Suggested Reading

In the Name of Allah; Most-Merciful, Most-Compassionate. I've compiled a list of books that I have come across, and inshaAllah suggest. I have tried to link the books, when possible, so that you can review them further. The book topics, in this order, are: Qur'an, Aqeedah, Manners, Fiqh, Hadeeth, Islamic History, Finance, Dawah, Misc., Arabic, History, Sociology, Fiction, and Philosophy. Feel free to contact me if you need assistance locating any of the books. Barak Allah fiikum.

Islamic Studies – Qur’an


The History of the Qur'anic Text - M. al Azami
Way to the Qur'an - Khurram Murad
A Thematic Commentary on the Qur'an - Muhammad al Ghazali
[Arabic] Tajweed - Ahmed al Qaysi al Baghdadi
[Arabic] Warsh & Qaloon - Ahmed al Qaysi al Baghdadi
[Arabic] al Bizzi & Qanbil - Ahmed al Qaysi al Baghdadi
[Arabic] Nafil & Katheer - Ahmed al Qaysi al Baghdadi
An Explanation of the Last 10th of the Noble Qur'an - Tasfir.info
Usool at Tafseer - Dr. Bilal Philips
Tafsir ibn Kathir (Vol. 1-10) - ibn Kathir
An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur'an - Yasir Qadhi
Surah al Buruj – Dr. Bilal Philips
Tafsir Juz 'Amma – ibn Kathir
Atlas of the Qur'an - Dr. Shauqi Abu Khalil

Islamic Studies – Aqeedah

Sharh al Aqeedat il Wasitiyah - ibn Taymiyah
Tawhid of Allah's most beautiful Names and Lofty Attributes - Muhammad al Tamimi
A Return to Purity in Creed - Abu Hamid al Ghazzali
Levels of People in the Hereafter (abridged) - Ibnul Qayyim al Jawziyyah
Book of Emaan - ibn Taymiyah
Kitab at Tawheed - Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab
Minhaj al Muslim - Abu Bakr Jabir al Jaza'iry
The Sunnah - Dr. Mustafa as Siba'ee
Tawhid - Dr. Salih al Fawzan
The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom - ibn Rajab al Hanbali
The Authority and Importance of the Sunnah - Jamaal al Din M. Zarabozo
Explanation of the Creed - M Barbaharee
Provisions for the Hereafter - ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah
Knowing the Angels – Muhammad al Jibaly

Islamic Studies – Manners

33 Ways of Developing al Khushoo' - Muhammad Salih al Munajjid
Humility in Prayer - ibn Rajab al Hanbali
The Ideal Muslim - Muhammad Ali al Hashimi
Blissful Marriage: A Practical Islamic Guide - Drs. Ekram & Rida Beshir
Marital Discord: Causes & Cures - Majdi Muhammad ash Shahawi
Be Patient and Paradise will be yours - Dar us Salaam
The Ideal Muslimah - Muhammad Ali al Hashimi
Parenting Skills - Drs. Ekram & Rida Beshir
An Excellent Wife - Muhammad Ali al Hashimi
al Adab al Mufrad - Imam Bukhari; 34 Part DVD by Abu Eesa.
Purification of the Heart - Hamza Yusuf
Backbiting - Husayn al Awayishah
Bent Rib - Huda Khattab
The Prophet's Conduct - Faisal al Baadani
The Excellence of Knowledge - ibn Rajab al Hanbali
The Prophet's Methods of Correcting Mistakes - Muhammad Salih al Munajjid
Selected Supplications - Dar us Salaam
A Guide for Muslim Parents living in North America - Women's Committee & MSA
Don't be Sad - Aaidh ibn Abdullah al Qarni
Purification of the Soul – Jamal Zarabozo
Forty Hadiths on Good Moral Values - Capt. Yahya M. A. Ondigo

Islamic Studies – Fiqh (jurisprudence) 

Differences of Opinion amongst the scholars - Muhammad ibn Saalih Uthaymeen
The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam - Yusuf al Qardawi
Risala - Imam ash Shafi'i
Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence - Muhammad Hashim Kamali
Fatawa Islamiyah (Vol. 1-8)

Islamic Studies – Hadeeth

Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Muslim
Jami Tirmidhi
Sunan al-Nasa’i
Sunan ibn Majah
Sunan abu Dawud
Malik’s Muwatta
Nawawi's 40 Hadith - Imam Nawawi
Nawawi's 40 Hadith - Umm Muhammad Commentary
Usool al Hadeeth - Dr. Bilal Philips

Islamic Studies - History

Muhammad – Yahiya Emerick
The Four Imams - Muhammad Abu Zahra
The Biography of Abu Bakr as Siddeeq - Dr. Ali Muhammad as Sallaabee
The Sealed Nectar - Safi-ur-Rahman al Mubarakpuri
Salah ad Din al Ayyubi - Abdullah Nasih Ulwan
The Noble Life of the Prophet (Vol. 1-3) - Dr. Ali Muhammad as Sallaabee
Umar ibn al Khattab (Vol. 1-2) - Dr. Ali Muhammad as Sallaabee
Imam ibn Majah - Salahuddin Ali AbdulMawjood
ibn al Qayyim - Salahuddin Ali AbdulMawjood
Imam at Tirmidhi - Salahuddin Ali AbdulMawjood
Imam Shawkani - Salahuddin Ali AbdulMawjood
Imam Muslim ibn al Hajjaj - Salahuddin Ali AbdulMawjood
Umm al Mu'minim 'Aishah Siddiqah - Mumtaz Moin
Uthman ibn Affan - Dr. Ali Muhammad as Sallaabee
The Characteristics of Prophet Muhammad - Imam al Tirmidhi
Atlas on the Prophet's Biography - Dr. Shauqi Abu Khalil
Child Companions around the Prophet - Dar us Salaam
A History of the Arab Peoples - Albert Hourani
The History of the Khalifahs - Jalal ad Din as Suyuti
Stories of the Prophets - ibn Kathir
The Story of Islamic Spain - Syed AzizurRahman
Women Around the Messenger - Muhammad Ali Qubt
The Omani & South Arabian Muslim Factor in East Africa - Ibrahim el Zein Soghayroun
Book of the End – ibn Kathir
Ibn Battuta

Islamic Studies - Finance

Rizq & Lawful Earnings - Dar us Salaam
Islam and Management - Dr. Naceur Jabnoun
Ribaa - Abdullah bin Saalih al Qusayyir

Islamic Studies - Dawah

Polygamy in Islam - Dr. Bilal Philips & Dr. Jamila Jones
The Bible, The Qur'an, and Science - Maurice Bucaille
The Choice (Vol. 1) - Ahmed Deedat
Dawah in Modern Times - Dr. Khalid Mahmoud Shaikh
The Salah – al-Albani
Shahadah & Salah – Dar us Salaam
1000 Sunan – Khalid Husaynaan
Fortress of the Muslim - Sa'eed ibn Ali ibn Wahf al Qahtani
A Day with the Prophet – Ahmed Von Denffer

Islamic Studies – Misc.

Islamic Awakening between rejection and extremism - Yusuf al Qardawi
Social Justice in Islam - Deina Abdelkader
The Muqaddimah of ibn Khaldun - Ibn Khaldun
Realities of Faith - Umm Muhammad
The Possession of Izzan - Dr. Bilal Philips & Haleemah Jordan
The Journey to Allah - ibn Rajab al Hanbali
The Key to Paradise - ibn Rajab al Hanbali
Human Development - Muslim World League
Child Education in Islam - Abd-Allah Nasih Ulwan
The Ideal Muslim Society - Dr. Muhammad Ali al Hashimi
Heaven under your feet: Pregnancy for Muslim Women - Umm Hasan bint Salim
Nurturing Eeman in Children - Dr. Aisha Hamdan
Islam and the Glorious Ka'abah - Sayed Faroup M. al-Huseini

Arabic Lanugage


English-Arabic Dictionary - Hans Wehr
[Arabic] Arabic between your Hands [Vol. 2] [Vol. 3]
Arabic - Jack Smart & Frances Altorfer
Arabic Madinah Books [Vol 1] [Vol. 2] [Vol. 3] - Dr. V. AbdurRahman
Arabic for Beginners – Dr. Syed Ali
Arabic - Berlitz

Social Sciences – History

Where Vultures Feast – Okonta
Autobiography of Malcolm X
Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Scramble for Africa – Pakenham
The State of Africa – Martin Meredith
Bad Men – Clive Stafford-Smith
Wolves, Jackals and Foxes – Hollington
The Crusades – Hindley
Long Walk to Freedom – Mandela
Collateral Damage – Hedges & al-Arian
A People’s History of the United States – Zinn
King Leopold’s Ghost – Adam Hochschild
The bin Ladens – Coll
Lost History – Michael Morgan
Bury the Chains - Hochschild

Social Sciences – Sociology

Amusing Ourselves to Death – Postman
Black Like Me – Griffin
Chomksy on Miseducation – Chomsky
Culture Jam – Lasn
Fast Food Nation – Schlosser
Mass Murder – Levin & Fox
No Logo – Klien
On Killing – Grossman
The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda – Chomsky
The Sacred Balance – Suzuki
The Bone Woman – Clea Koff
Among the Thugs – Buford
Debt Threat – Hertz
Children at War – Singer
No One Can Stop the Rain – Moorehouse
End of Poverty – Sachs
Education Denied – Tomasevski
Lords of Poverty – Hancock
The Road to Hell – Maren
The White Man’s Burden – Easterly
Hegemony or Survival – Chomsky
Mountains beyond Mountains – Kidder
A Long Way Gone – Beah
Scheherazade Goes West - Mernissi
Three Cups of Tea – Mortenson & Relin
Discipline and Punish – Foucault
Partner to the Poor – Farmer
Manufacturing Consent – Chomsky
Confessions of an Economic Hitman - Perkins

Fiction

1984 – Orwell
Animal Farm – Orwell
Brave New World – Huxley
Lord of the Flies – Golding
The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – Pirsig
The Giver – Lowry
Things Fall Apart – Achebe
The Color Purple – Walker
Pay it Forward – Hyde
The Grapes of Wrath – Steinbeck
Fahrenheit 451 – Bradbury
I know why the Caged Bird Sings – Angelou
Sweetness in the Belly – Gibb
Poisonwood Bible - Kingsolver

Philosophy

Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers – Frost
Contemporary Moral Problems – White
The Art of War – Tzu Sun
World Religions – Oxtoby
The Prince - Machiavelli