Towards a Sound Awakening (Renovating Religion and Promoting Life) by Yousuf al-Qaradawi http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/Q_awake/index.htm Witness unto Mankind by Syed Abul Ala Maududi Publisher: Islamic Foundation, UK http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/M_witness/index.htm Training Guide for Islamic Workers by Hisham Altalib Publisher: IIFSO & IIIT http://www.noorart.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1011/.f (contents) The Challenge of Islam by Ed. Altaf Gauhar Publisher: International Specialized Book Services http://www.answering-islam.org/Nehls/tt1/content.html Milestones by Sayyid Qutb Publisher: Dal Al-Ilm, Damascus
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http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/hold/index_2.asp http://www.globusz.com/ebooks/Milestone/index.htm Islamic Teaching Course (3 volumes) Lecture Series by Jamal Badawi For Audio Tapes: Islamic Information Foundation (IIF), Halifax, Canada http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/JB/IslamicTeachingCourse-3.html Dawah among Non-Muslims in the West by Khurram Murad Publisher: Islamic Foundation, Leicester, UK http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/KM_Dawah/index.htm The Family Structure in Islam by Hammudah Abdul Ati Publisher: American Trust Publications Gender Equity in Islam by Jamal A. Badawi Publisher: WAMY Series http://www.jannah.org/genderequity/ http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/JB/genderequityinislam.html The status of Women in Islam by Jamal A. Badawi Publisher: Quarterly journal, Al-lttihad, MSA of USA & Canada http://www.islamfortoday.com/womensrightsbadawi.htm http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/JB/statusofwomen.html Quran and Women: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Womans Perspective By Amina Wadud-Muhsin Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN13: 9780195128369 Women in Islam and Muslim Society by Hasaan Abdalla Al Turabi http://www.jannah.org/sisters/turabi.html
http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/women_in_islam_and_muslim_society/
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WF6 The Women of Madina (Abridged translation of Volume Eight of Ibn Sa'd's Kitab'at-Tabaqat al-Kabir) by Muhammad Ibn Sad, Translated by Aisha Bewley Publisher: Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd. (http://www.taha.co.uk/index.php) ISBN: 1897940246 WF7 Meeting the Challenge of Parenting in the West (Awladona Akbadona in Arabic) by Ekram Beshir and Mohamed Rida Beshir Publisher: Amana Publications LJ1 The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam (Al-Halal Wal-Haram Fil-Islam in Arabic) by Yusuf al Qaradawi Publisher: American Trust Publications http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/Q_LP/ LJ2 Usul Al Fiqh by Shah Abdul Hannan http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/SH_Usul/default.htm LJ3 Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence by Mohammad Hashim Kamali Publisher: Islamic Texts Society, 5 Green Street, Cambridge, CB2 3JU, UK LJ4 Shariah: The Way of Justice by Khurram Murad Publisher: Islamic Foundation , UK
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http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/shariah_the_way_to_justice/ Shariah: The Way to God By Khurram Murad Publisher: Islamic Foundation , UK http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/KM_shariah/index.htm Fiqh-us-Sunnah by Sayyid Sabiq Publisher: American Trust Publication http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/law/fiqhussunnah/ http://www.iiu.edu.my/deed/lawbase/fiqh_us_sunnah/ Issues in Contemporary Islamic Thought (Compiled from American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences) by Taha Jabir al-Alwani
Publisher: IIIT http://store.talkislam.com/b8833.html (for contents)
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Ijtihad by Taha Jabir al-Alwani Publisher: IIIT LJ9 Islamic Law and Constitution by Syed Abul Ala Maududi Publisher: Islamic Publications, Lahore, Pakistan LJ10 Proceeding of the OIC Fiqh Academy OIC Fiqh Academy, Jeddah LJ8
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Me1 Islamization of Knowledge: General Principles and Work Plan Edited by Ismail Raji al Faruqi Publisher: IIIT, USA Me2 Islamic Awakening between Rejection and Extremism by Yusuf al Qaradawi Publisher: IIIT http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/Q_RE/index.htm Me3 The Quran and the Sunnah: The Time-Space factor by Taha Jabir al-Alwani & Imad al-Din Khalil Publisher: IIIT Me4 Reconstruction of Religious Thoughts in Islam by Muhammad Iqbal Publisher: Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/MI_RRTI/Default.htm http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/prose/english/reconstruction/index.htm Me5 The Ethics of Disagreement in Islam by Taha Jabir al-Alwani Publisher: IIIT http://sunnah.org/fiqh/usul/ethics_of_disagreement_in_islam.htm http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/TA_edi/Default.htm Me6 Islamic Thoughts and Culture Edited by Ismail Raji al-Faruqi Publisher: IIIT Me7 Outline of a Cultural Strategy
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by Taha Jabir al-Alwani Publisher: IIIT Me8 Islamization: Reforming Contemporary Knowledge by AbdulHamid AbuSulayman Publisher: IIIT Me9 Toward Global Cultural Renewal: Modernity and Episteme of Transcendence by Mona M. Abdul-Fadl Publisher: IIIT CI1 Crisis in the Muslim Mind by Dr. AbdulHamid A. AbuSulayman Publisher: IIIT CI2 Struggle to Surrender by Jeffery Lang Publisher: Amana Publications CI3 Islam the Alternative by Dr. Murad Hofmann Publisher: Amana Publications CS1 Dialogue Between Christians and Muslims (Part I, II, III) by Ahmad Von Denffer Publisher: Islamic Foundation, Leicester, UK CS2 Islam and Other Faiths by Ismail Raji al Faruqi Publisher: Islamic Foundation, UK & IIIT http://www.islamherald.com/html/interfaith/general/islam_and_other_religions.htm
http://teachislam.com/dmdocuments/Shaheed_Isma'il_Raji_al_Faruqi_Islam_and_Other_Religions.pdf
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http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/reviews/review-of-islam-and-other-faiths-by-ismail-raji-alfaruqi/ (review) Christian mission and Islamic Dawah By Khurshid Ahmad and others Islam between East and West by Alija Ali Ijetbegovic Publisher: American Trust Publications http://www.angelfire.com/dc/mbooks/izetbegovicbook.html (part) Islam, Christianity and African Identity by Sulayman S. Nyang Publisher: Amana Publications The Rise and Decline of Muslims and Its Effect on Mankind by Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi Publisher: UK Islamic Academy, Leicester
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Social Justice in Islam by Sayyid Qutb Publisher: Islamic Publications International The Principles of State and Government in Islam by Mohammad Asad Publisher: University of California Press; Islamic Book Trust ISBN-10: 9839154095 http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=9429519 (use arrow to view the pages) Science and Civilization in Islam by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: Islamic Texts Society; New American Library, NY; Harvard University Press, Cambridge
http://www.amazon.com/Science-Civilization-Islam-Seyyed-Hossein/dp/1903682401 (info)
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http://www.islamherald.com/html/explore/science/science_civilisation_in_islam.htm
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/nasr.html
Islam and Democracy by John L. Esposito and John O. Voll Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA http://www.amazon.com/Islam-Democracy-John-L-Esposito/dp/0195108167 (info) http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2001-11/islam.html (a bit) *80 SP6 Towards an Islamic Theory of International Relations: New Directions for Methodology and Thought by AbdulHamid A. AbuSulayman Publisher: IIIT http://store.talkislam.com/b5052.html (contents) 81 SP7 A Short History of the Saracens by Syed Amir Ali Publisher: Islamic Book Service, Idara Islamiyat-e-Diniyat, India 82 SP8 Terrorism and Islam by Khurram Murad Publisher: UK Islamic Mission, London http://www.ukim.org/dawah/Islam_Terrorism_NEW.pdf *83 SP9 To be a European Muslim: A Study of Islamic Sources in the European Context by Tariq Ramadan Publisher: Islamic Foundation, UK 84 SP10 Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America by Jeffrey Lang Publisher: Amana Publications 85 SP11 Losing My Religion: A Call for Help by Jeffrey Lang Publisher: Amana Publications *86 IE1 Islam and the Economic Challenge (Islamic Economic Series) by M. Umer Chapra Publisher: Islamic Foundation, UK and IIIT *87 IE2 The Future of Economics: An Islamic Perspective by M. Umer Chapra Publisher: Islamic Foundation, UK *88 IE3 Essays in Islamic Economics by M. Fahim Khan Publisher: Islamic Foundation, UK 89 IE4 Towards a Just Monetary Systems by M. Umer Chapra Publisher: Islamic Foundation, UK 90 IM1 Islamic Movement: Principles and Practices (11 Audio CD Album) Edited by Khurram Murad 79 SP5
Publisher: Islamic Foundation, UK http://islamicbookstore.com/a4756.html (sample clips)
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by Taha Jabir al-Alwani Publisher: IIIT, London Office, UK IM4 Priorities of the Islamic Movement in the Coming Phase by Yusuf al Qaradawi Publisher: IIIT http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/Q_Priorities/index.htm IG1 Islam in Focus by Hammudah Abd Al-Ati Publisher: Amana Publications http://www.tempemasjid.com/books/islaminfocus/index.html http://www.sultan.org/books/islam-in-focus.pdf IB4 Islam The Misunderstood Religion by Mohammad Qutb Publisher: Islamic Book Service, India http://www.islam4all.com/islamthe.htm IS1 Scientific Indications in the Holy Quran by Board of Researchers Publisher: Islamic Foundation Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh IS2 The Bible, The Quran and Science by Dr. Maurice Bucaille Publisher: Dar Al Maarif ISBN-10: 0935782494 http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/MB_BQS/default.htm MJ1 Impact International (Old Copies/Old Files) News magazine MJ2 The Pioneer: Special issue on Gender Issue: An Islamic Approach Publisher: The Pioneer, Dhaka, Bangladesh http://www.witness-pioneer.org/VMagazine/The_Pioneer/v1i1/index.htm Islamic Declaration (Islamska deklaracija) by Alija Ali Izetbegovic http://www.hvk.org/articles/0802/0.html (excerpts from the book) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Islamic_Declaration (overview) The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Modern Islamic World (4 volume set) Edited by John L. Esposito Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA The Concise Encyclopaedia of Islam by Cyril Glasse Publisher: HarperCollins San Francisco The Oxford History of Islam by John L. Esposito Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Islam: General
Islam: General Islam & Science Islam & Science Magazine Magazine
(Prepared by Mr. Shah Abdul Hannan, with the assistance of Dr. Hasan Shaheed and Mr. Imran Chowdhury)
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