Which Islamic Book are you reading now

lostlilly07

striving 4 Firadous
salam aleikum
Im reading the book on Biography of the Prophet peace be upon him
This book won in 1976 as the best book on the life of the Prophet peace be upon him,among 171 books
Its called "sealed nectar "author SafiurRahmanal-Mubarakpuri ,piblished by darussalam ..
I think many people familiar with this book ,very informative and detailed information ,I advice everyone to read...

waaleikum salam

wa alaikum salaam

I am reading the same book....i think I on page 176 somewhere in the middle. I find myself going back over and over it again. because I really want to have the book in my memory. I am also reading the quran and a lot of ebooks. I am trying to save or cut back on my spending.
 

MTYKK

Banned
Charles La Gai Eaton - Islam and The Destiny of Man
Hamza Yusuf - Purification of the Heart
William Chittick - Vision of Islam (supposed "non-Muslim")
Misha'al ibn Abdullah - What Did Jesus really Say?
Michael Hamilton Morgan - Lost History
 

hayat_yahya

Junior Member
Charles La Gai Eaton - Islam and The Destiny of Man
Hamza Yusuf - Purification of the Heart
William Chittick - Vision of Islam (supposed "non-Muslim")
Misha'al ibn Abdullah - What Did Jesus really Say?
Michael Hamilton Morgan - Lost History

so u r reading 5 books at once??curious thing,,,
 

IslamIsLight

Islam is my life
Staff member
wa alaikum salaam

I am reading the same book....i think I on page 176 somewhere in the middle. I find myself going back over and over it again. because I really want to have the book in my memory. I am also reading the quran and a lot of ebooks. I am trying to save or cut back on my spending.

salam sister
Im rading this book for the second time ,its a lot of information that I want to remember and I enjoy reading it .Im on page 81 .

wasalam
 

*Sana*

.~.Slave of Allah.~.
Assalamualaikum,

This is a cool thread. It really does make you aware of the vast Islamic library out there.

Well I am reading quite a few books at the moment, but the two main ones that I have clinged onto for the time being are Fundamentals of Islam by Mowdudi and Milestones By Sayyid Qutb. Both very persuasive and prominent authors. Two of my favourites.

Once again great thread!!!

Wasalaam :)
 

*Sana*

.~.Slave of Allah.~.
salam aleikum
Im reading the book on Biography of the Prophet peace be upon him
This book won in 1976 as the best book on the life of the Prophet peace be upon him,among 171 books
Its called "sealed nectar "author SafiurRahmanal-Mubarakpuri ,piblished by darussalam ..
I think many people familiar with this book ,very informative and detailed information ,I advice everyone to read...

waaleikum salam

Assalamualaikum,

I read this book online because I did not have the hard copy version of it. I must say it is written in the sweetest language ever. So touching. After finishing it off, I realised that my sister had the hardcopy version of the book.

Most Biographies of the Holy Prophet :saw: are really inspiring (sometimes depending on the author as well).

One of my ALL TIME FAVOURITES! Although some people say that some of the Ahadeeth used by Mubarakpuri are weak Ahadeeth, I find it quite touch all in all.

My Post sounds like a year seven book review... lol

Wasalaam :)
 

Mahzala

فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ
Wa A'laykum Asaalamu Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu :)
First......welcome back dear ukthi Mesbah :SMILY206: :)

Assalamualaikum

:bismillah1:

So nice of you to notice. :) Thank You!! May Allah (SWT) remember you for remembering me. Ameen.

Assalamualaikum
 

*Sana*

.~.Slave of Allah.~.
:salam2:
I'm reading: "Don't be sad" by Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni.
:SMILY128:

Salaam,

I have seen this book in every book shop!!! It is sooo famous... But I haven't read it...

Maybe when you finish you could tell us how it is....

Wasalaam :)
 

unique_princess

AlQudsu tunadeena
:salam2:

i'm reading:

' FIRST THINGS FIRST ' by Khalid Baig.

it's a really good book with many subjects, very concise and to the point, and it really makes you think. he has a way with words. and he tackles things that Muslims really need to think about especially in the west, what our priorities should be, etc. The beauty of Islam is very clear. It really makes a Muslim Grateful for the Blessing of Islam.

Ma assalaama
 

Sakeena

Junior Member
Asalam aalikum eveeeeryone! lol
Hi all....ummm....I'm reading the holy Qur'aan "The Koran" in English lol. :hijabi: it's good! I love it! I really want more Islamic books inshallah :)
 

binte-AkhlaqAhmd

LoVe AlLaH aLlWaYs..
:salam2:

rite now i am reading a book, MINHAAJ UL QASIDEEN,by Imam Abdul Rahman bin Jozy...its a very nice book with diff topics...

:salam2:
 

dawahforever

Junior Member
Layla Deen..reading it to my kids that is. Already read them the two Rashid books and 4 Invincible Abdullah books. Next I guess will be Ahmed Deen.
 

Summer03

3doTs2sQuares
i LOVE reading...Riyad us Saliheen...thts my all time favorite book (after the Quran of course!)

and also...i am studying 'the evolution of fiqh" and "the authority and importance of the sunnah"
 

Al-Kashmiri

Well-Known Member
Staff member
As-salaamu `alaykum.

Riyaadh us-Saaliheen is really nice to read. Evolution of Fiqh if the one by Bilal Philips is also pretty informative on the subject...

Mind you there are some authors that people are reading from, who I seriously do not recommend, due to their knowledge of Islaam (more like their lack thereof) and because they follow the ways of the innovated sects...

Firstly, we here at TTI severely condemn the likes of Hamza Yusuf, so I caution you from reading his devious ideas. For more information, refer to our Islamic Articles forums and look for the refutations on the soofees. Having said that, I also caution from a book mentioned in this thread, which contains filthy shirk within! That is Fazaali A`maal. Refer to www.ahya.org's refutation of the Jamaat ut-Tableegh and Deobandees.

I also wouldn't recommend Syed Qutb, rahimahullaah, or Syed `Alaa Al-Mawdoodee and Aa`id Al-Qarnee. The formers works are infamous for their strange ideas (Milestones as well as his tafseer), and support of the ideas of the khawaarij. Similar goes to the latter two.

Other than that, its good to see that many of us are reading books of importance and relevance, by the scholars of ahl us-sunnah...

Was-salaam
 

um_mustafa

sister in Islam
Salaam,

I have seen this book in every book shop!!! It is sooo famous... But I haven't read it...

Maybe when you finish you could tell us how it is....

Wasalaam :)

Salams All,
Yes Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni is a very repected Shk, He has also writen " How to be the happiest woman in the world" which I would advise every one to read male or female as the advise in it is so beautiful, you can read it again and again and you don't get fed up with it, and very beneficial in our every day life.
Also I am reading "Purification of the Heart" by Hamza Yusuf

W/salams
Um Mustafa
 

um_mustafa

sister in Islam
As-salaamu `alaykum.
...

Firstly, we here at TTI severely condemn the likes of Hamza Yusuf, so I caution you people from reading his devious ideas. For more information, refer to our Islamic Articles forums and look for the refutations on the soofees. Having said that, I also caution from a book mentioned in this thread, which contains filthy shirk within! That is Fazaali A`maal. Refer to www.ahya.org's refutation of the Jamaat ut-Tableegh and Deobandees.

I also wouldn't recommend Syed Qutb, rahimahullaah, or Syed `Alaa Al-Mawdoodee and Aa`id Al-Qarnee. The formers works are infamous for their strange ideas (Milestones as well as his tafseer), and support of the ideas of the khawaarij. Similar goes to the latter two.

Other than that, its good to see that many of tou are reading books of importance and relevance, by the scholars of ahl us-sunnah...

Was-salaam

Salams Is it true that TTI condemn Hamza Yususf ??? Please reply.
Also what evidence is there that Sayed Qutb, Aa`id Al-Qarnee and Alaa Al-MawdoodeeS books are not to be read????? Please reply.
W/salams
Um Mustafa
 

Southrn_Muslimah

bnqɯnɥ 'ɥɐq
:salam2:

Just to do a basic search on Sayyid Qutb. His thoughts have inspired groups like Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. The 2nd guy under Bin Laden is a follower of Qutb with the faction of the group that broke off from the Muslim Brotherhood called the Islamic Jihad group that supports using violence (which is a big no no).

This is why I personally do not like where his ideas have led to in the current Muslim world.

:wasalam:
 

Al-Kashmiri

Well-Known Member
Staff member
As-salaamu `alaykum.

Syed Qutb's rahimahullaah, tafseer has been described by some of the prominent scholars as a "crime upon the book of Allaah"... This is due to the strange, new, uncprecedented ideas he brings. As for the 3 that I mentioned then they are all in someway affiliated with the Ikhwaan ul-Muslimoon, an organisation who aim to unite the Muslims (maa shaa Allaah) but don't seem to realise that unity can only occur with adhereance to the book and the sunnah. They have also been the cause of extremism, since they don't care what you are upon; sunnah or bid`ah as long as your Muslim (or simply claim it). Hence you find many of the foolish youth, terrorists, extremists referring back to their so-called "scholars". The Imaam, Muhaddith of Yemen, Shaykh Muqbil Ibn Hadee Al-Waadi`ee, rahimahullaah said after being asked about the matter,

[Q]: ‘What is your statement concerning the student of knowledge requesting the beginners to read Fee Dhilaalil-Qur‘aan, and to place it in their houses? So when the student excuses himself as being a beginner who is incapable of distinguishing between the fat and the thin from whatever the writer possesses of wahdatul-wujood (oneness of existence between Allaah and His creation), they seek as evidence the fact that the book Fathul-Baaree, Sharhul-Muslim and Riyaadus-Saaliheen contain errors as well. So how can you read those books, yet you do not read this particular book? So he answers their statement by stating that Sayyid Qutb had wahdatul-wujood. So he answers, ‘What else is there?’ It is as if he does not even see that as a point of censure. So is it correct to perform the following actions: requesting the students to read that book; [ii] placing Sayyid Qutb amongst the ranks of the Imaams such as an-Nawawee (d.676H) and Ibn Hajar in terms of his errors in creed and his rank in knowledge?’

[A]: “As for the book adh-Dhilaal and the writings of Sayyid Qutb – rahimahullaah – then we advise that they not be read at all, because some people from Jamaa’atut-Takfeer and some of the youth who were conceived by Jamaa’atut-Takfeer were a direct result of the writings of Sayyid Qutb (rahimahullaah). [2] And Sayyid Qutb was merely called a writer, he was not called a mufassir (explainer of the Qur‘aan). So his tafseer is the tafseer of someone who lived in apostasy for eleven years, as he himself admitted. So how can that be a tafseer?! However, these issues were there before the Ikhwaanul-Mufliseen (the Bankrupt Brotherhood) came along. So they were the ones who raised the individual, even though he was not at the level where he could be referred to as ‘Dr.’ He was an activist, not a Dr. So when we were in the Islaamic University, if you were prominent in knowledge and it was said to you, ‘Have you read the books: Allaah, ar-Rasool and al-Islaam by Sa’eed Hawwaa?’ So if you said that you had not read them, they would say, ‘You do not possess anything of knowledge.’ So I praise Allaah that I accepted the search for knowledge upon beneficial knowledge. I ask Allaah the Magnificent to preserve our brother, Rabee’ Ibn Haadee, since he has clarified the beliefs of Sayyid Qutb and what he possesses of deviations. Likewise, may Allaah bestow mercy upon our brother, ’Abdullaah Ibn Muhammad ad-Duwaysh – the muhaddith (Scholar of hadeeth) and haafidh (hadeeth memorizer). I have not seen anyone with these two eyes of mine one who was similar to him in memorization. So he has recorded many of the errors of Sayyid Qutb in his book al-Mawridul-’Adhabiz-Zalaal fee Bayaan Akhtaa‘idh-Dhilaal. So Sayyid Qutb is not to be referred to as one of the mufassireen, nor is he from amongst the elite. Rather, he is a person who has zeal for Islaam, without any insight.

So we advise the brothers to return back to Tafseer Ibn Katheer, about whom ash-Shawkaanee (d.1250H) said that his tafseer is from amongst the most beautiful tafaaseer, having no equal. And as-Suyootee (d.911H) stated in Tabaqaatul-Huffaadh that Tafseer Ibn Katheer is from amongst the most beautful of tafaaseer. So Tafseer Ibn Katheer is a tafseer of the Qur‘aan by the Qur‘aan and by the Prophetic ahaadeeth and by separating the authentic Sunnah from its weak, and its defective narrations from its sound ones, and by falsifying the Israa‘eeliyyah stories. And likewise, I advise that the tafaaseer of our Salaf be read, such as Tafseer Ibn Jareer, Tafseerul-Baghawee and whatever is present from Tafseer Ibn Abee Haatim and Tafseer Ibn Mardawayh, since there is abundant goodness in them. So we are not in need of adh-Dhilaal, since we fear that we will fall into ad-Dalaal. So if it is absolutely necessary that you read adh-Dhilaal, then I advise him to read what the brother, ’Abdullaah Ibn Muhammad ad-Duwaysh and what Shaykh Rabee’ Ibn Haadee – hafidhahullaah – wrote.”


The full fatwa can be viewed at www.troid.org. As for the works of the members of the Ikhwaan, then we do not want to see them here as I stated (an exception would be for those amongst them who have excelled in fiqh etc, so long as the content is limited to such a topic). The same goes for Hamza Yusuf's lectures, articles and books etc, as do those of any other astray soofee.

For further reading, this book should be informative...
 
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