The Middle East today stands at an epoch. The artificial architecture created by the British and French is tearing apart at the seams and no amount of stitching can keep it together. The Muslim rulers, who have long played the role of maintaining the artificial architecture in the Middle East, have lost their most potent weapon; fear. This was their only method of maintaining Sykes-Picot as well as themselves in power. Looking forward there are huge unprecedented demographic, economic, political, social, technological and geopolitical trends taking shape that will subsume everything standing...

The Muslim ummah globally does not set trends and when it does it is usually not the right ones. Today the Muslims are divided into over 50 states and none engages in global politics and neither does any of them set the global agenda and thus affect global politics. If the ummah lived under the Khilafah assessing global trends would have practical ramifications as our assessment of the trends would lead to the Khilafah to take a position on global issues and act internationally based on this. But without the Khilafah, this exercise is not fruitless. We cannot start this exercise on the day...

Many modern books have been written in this subject area in both Arabic and English attempting to present the subject Of Usul ul Fiqh to the student of Islamic sciences. However, the style of the author, Ash-Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Abdullah, (May Allah preserve him) is distinguished from others in terms of his ability to present the subject in a very well organised and well-explained easy manner that enables the reader to absorb this subject area. Even though this is not the most advanced book ever to be written in the subject area of Usul ul-Fiqh but it explains clearly all of the main areas...

This book of Prayer is called Al-Jami' li-ahkam is-salah], because I recorded in it all the issues of prayer addressed by the shar' texts, without including those subjects discussed by the jurists that relied upon analogy (qiyas), discretion (istihsan) and the like. This is because worships ('ibadat) particularly are tawqifi, which means they must be only deduced from the texts, namely: The Book (Qur'an) and the sunnah (traditions of the Prophet (saw)). Therefore, the ahkam (rules) in this book are considered jurisprudence of texts only. When referring to the sunnah texts I observed to take...

This book incorporates two previously published books: 'Why I became a Muslim' and 'Inside Mubarak's Prison.' Ian had a normal British upbringing, however, while at university in London, he decided to convert to Islam. His thinking had changed and so did his way of life. Not everyone was happy with his new ideas. Ian moved with his family to Cairo to study Arabic, then on 1st April 2002 Ian was taken by Egyptian State Security police from his flat in Cairo to an underground torture facility. He would ultimately be sentenced to five years imprisonment for the ideas that he held. Ian was...

Ever since the caliphate's demise, Muslims have remained upon a path of ideological decline. From the depths of poverty to the brutality of war, we have passively endured the exogenous pain and suffering brought upon us for many years. Unable to realise the great significance of thought in resolving our metacognitive anaemia, economic recovery became a mere figment of our imagination and the caliphate, a glorious but obsolete history. However, after decades in darkness the Muslims have become increasingly agitated by the depravity that pervades them. What started with dissent has now...

The path to achieve revival and resume the Islamic way of life is a path adorned with struggles and challenges at all stages. It is a work that requires Nafsiyas (Islamic Disposition) that are unrivalled and elevated, formidable and purified. The way to achieve this is by strengthening the connection and relationship to Allah (swt), the Lord of the worlds and all creation. He Subhanahu must be relied upon alone for help and full Tawakkul must be placed upon Him alone, whilst the attainment of His pleasure must be made the highest aim of this life. It is necessary to reawaken the Nufoos...

Due to the intellectual decline that has affected the Muslims throughout the last few centuries the subject of Ijtihad has become vague in the minds of many, unfortunately, including some thinkers as well as Ulema. Different extremes exist, some believe the doors of Ijtihad are closed whereas others have broken the doors of Ijtihad altogether. The following are some of the key misconceptions that have crept into the minds: a) The doors of Ijtihad are closed i.e. it is impossible and not permitted to undertake Ijtihad today. b) The scope of Ijtihad includes most things including definitive...

The Global credit crunch, food crisis and oil crisis has once again highlighted the fragility of Capitalism, as the fallout from the credit crunch and the wider economic crisis continues, demands for alternatives are certain to grow. The aim of this book is to scrutinize the causes of the current crisis and evaluate some concepts which go to the heart of Capitalism which will always cause such crisis. It will asses the various factors that have all contributed to the crisis and scrutinize why Capitalism regularly has economic crisis. The Islamic view on such factors will be presented in the...

Crime, Poverty, Social deterioration, Political corruption, Racism and Apathy; These words evoke an all too familiar vision that characterizes our homes, our communities, our countries, and the world at large. Philosophers, Sociologists, Politicians, and ordinary citizens have aspired to devise viable solutions to these modern ailments; however, contradictory to the desired outcome of these efforts, the magnitude of the problems is rapidly increasing. As testimony to this fact stand the volumes of statistics generated weekly by the agencies monitoring the world situation. Every solution...