The prescribed book for the course is Subulus-Salaam by the 17th century Yemenite scholar Muhammad ibn Ismaa‘eel as-San‘aanee which is a commentary on Buloogh al-Maraam written by Haafiz Ibn Hajar al- ‘Asqalaanee. In Buloogh the author gathered the majority of the hadeeths which are commonly used as the basic evidences for the Islamic legal system. The course material is comprised of the Chapter on Fasting (Kitaab as-Siyaam) from Subulus-Salaam.
Author: Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips
Reveiwers: Muhammad AbdulRaoof
In this brief book A Study on the Hadiths of Virtues which deals with ahadiths of virtues.
Reveiwers: Muhammad AbdulRaoof
Publisher: http://www.islamweb.net - Islam Web Website
This book discusses the special place women have in the religion of Islam and seeks to address some of the many misconceptions and false propaganda published by those who are ignorant of this religion or harbor a malicious intent to purposely misrepresent this religion.
Author: AbdulRahman Bin Abdulkarim Al-Sheha
Publisher: http://www.islamland.com - Islam Land Website
A beautiful book for non-Muslims which takes a look at the criteria used to find the true religion of God.
Author: Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips
Reveiwers: Ahmad Bolter - Mueed AbdulSalam Abu Hashim - Abdur-Rahman Murad - Khalid Al-Ahmadi - Mahmood Hasan - Dawood Fateh - Ahmad Bolter
Publisher: Islamic Propagation Office in Rabwah
An summarised text detailing the rules governing the Criticism of Hadeeth. From its introduction -'A hadith (pl. ahadith) is composed of two parts: the matn (text) and the isnad (chain of reporters). A text may seem to be logical and reasonable but it needs an authentic isnad with reliable reporters to be acceptable; 'Abdullah b. al-Mubarak (d. 181 AH) is reported to have said, "The isnad is part of the religion: had it not been for the isnad, whoever wished to would have said whatever he liked." During the lifetime of the Prophet (SAS) and after his death, his Companions (Sahabah) used to refer to him when quoting his sayings. The Successors (Tabi'un) followed suit; some of them used to quote the Prophet (SAS) through the Companions while others would omit the intermediate authority - such a hadith was known as mursal (loose). It was found that the missing link between the Successor and the Prophet (SAS) might be one person, i.e. a Companion, or two persons, the extra person being an older Successor who heard the hadith from the Companion.'
Author: Mahmood Al-Tahaan
The story of Joseph, peace be upon him, represents the peak of all. The Qur'anic stories with regard to its topical unity' and is artistic appeal, and also with regard to the lessons of faith which the story contains.
Author: Mahmood Shaker Saeed
Reveiwers: Muhammad AbdulRaoof
Translators: Khalid Ibrahim Al-Dawsari
Publisher: Cooperative Office for Propagation, Guidance, and Warning of Expatriates in the city of Bade'ah - A website Islamic Library www.islamicbook.ws