Islamic Books

Dua-e-Ahd It is reported from Imam Ja'fer Sadiq (a) that whoever recites this du'a for forty days, after morning prayers will be amongst the helpers of the 12th Imam (a). Should he/she die before the reappearance of the Imam (a), Allah will raise hi...

Dua-e-Ahd It is reported from Imam Ja'fer Sadiq (...

An Introduction to 'Ilm al-Kalam by : Martyr Murtada Mutahhari This long article is a part of Martyr Murtada Mutahhari's book Ashna'i ba 'ulum-e Islami (An Introduction to the Islamic Sciences). The book consists of seven parts: (1) logic (2) philos...

An Introduction to 'Ilm al-Kalam by : Martyr Murta...

About the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) The Islamic Information and News Network (IINN) is happy to announce that the Islamic book, Finality of Prophethood, by Syed Abul A'la Maududi, a renowned scholar from Pakistan, will be made available electronically...

About the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) The Islamic Inf...

A Glance at the Life of the Holy Porphet of Islam In the Name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate Before the advent of Islam, people all over the world were sadly impoverished in thought, opinions, and individual and social attitudes. Although su...

A Glance at the Life of the Holy Porphet of Islam ...

A Brief Biography of the Holy Prophet of Islam (S.A.W.) When Almighty Allah sent His last and greatest Prophet, Muhammad [s], mankind was immersed in a state of degeneration. The messages of the past prophets had been distorted and ignored, civilisa...

A Brief Biography of the Holy Prophet of Islam (S....

A Brief Biography of Ali bin Husain (a.s.) In the late 50's and early 60's, when I was a madressa student in School Farze in Zanzibar-Africa, there was no such a subject as Islamic History on the madressa curriculum. Naturally, therefore, when I joi...

A Brief Biography of Ali bin Husain (a.s.) In the...

The Revolution of al-Husayn (a.s.) by : Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din I. Explanation of the Use of Terminology Within the situation which existed, revolution at any time, or in any place, will have, political, social and economic causes, which ...

The Revolution of al-Husayn (a.s.) by : Shaykh Muh...

World of Our Youth In the Name of God The Compassionate, the Merciful I counsel you to be good to youth, for they have the softest hearts. This is a beautiful, prophetic piece of advice. But how many parents and nurturers have heard it? Had they act...

World of Our Youth In the Name of God The Compass...

The Mercy of Qur'an and The Advent of Zaman - Commentary on Four Suras by Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri was born in the Holy City of Karbala, Iraq, a descendant of five generations of well-known and revered spiritual leaders. Educate...

The Mercy of Qur'an and The Advent of Zaman - Comm...

The Islamic Revolution The Islamic Revolution of Iran, in the words of its founder and architect, the late Imam Khomeini, was indeed, "[an immense] explosion of light." It was as though the darkness of the material world was momentarily lifted and t...

The Islamic Revolution The Islamic Revolution of ...

The Islamic Modest Dress by Murtadha Mutahhari The Word hijab (Modest Dress) We believe in a particular philosophy in Islam for woman's hijab or modest dress which forms our intellectual point of view and in regard to analysis, it can be called the ...

The Islamic Modest Dress by Murtadha Mutahhari Th...

Soaring to the Only Beloved by abu Muhammad Zaynul 'Abidin O Allah, I humbly present this short treatise to our beloved guide, Imam Ali ('a)- Imam al-Arifin (the doyen of the saints), whose total attention to the Only Beloved in prayers was not dete...

Soaring to the Only Beloved by abu Muhammad Zaynul...

Poems In General (The only person on earth you need to be accepted by is yourself.) When you get what you want in the struggle for the self, And the world makes you king and queen for the day, Just go to a mirror and look at yourself, And see what t...

Poems In General (The only person on earth you ne...

Palestine Throbbing Heart of the World of Islam A Historical Study of the Violent Nature of Zionist Regime Introduction The divine religion of Islam is based on man’s primordial nature and its ultimate goal is protection of man’s dignity and facilit...

Palestine Throbbing Heart of the World of Islam A ...

Imam Khomeini; a Portrait On the 20th of Jamadi al thani of the year 1320 A.H. (1901 A.D.) which coincided with the birth anniversary of the holy prophet's only daughter, Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra, a boy was born in the household of late Ayatollah Seyed ...

Imam Khomeini; a Portrait On the 20th of Jamadi a...

Classical Islamic Poetry Learn from Ali how to fight without your ego participating. God's lion did nothing that didn't originate from his deep center. Once in battle he got the best of a certain knight and quickly drew his sword. The man, helpless ...

Classical Islamic Poetry Learn from Ali how to fi...

Ancient Philosophy Man is naturally a philosopher. Brought face to face with the wonders of nature or the results of human endeavor, he is not content merely to observe the phenomena as they are offered to his senses, but feels impelled by his natur...

Ancient Philosophy Man is naturally a philosopher...

Abu Talib bin Abdul Muttalib by Kamal al-Syyed In 570 AD, the Abyssinian armies under the leadership of Abraha attacked Makkah to demolish the Ka'aba. Abdul Muttalib, our Master Muhammad's [s] grandfather, the Master of Makkah, went round the Ka'aba...

Abu Talib bin Abdul Muttalib by Kamal al-Syyed In...

Fiqh There are 23 kinds of doubts that may arise during the Prayers which are as follows:- 8 Doubts that if occurred nullify the Namaz. 6 Doubts are such that if occurred may be ignored, and not nullify the Namaz. 9 Doubts that if occurred may not n...

Fiqh There are 23 kinds of doubts that may arise ...

Ijtihad; Its Meaning Sources by Muhammad Ibrahim Jannati In the Name of God The Compassionate, the Merciful I counsel you to be good to youth, for they have the softest hearts. This is a beautiful, prophetic piece of advice. But how many parents and...

Ijtihad; Its Meaning Sources by Muhammad Ibrahim J...

The Ritual and Spiritual Purity by Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi The Book: In 1984 I published a series known as `The Laws of the Shari'ah' which included booklets on The Tendency of Rationalizing the Shari`ah Laws, Ijtihad, Taqlid, Taharat & Najasat, Wudu ...

The Ritual and Spiritual Purity by Sayyid Muhammad...