We know the message of Islam is true, but we are weak due to the rigidity of our heart, spirit and mind. In times like these we need something to penetrate it — a collection of heart softeners.

The creed of the four Imams — Abu Hanifah (d. 150 AH), Malik (d. 179 AH), Ash-Shafi'i (d. 204 AH) and Ahmad (d. 241 AH) — is what the Book and the Sunnah speak of. There is no disagreement between them in the fundamental matters of belief.

Hypocrisy is a deep-rooted and all-pervading spiritual disease. A person's heart could be overflowing with it and he be oblivious, because of its hidden and subtle nature. It is of two types: major, which leads to the lowest depths of Hell, and minor.

Trials and Tribulations — The Wisdom and Benefits by Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (d. 751 AH), with an appendix from al-Imam al-'Izz bin Abdul-Salam (d. 660 AH). In a world of conflict, disaster and personal difficulty, Shaytan can cause a person to question much.

Ibn Al-Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah on Tawbah, taken from Madarij As-Salikin — one of his finest works. It addresses the spiritual aspect of repentance without neglecting the physical requirements and conditions, and treats both the apparent and the deeper reality of what turning back actually involves.

Ighathat Al-Lahfan — Ibn Al-Qayyim's work on the diseases of the heart and their cure, and on the whisperings of Satan that affect the heart and consequently spoil a person's deeds. Written, in his own words, because Allah gave him knowledge of these things and he decided to record it.

Verses of the Qur'an and Hadith set against what modern science has since established — the spherical shape of the earth, the wet crust, the Big Bang, the shape of the universe and the relativity of time. Illustrated throughout, and written with debate and comparative study in mind.

Imam As-Sa'di said: The fact that the time of the Dajjal's coming is unknown means no believer can guarantee safety from encountering it. This is a matter whose evil is to be feared, and the greatest means of protection is seeking refuge with Allah from it.

Things fall apart, and they break sometimes. This full-color booklet of personal reflections and quotes by Sister Yasmin Mogahed, author of the best-selling Reclaim Your Heart, gives voice to the tears, the pain, and the lessons of a journey that hasn't always been easy.

One of Ibn Taymiyyah's important works on 'aqidah, explaining how love is the basis of every movement in the universe and every action of Bani Adam. Includes his direct exposition of the hadith of the "sweetness of iman" and the verse on those who take rivals besides Allah.

A world-traveling scholar regarded a then 36-year-old Ibn Taymiyyah as the most knowledgeable person he had encountered in the East and the West, and wrote requesting advice on four matters. Explained by Shaykh Sulaymaan Ar-Ruhaylee, covering knowledge, the Hereafter, trade, fiqh, repentance, 'aqidah and du'a.

"Ponder upon six events from the Prophetic history (Sirah) and understand them in an excellent manner." The six events covered: the descent of revelation, the polytheists' reaction to his open criticism of their religion, his recitation of Surah An-Najm, the story of Abu Talib, the Hijrah, and the apostasy after the Prophet's ﷺ death.

The death of our Prophet ﷺ is great information containing great admonitions and noble lessons for the one who hears, understands and ponders — because our Prophet ﷺ was a man who died as all men die. Allah did not grant any human immortality.

The Ways and Means to Refrain from the Disobedience of Allah, based on the words of Imam Ibn al-Qayyim in 'Uddah As-Sabirin wa Dhakhirah Ash-Shakirin. In an age of consumerism and materialism, the faith of the Muslim is tested daily. Ibn al-Qayyim discusses twenty practical measures for the servant to implement.

"If you knew what I know, you would laugh a little and cry a lot." A compilation of the works of Shaykh Al-'Allaamah Abdul Azeez Ibn Baz (The Obligation of Protecting Yourself and Family from the Fire) and Shaykh Abdullah Bin Uthmaan Ath-Thamaaree (The Fire, It Lets Nothing Remain).

A husband seeks an ideal wife, yet where are the wife's rights that are binding upon the husband? This treatise advises eighteen specific types of husbands — the one who abandons prayer, the frequent traveler, the one who belittles his wife, the one who prevents her from seeking knowledge, and more.

Etiquette and Morals of Companionship by Imam Abu Abdul Rahman al-Sulami al-Naysaburi (330–412 AH). Islam provides a code of ethics governing every aspect of human life — the means by which individuals and societies forge and nurture harmonious relationships.

The Prophet ﷺ said: "The first thing that the servant will bring to account for on the Day of Resurrection will be the Prayer... if there is any deficiency, He will say: 'look and see whether My slave performed any supererogatory Prayers.'" (Saheeh Sunan Abu Dawud, no. 864). Al-'Allamah Muhammad ibn Salih Al-'Uthaymeen explains a number...

From the virtues of Ramadan: good deeds are multiplied, optional deeds carry the reward of obligatory deeds, and obligatory deeds carry the reward of seventy. Whoever provides food to break a fasting person's fast has forgiveness for his sins and his neck freed from the Fire. A series of daily sittings by Shaykh Salih Al-Fawzan.

By the Ethiopian scholar Shaykh Muhammad Aman al-Jami, this book chronicles three phases of Islam in Africa: the stand of the Abyssinian king An-Najashi, two waves of da'wah by Arab merchants and Sufis, and the scholars who led the Salafi revival. Includes six bonus appendices on An-Najashi.

Jesus, son of Mary, was from a line of prophets sent to the children of Israel to proclaim monotheism and confirm the Law of Moses. His mother was a righteous woman, referred to as a siddiqah — of utmost truthfulness in intention, word and deed. This book sets three traditions side by side.

This book is not only for the young woman preparing for marriage, but also for fathers and mothers seeking to raise their daughters well, and for entrance into married life according to the guidance of Islam. It sets out the attributes that make a wife righteous — and the responsibilities of those around her in cultivating them.

The rectification of the community follows the rectification of the family, and the unity of the community follows from the unity of the family. Islam clarifies every aspect of the relationship between spouses, because the happiness of the family is connected to the happiness of the whole Ummah.

Ekram Haque connects the challenges the Prophet ﷺ faced with the tribulations of daily living for believers today, drawing parallels between his teachings and what is written in the Gospels and the Torah — and showing that all three Abrahamic religions originate from one source.