Ash-Shifa is widely accepted as the best, most comprehensive and most important book about the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in which the Prophet’s life, his qualities and his miracles are described in every detail.

This majestic work was so highly admired throughout the Muslim world that it is said, “If Ash-Shifa is found in a house, this house will not suffer any harm... when a sick person reads it or it is recited to him, Allah will restore his health.”

This is a brief and concise treatise surrounding the reality of the testimony that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allāh. We saw fit to spread it amongst the people due to the need for it. Rather, we see it as a necessity due to what we have witnessed of ignorance from many of the Muslims, let alone others besides them, about the reality of the testimony that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah. We have seen them fall into that which opposes and contradicts this testimony, or in some cases, that which opposes its completion, or that which detracts from the servant’s belief in it.

I ask Allāh the Exalted, the All-Capable: to bestow upon us guidance to what is correct, and success in attaining the truth and correctness, that He inspires us to right guidance and protects us from the evil of our own selves and that He shows us the truth as truth and allows us to follow it and that He shows us falsehood as falsehood and allows us to avoid it and that He rectifies for us our intention and deed and that He allows all those who peruse it to benefit through what has been documented in this treatise and that He makes us and our Muslim brothers cooperate upon righteousness and piety.

Those Who Followed is a collection of interesting and inspiring short biographies of the selected torchbearers of Islam from the generations that followed the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him). Lessons from how they dealt with civil strife and their appraisal of the life in this world and the hereafter hold a lot of relevance today. This book is a must-have for every family library. It can be used by parents and teachers effectively to introduce role models like Imam Bukhari, Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Abdullâh ibn al-Mubârak, Imam Abu Haneefah, and many others to preteens and teenagers.

Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabir, by Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa'd, is one of the most important and earliest surviving collections of biographical details of the early Muslims, spanning just over the first two centuries of Islam. The scope of the work of Ibn Sa'd covers the time of the Rashidun Khalifs, the Umayyads, and the Abbasids. This third volume of the Tabaqat (Volume III) deals with the Companions who were present at the Battle of Badr and with the Leaders of the Ansar who participated in the Pledge of Aqaba.

Umar Farooq(ra), the second Caliph of Islam, ruled for about ten years over a total area of 2,251,030 square miles. His rule was exemplary, every decision and action of his being guided by the word of Allah, as enshrined in the Quran. It is difficult to imagine that any ruler who had a huge empire, like Umar Farooq's(ra), would live like a simple, common man. But that is exactly what he did. He wore clothes with many patches, slept on the floor, ate plain food and travelled to foreign lands with just one servant and a camel. Umar Farooq (ra) had a strong sense of duty and justice. Throughout his rule, everyone was treated equally and with justice, whether he was a Muslim or a non-Muslim. He lived in the love and fear of Allah. In the history of the world, there was and still is no other ruler like him: he was unique

Umar ibn al Khattab, the second caliph of Islam, faced tremendous struggles. This 2-book biography of Umar (RAA) presents a model of an ideal Muslim leader, one who felt responsible before Allah for the well being of those under his rule, and it offers a window into an exciting and important period of Islamic history.