Preface

Part 1: Beliefs

Lesson 1: Why Religion?

Lesson 2: Ways Of Knowing God

Lesson 3: Design In The Universe

Lesson 4: More About God

Lesson 5: The One & Only God

Lesson 6: Tawhīd & Sifāt

Lesson 7: The Justice Of God

Lesson 8: Prophets & Human Guidance

Lesson 9: The  Purity Of  The  Prophets

Lesson 10: Prophets & Scriptures

Lesson 11: Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

Lesson 12: Al-Qur’ān :The Miracle of Islam

Lesson 13: The Last Message & The Last Prophet

Lesson 14: The Imāmat: Succession to the Prophet

Lesson 15: Amir Al-Mu’minīn ‘Ali: The Chosen Successor of the Prophet

Lesson 16: Khilāfat & Consultation (a review of Saqifah)

Lesson 17: Twelve Caliphs Or Imams

Lesson 18: The Twelfth Imam: Muhammad al-Mahdi (a.s.)

Lesson 19: The Return & Resurrection  (Al-Ma‘ād & Al-Qiyāmah)

Lesson 20: After Death

Part 2: Laws and Ethics

Lesson 21: The Shari‘a

Lesson 22: Sources Of The Sharī‘a

Lesson 23: Ijtihād, Taqlid & Ihtiyāt

Lesson 24: More About The Sharī‘a

Lesson 25: Islam’s Spiritual Program (1)

Lesson 26: Islam’s Spiritual Program (2)

Lesson 27: The Islamic Community (1)

Lesson 28: The Islamic Community (2)

Lesson 29: The Islamic Community (3)

Lesson 30: Islamic Economic  System (1)

Lesson 31: Islamic Economic  System (2)

Lesson 32: Islamic Economic System (3)

Lesson 33: Family Life In Islam (1)

Lesson 34: Family Life In Islam (2)

Lesson 35: Family Life In Islam (3)

Part 3: History

Lesson 36: The Prophet of Islam (Muhammad al-Mustafa)

Lesson 37: The Best Of All Women (Fātimatu ’z-Zahrā’)

Lesson 38: The First Imām (‘Alī bin Abi Tālib)

Lesson 39: The Second Imām (Hasan bin ‘Ali)

Lesson 40: The Third Imām (Husayn bin ‘Alī)

Lesson 41: The Fourth Imām (‘Alī ibn al-Husayn)

Lesson 42: The Fifth Imām (Muhammad ibn ‘Alī)

Lesson 43: The Sixth Imām (Ja‘far bin Muhammad)

Lesson 44: The Seventh Imām (Musa ibn Ja‘far)

Lesson 45: The Eighth Imām (‘Alī ibn Musa)

Lesson 46: The Ninth Imām (Muhammad bin ‘Alī)

Lesson 47: The Tenth Imām (‘Alī ibn Muhammad)

Lesson 48: The Eleventh Imām (Hasan bin ‘Alī)

Lesson 49: The Twelfth Imām (Muhammad al-Mahdi)

Lesson 50: Guidance in Occultation & the Message of Shi‘ism

An introductory treatise on Islamic beliefs, laws and ethics as well as
the early history of the faith in fifty lessons.


Islam: Faith, Practice & History