Best islamic rituals & practice books according to redditors

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Thoroughly recommend Professor Abdel Haleem's translation of the Quran:

The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0199535957/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_DL6QwbQXJ0J9V

My recommendations mostly more recent stuff, I think written well for a western audience

Understanding Islam and the Muslims: The Muslim Family, Islam and World Peace https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1887752471/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_QM6QwbPQHCTB9

The Messenger: The Meanings of the Life of Muhammad https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0141028556/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_1O6Qwb8M0D5KQ

Understanding the Qur'an: Themes and Style https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1845117891/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_QK6QwbGS8EN0D

Being Muslim: A Practical Guide by Asad Tarsin et al. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01833W1KM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_udp_awd_1L6QwbC9BNTXA

The Messenger: The Meanings of the Life of Muhammad https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0141028556/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_1O6Qwb8M0D5KQ

Worth YouTubing:

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
Professor Tariq Ramadan
Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad

Alhamdulillah. May Allah swt make it easy for you. If you are looking for an introductory book for new Muslims, I recommend the following :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01833W1KM

Translation of Quran by MAS Abdel Haleem is very good. Martin Lings' biography on Prophet is one of the best.

If you want any or all of the books, I would be glad to mail you by Amazon gift service.

Here's a tutorial on all the daily prayers.

Here's an interactive website for learning to pray.

Here's a book on how to pray from Amazon.com

Also I recommend this app. It tells you when its time to pray and it has the entire Qur'an, an Islamic calendar, fasting tracker, etc. It's a really useful app mashaAllah.

Also, here is a post with a ton of introductory info about Islam in general.

Allah bless you.

Muhammed: How he can make you extraordinary

The Productive Muslim - Where Faith Meets Productivity

Dua, Weapon of the Believers

Revive Your Heart: Putting Life in Perspective

The Art of War

Khadija: The First Muslim and Wife of the Prophet Muhammed

Muhammed: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources

Dua's for success in this world and the next, over 100 Duas

Fortress of a Muslim

Reclaim your heart

These are some of the books I have at the moment and I highly recommend them after reading them. I am waiting on a few more books but a lot are non Islamic but still really useful [:

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>So essentially the claim is valid? The Quran is against freedom of religion, freedom of sexuality and freedom of women?


I REALLY think you will get your answers and benefit more from reading The Muslim Next Door: The Qur'an, the Media, and That Veil Thing. It's an excellent read that has the answers to your exact questions.

You'll find many of the same things in books related to the higher objectives of Islamic legislation, like the following:

Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law

Ibn Ashur: Treatise on Maqasid Al-Shariah

Towards Realization of the Higher Intents of Islamic Law: Maqasid Al-Shariah: A Functional Approach

It's a very popular approach with reformers which often leads to an exageration of its role in Islamic jurisprudence.

Salam brother, when I converted I used this website to learn how to pray. I have since come across this book and found that it is very good with clear pictures and transliterations. If you want it but for whatever reason you're not able to order it, drop me a PM and i'll send you a copy inshallah.

Well, Nepali Muslims are among the millions of Nepalis who've gone to the Gulf to work, and like everywhere else in the world, they have brought back Salafi ideologies. There is a strong and growing Salfist movement in Nepal, which receives funding from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.

If you're interested, I highly recommend this book:

• Islamic Revival in Nepal: Religion and a New Nation

I bought this book: How to Pray in Islam

It's quite good, and breaks the prayer down into phases so you can remember a bit at a time. I think it's a Sunni book. I would like to learn more about how Shi'a pray, but have yet to find a good guide.

(And don't sweat all the "rules that invalidate prayer" right now. Just pray. God knows what's up. You will get there.)

(Also get some nice tasbeeh. I find it helpful to practice dhikr and focus my mind. It's a form of meditation, really, and good training for calming one's inner dialogue.)

As-Shifa by Qadi Iyad, Translated by Aisha Bewley

Al-Ghazali's al-Munqidh min al-Dalal (Deliverance from Error) and Other Works

The Way of Muhammad by Shaykh Abdalqadir As-Sufi

Al-Maqasid: Nawawi's Manual of Islam, Translated by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller

https://www.amazon.com/Mafatih-al-Jinan-Treasury-Translation-Transliteration/dp/1724879243

This is a great book on this subject. It's originally Turkish I don't know how the translation is.

https://www.amazon.com/Sexual-Life-According-Islam-Demircan-ebook/dp/B007YC9RAG