Convert Community Library

Another community library in Danbury, Connecticut started by Tricia Veknach, the Muslim Chaplain at the women's prison. It's great to see another blossoming community library! Please show your support:

Does God Love War? The Fine Line Between Faith and Fanaticism (Chris Hedges and Sh. Hamza Yusuf)

The Prayer of the Oppressed (Introduction and Translation by Sh. Hamza Yusuf)

Agenda to Change Our Condition (Sh. Hamza Yusuf & Imam Zaid Shakir)

Agenda to Change Our Condition is a concise treatise on the path to taqwa (conscious awareness of our Lord). The Muslim tradition considers taqwa the primary reason for our existence and the means by which we are ensured continued succor from our Creator. This classic volume elucidates a simple yet effective means to transform our inner world through spiritual struggle with the soul. 

In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad (Tariq Ramadan)

Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time (Karen Armstrong)

The Prophet Muhammad was born in 570 CE, and over the following sixty years built a thriving spiritual community, laying the foundations of a religion that changed the course of world history. There is more historical data on his life than on that of the founder of any other major faith, and yet his story is little known.

The most recent addition! 

Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta (National Geographic)

Journey to Mecca tells the incredible true story of Ibn Battuta, one of the greatest travelers in history. In 1325, as a 21-year-old law student, he set out from Morocco on an epic journey to the sacred city of Mecca. Along the way, he is besieged by bandits, disease and sandstorms, but when he finally arrives after having travelled thousands of miles, visited some of the greatest cities of the medieval world, and joined a camel caravan of 10,000 people he is a man transformed.

To create a grassroots community library of English literature and material related to Islam, both directly and indirectly. There are few resources within our community that have high quality English materials about Islam. This community library will serve the  needs of converts and others who seek to learn more about Islam through English resources. 

We are engaging community members to see if they would like to contribute any of the following materials. Please only contribute materials that are new or are in very good condition. 

Items in bold have already been donated.

BOOKS

• “Purification of the Heart” by Sh. Hamza Yusuf

• “The Qur’an” by M.A.S. Haleem

• “Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources” by Martin Lings

• “The Book of Assistance” by Imam Abdullah Al-Haddad

• “The Lives of Man” by Imam Abdullah Al-Haddad 

• “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” by Malcolm X and Alex Haley

• “The Creed of Imam Al-Tahawi” translated, introduced, and annotated by Sh. Hamza Yusuf 

• “The Vision of Islam” by Sachiko Murata and William Chittick

• “Submission, Faith, & Beauty: The Religion of Islam” by Joseph Lumbard

• “Treatise for the Seekers of Guidance” by Imam Al-Muhasibi, translation and commentary by Imam Zaid Shakir 

• “The Road to Mecca” by Muhammad Asad

• “Letter to a Disciple” by Imam Al-Ghazali

• “In the Footsteps of the Prophet” by Dr. Tariq Ramadan

• “The Remembrance of God” by Imam Al-Suyuti 

• “Agenda to Change Our Condition” by Sh. Hamza Yusuf and Imam Zaid Shakir

• “Key to the Garden” by Habib Ahmad Mashhur Al-Haddad

CDs

• “Purification of the Heart” by Sh. Hamza Yusuf 

• “African Muslims in American History” by Imam Zaid Shakir 

• “The Seventeen Benefits of Tribulation” by Sh. Hamza Yusuf                                                 

• “Famous Women in Islam” by Dr. Umar F. Abd-Allah 

• “The Alchemy of Happiness” by Sh. Hamza Yusuf 

• “Looking Back to Look Ahead” by Imam Zaid Shakir 

• “The Description of the Prophet” by Sh. Hamza Yusuf

• “Sacred Law in Secular Lands” by Sh. Abdullah Bin Bayyah, translated by Sh. Hamza Yusuf 

• “Purification of the Soul” by Imam Zaid Shakir 

• “The Principle Imams and Their Schools” by Dr. Umar F. Abd-Allah 

• “The Poor Man’s Book of Assistance” by Sh. Hamza Yusuf 

• “Prophetic Character” by Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad 

• “Refinement of the Hearts” by Sh. Hamza Yusuf 

• “The Inaugural Address of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq” by Imam Zaid Shakir 

• “Miracles of the Quran” by Sh. Abdullah Bin Bayyah, translated by Sh. Hamza Yusuf 

• “The Attributes of God in Islam” by Dr. Umar F. Abd-Allah and Sh. Hamza Yusuf 

• “The Vision of Islam” by Sh. Hamza Yusuf 

• “His Character Was the Qur’an” by Sh. Abdullah Bin Bayyah, translated by Sh. Hamza Yusuf 

• “The Rights and Responsibilities of Marriage” by Sh. Hamza Yusuf 

DVDs

• “Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet” PBS Documentary by Unity Productions 

• “New Muslim Cool” PBS Documentary by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor 

• “Al-Ghazali: Alchemist of Happiness” by Ovidio Salazar 

• “Travelling Light Series” by Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad and Cambridge 

Mosque 

• “Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) The Last Prophet” Children’s Film 

• “On a Wing and a Prayer” PBS Documentary by Unity Productions 

Islamica Magazines

The Book of Assistance

(Imam Abdullah Al-Haddad)

There are many books in English which present the Islamic Spiritual discipline, but few which can be used as practical travel guides along the Path to God. Originally written in Classical Arabic, the aptly-named Book of Assistance is today in widespread use among teachers in Arabia, Indonesia and East Africa. Presented here in the readable translation of Dr. Badawi, this manual of devotions, prayers and practical ethics will be invaluable to all who love the Prophet and the way of purification of the heart.

Our library is located at the homes of one of our volunteers in Ann Arbor, Michigan. People can borrow materials if they are local. The system we will have in place, God willing, is that anyone who borrows a book needs to give their address and phone number. Books can be borrowed for 3 weeks - DVDs and CDs for one week.

The Road to Mecca

(Muhammad Asad)

This book is an account of the author's adventurous journey in the Arab world, and about his ‘home-coming' to Islam. This book is more than an autobiography, which the Times Literary Supplement calls a "narrative of great power and beauty."

Muhammad Asad, born Leopard Weiss in the Polish city of Lvov in 1900, was the grandson of an orthodox Rabbi. By this early twenties he could write and read German, Franch and Polish languages. He took to journalism and travelled Middle East as the correspondent of 'Franfurter Zeitung' of Germany.