not new just jahil

[Kareem]

as salamu alaykum

aight so im not a new muslim but a jahil one, so yea i want to pick up some books to get straightened out, what do you guys reccomend?

[Mossy]

I would recommend you contact your local masjid, nothing like the human touch.

Other than that, fiqh al-imam (http://www.whitethreadpress.com/fiqh_imam.htm)
by Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf is good for Hanafis.

There's a nice long list here too:
http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4480

If you'd like books on any particular aspect of Islam, do ask :)

[Kareem]

my local masjid is salafi, the vew dutch books they have are written by salafi scholars. when sometimes i talk to people about madhabs they keep talking about how we should follow albani, uthaymeen(sp) ibn baz and such. i won't pass judgement on those scholars but i dont identify with the salafi dawah.

besides that there is not much choice here in holland, there are not many translated works. english would suit me better anyway so yea

ill check out the link

[Omar HH]

Key to the Garden
Mutual Reminding and Good Manners
Ihya Ulum id-Din

But really this question was asked to Shaykh Abu Qanit al-Hassani and he responded:

> i have a continous worry that when i go to pick up an islamic book i
> either get bored or just don;t want to read it, i am very islamic in my
> life and don't want my iman to drop.
>
> Please could you suggest books for me to read that are eye openers

The book you are looking for which will increase your iman is the Qur'an.

This is what you should do if you do not understand Arabic:

a) Get a copy of the Qur'an in Arabic written alongside with the
English/French translation (or whatever language you understand).
b) Recite about one or two pages every day. Make this a habit.
c) The way you want to recite is: recite one verse in Arabic and
then immediately after reading that verse, read the English
translation. (Although this may seem hard at first. You will
learn better this way - rather than reading a long section in
Arabic and then reading the long translation of this section).
d) Go in order. Start from the Fatihah and make your way to al-Nas
day by day. It should take you about one year to finish the
Qur'an this way.
e) We guarantee you that after the finish the Qur'an four times
(after four years of continuous reciting the Arabic with its
meaning) this way, you will understand the Arabic and the
Qur'an will serve as a sufficient guide for you. The Qur'an
will be your rope and the recitation of the Qur'an will open
your heart and make firm your faith.

The Prophet (May Allah bless him and give him peace) said about the
Qur'an in a hadith which recorded in Tirmidhi:

"There will be much confusion and turmoil [in the future]. ...
and the way out of this confusion/turmoil is [recitation/practicing]
the Book of Allah. Indeed in it [i.e. the Qur'an] is the history
of those who were before you. And in it [i.e. the Qur'an] is the
news of those after you [i.e. future events]. And in it is the
ruling for the current situations you find yourselves in.

And the Qur'an is a decisive word and not a light joke. Whichever
tyrant turns against it (leaves it), Allah breaks his backbone. And
whoever seeks guidance in other than it, Allah leads him astray.

The Qur'an is Allah's firm rope. And the Qur'an is a book
(remembrance) of wisdom. And the Qur'an is the Straight Path.
People's caprices/desires cannot alter it. And people's tongues
cannot mess it up. The scholars are never bored by reading it [as
they discover new meanings in it each time]. And the Qur'an does
not become "old" and "worn" by repeatedly reciting it. Its wonders
never end. And this is the Qur'an that the Jinn said about
"Indeed we have heard a wondrous recitation. It guides to the right
path so we have believed in it." [surah Jinn].

Whoever speaks by quoting its verses has told the truth. Whoever acts
according to it is given a reward. And whoever decides legal cases
with it has done justice. And whoever calls to it is guided to the
Straight Path."

[{Tirmidhi, the merits of the Qur'an, what has come about the
merit of the Qur'an, hadith #2831}]

[Mossy]

Hmm. In terms of online material and in the absence of local scholarship, I would recommend the Guiding Helper, available here: http://www.guidinghelper.com/downloadBooks.cgi. It's extremely well written, free (!) and comprehensive in terms of fiqh and aqeedah. It's Maliki, not Hanafi, but covers a lot of the main topics well..

I've added you to the brothers group as there are a few Dutch bros in there I believe.

[Kareem]

what about books by imam haddad, like wisdom and knowldge, and the book of assistence. i heard they are good, but im not lanning on becoming a sufi