Absolute Essentials of Islam: Faith, Prayer, & the Path of Salvation According to the Hanafi School

by Faraz Rabbani

A Basic Hanafi Primer on Faith, Prayer, & the Path of Salvation God has commanded us to worship and obey Him, with sincerity, out of reverence, love, and thankfulness. He says in the Qur’an, "And they... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972835849
• ISBN13: 9780972835848
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: White Thread Press
• Length: 49 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Essentials

Despite the title of this work, the contents are better summarized by the subtitle - "Faith, Prayer & The Path to Salvation..." In restricting his focus to these topics, the author does a fairly good job at presenting it. The writing is crisp and to the point and the material is laid out well. Transitions between chapters are smooth and logical and supplementary materials are well chosen. However, the author would have done well to engage the reader with a bit more explanation of his choice of topics. In only discussing two pillars of Islam, the author has limited his breath of its essentials considerably. Greater depth of the subject matter would not have been antithetical though a broader coverage would be the more ideal solution. Overall, a very informative work.

A clear and beneficial book

This book serves as a useful introduction for those wishing to learn the basics of their faith and worship (according to the Hanafi school of Sunni law), in a clear and concise manner.

Absolute Essentials of Islam

this book makes a great gift for people who want to start to pray and practice their faith. Very well translated and very helpful.

Excellent Source for Praying Properly

The Absolute Essntials of Islam is a short work that comprises of great details on praying properly according to the Hanafi madhab (One of the four schools of Islamic law). The text also includes the basics of Islamic tenets of faith. One of the exceptional features of this work is that it lists all actions that can invalidate your prayers, and exlains additional actions that are allowed within your prayer. Shaykh Faraz Rabbani has a great depth of knowledge about many aspects of Islamic law- He answers questions on many matters within the hanafi madhab that are available at www.sunnipath.com (a great source to answering all your questions in Islamic law, Theology, and Spirituality).

I can pray now!!!!!

I wasn't performing all the obligitory steps in my prayer, now I can pray, and at least assume allah is accepting my prayers. The book flows and allows the reader to easily understand just what the basics of islam are. I recommend anyone and everyone to read it.