Islam: Faith, Practice & History

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

• 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