WOMEN

Like men, women too have taken a wholehearted part in the religious and scholarly fields. Earlier books of biographies have information about noted women as they have about men. In fact, seperate books were also composed on women's contribution, and this goes on even today. Many people have written books on outstanding women.

However, these books throughout are written in Arabic, there being none in Urdu/English. Scholars of this era have paid attention to religious education of women. Therefore, the author has compiled this book, highlighting the outstanding acheivements of Muslim women in the Religious and Scholarly fields.

# Cover: Hardback
# Author: Maulana Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri
# Publisher: Darul Ishaat
# Pages: 111

This book not only explores the reasons for problems and quarrels between husbands and wives, but also suggests remedies in the form of experiences and advice. It explores and provides examples from the life of six women during the time of Rasulullah . The original Urdu version "Tuhfa-e-Dulhan" by Maulana Muhammad Hanif Abdul Majid has enjoyed great popularity. This version recently translated into English by Mufti A. H. Ilyas of South Africa.

• Cover: Hardback
• Author: Mufti Afzal Hoosen Elias
• Publisher: Islamic Book Service
• Pages: 652

Bahishti Zewar is a distinguished book written with Muslim women in mind. It is an amazing compendium of religious and temporal information. It has within it's fold, everything a woman should know and will need to know. However, since it also includes juristic answers, the book is also a guide for men and scholars of high rank. Indeed, it has the unique distinction of being written for women in language suitable for them yet offering light to scholars and jurists.

This eminent work by Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanwi, has been newly translated into contemporary English with revised commentary, glossary and appendices.

Edited and Translated by Maulana Muhammad Mahomedy.


# Cover: Hardback
# Author: Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanwi
# Publisher: Zam Zam Publishers
# Pages: 880

Hijab - Revised Edition

What is the place of hijab in Islam?
What are the requirements of hijab according to the Quran and Sunnah?
Are practices such as niqab and burka cultural or Islamic?
What are the religious benefits of adhering to hijab?

In this book, Dr. Ismail Memon Madani makes it self-evident through ayas of Qur'an, detailed explanations from the famous Tafsirs, and the ahadith that hijab is indeed an Islamic commandment which has been observed by the wives of the Blessed Prophet (Peace be upon him), the Sahabiyat (May Allah be pleased with them), the pious predecessors and our whole Umma for the last fourteen-hundred years. The book details the requirements of hijab are according to the Qur'an and Sunna. This book also highlights how hijab is the most effective tool in maintaining peace and purity in society and how abandoning it leads to promiscuity and shamelessness.