The longest-ruling line of caliphs in the Muslim world, the Abbasids were no ordinary dynasty. A meteoric rise, a decline that seemed to herald imminent collapse, an unexpected […]

The first hereditary dynasty of the Muslim world, a model in many respects for the Islamic states that would follow, and the last power to unite the lands […]

The present work offers a translation of a selection drawn from the Kitāb al-Jāmi’, a section of Ibn Juzayy’s celebrated juridical compendium, al-Qawānīn al-Fiqhiyyah. In these pages, the author brings […]

A veritable treasure in the field of Islamic doctrine and creed, this treatise seeks to reaffirm the authentic belief of the earliest generations of Islam and the Pious […]

A masterful introduction to the noble discipline of the principles of Islamic jurisprudence (usūl al-fiqh), Taqrīb al-Wusūl ilā ‘Ilm al-Usūl — literally, Facilitating the Attainment of the Science of Legal Principles — […]

The work here translated is the epistle entitled Kitāb al-Akhlāq wa-l-Siyār fī Mudāwāt al-Nufūs — literally, The Book of Morals and Conduct in the Healing of Souls — one of Ibn […]

For many centuries, the Ottoman Empire was the greatest power in the world! The sultans of Istanbul ruled across three continents — Africa, Europe, and Asia — over a huge part of […]

For almost 800 years (from 711 to 1492), Muslims ruled over Spain and Portugal — a land that was called al-Andalus. This wonderful country no longer exists, but it […]

From the earliest days of Islam — Mothers of the Believers, daughters of the Prophet ﷺ, and among his Companions — women stood at the heart of every […]

Many people don’t realize how important women have been in Muslim history. Since the time of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, women have played a big role in society — […]