Most da'wah literature stops at the moment of conversion. The books argue the case, the person accepts it, and the shelf runs out — which leaves the new Muslim facing the harder half alone.
The subtitle says it plainly: Now that I've Found Islam, What Do I Do With It?
The Questions That Come After
A new Muslim discovers quickly that the religion he entered contains disagreements he had not anticipated. Groups that differ. Practices defended by some and rejected by others. Cultural habits presented as religion. Rulings that seem to conflict. And a great many people confidently telling him what he must now think.
Dr. Brown wrote this book to help with exactly that navigation — the controversial issues, addressed rather than avoided, by someone who went through them.
The Author
Dr. Laurence Brown is a practicing ophthalmologist and a revert to Islam, and the author of several works of da'wah. His first, The First and Final Commandment, argues comprehensively for the Islamic claim of continuity of revelation.
His background is what makes this book work. He is not describing the convert experience from outside; he made the decision himself as an adult, from a Western professional life, and met these questions in the same order his reader will.
Its Scholarly Backing
The book was inspired, assisted and approved by Shaykh Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi. That matters for a work of this kind: a book addressing contested questions, written by someone who is not a trained scholar, needs review by someone who is — and it received it.
Who It Is For
New Muslims in their first year or two, above all. Those considering Islam who want to know honestly what they would be entering. Da'wah workers and imams supporting converts, who often watch someone accept Islam enthusiastically and then struggle at exactly the point this book covers. New Muslim classes and welcome packs.
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