Books

January, 2023

• 16 January

  The System of Rights of Women in Islam: Revised Edition of The Rights of Women in Islam

  

  The book presents a realistic picture of women's rights in Shi’ah Islam. Contrary to popular propaganda, the laws, teachings and practices of Islam provide a complete system for a dignified life for women....
• 14 January

  Free Speech, Scholarly Critique and the Limits of Expression in Islam

  

  The Al-Mahdi Institute Press recently has published its latest proceedings of the 9th AMI Contemporary Fiqhī Issues Workshop entitled “Free Speech, Scholarly Critique and the Limits of Expression in...
• 12 January

  The Guardianship of the Jurist and the Theory of Islamic Governance: A Historical Perspective

  

  In this book, ʿAllamah Sayyid Jaʿfar Murtaḍā al-ʿĀmilī raises the subject of the guardianship of the jurist and its rational and primordial proofs from a historical aspect....
• 9 January

  The Mahdi: Understanding the Awaited One

  

  This book is about the man who is chosen to usher in this promise of justice and virtue – our Twelfth Immaculate Leader, the Awaited Savior – the Mahdi...

December, 2022

• 25 December

  Islam and Women: A New Approach

  

  This present book deals with topics as diverse as the methodology of discussing Islam, the hijab, women’s rights, the status of women in Islam, gender identity, family life, raising children, the duty of parents, the ideal married life, and being a leader and a...
• 20 December

  Identifying the Righteous Marjiʿiyyah

  

  In this book, Āyatullāh Sayyid Munīr al-Khabbāz gives an extended overview into the concept of the Marjʿiyyah, and discusses the character and qualifications of Grand Āyatullāh Sayyid ʿAlī al-Sistānī....
• 20 December

  An Introduction to the Collection of Warram

  

  Warram Ibn Abi Firas’s Tanbih Al-Khawatir Wa Nuzhat Al-Nawazir, better known as Majmu‘at Waram (The Collection of Warram) is a precious collection of narrations on the moral practices and etiquettes of God-wary and...
• 18 December

  Bosnian Hajj Literature: Multiple Paths to the Holy

  

  This is the first critical and theoretically grounded book-length study of Hajj literature (written texts about the experience of the Hajj) and Hajj practices of Bosnian Muslims.....
• 14 December

  New Released: A Memorandum on Intersectarian Harmony in Islam

  

  This is a translation of the book Risālah Salām Madhhabī written by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah, published in 2015 and addressed both Shī‘ī and Sunnī audiences....
• 12 December

  Law Beyond Israel: From the Bible to the Qur’an

  

  The Hebrew Bible formulates two sets of law: one for Israelites and one for gentiles living in the Holy Land. Law Beyond Israel argues that the laws for non-Israelites form the historical basis of qur'anic law, pointing to legal continuity from the Hebrew Bible to the New Testament and...