Handbook on Islam

One of the clearest and most comprehensive expositions of the fundamental sciences of the Life-Transaction of Islam available in the English language.Originally written by Shaykh ?Uthman dan Fodio, the Islamic scholar and spiritual leader of the heroic jihad which founded the immense Sokoto Caliphate of West Africa in the early part of the 19th century, Aisha Bewley?s translation manages to preserve the sense of immediacy, clarity and accessibility which is as much of a safe haven today in the vast jungle of excessive preoccupation with competing and conflicting detail, as it must have been in its original setting faced with the confusions of war and the urgent need to preserve the purity of the Deen for the common Muslims. This new edition has also been further enhanced by the incorporation into the text of Shaykh ?Uthman?s well known ?Book of Important Points? pertaining to essential matters of fiqh arising out of the realities of engagement with the enemy.