Ribaat Textbook List Spring 2025
Level 1 Courses
| Code | Course | Textbook | Author |
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AQD 101 |
Foundations, Flounderings & Faith |
Required: Being Muslim: A Practical Guide |
Asad Tarsin |
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Required: Islam Religion of Life |
Abdul Wadod Shalabi |
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AQD 103 |
The Prophets: Lives & Lessons | Part 1 |
Required: A History of the Prophets in Islam Volume 1 |
Suzanne Haneef |
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AQD 104 |
The Prophets: Lives & Lessons | Part 2 |
Required: A History of the Prophets in Islam Volume 2 |
Suzanne Haneef |
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COM 101 |
Writing Your Story: Creative Writing |
Recommended: The Bedford Introduction to Literature |
Michael Meyer |
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COM 102 |
Public Speaking and Community
Outreach |
Required: The Captivating Public Speaker: Engage, Impact, and Inspire Your Audience Every Time |
Peter George |
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EDU 101 |
Teaching Skills and Methodology |
Required: With the Heart in Mind: the Moral and Emotional Intelligence of the Prophet ﷺ |
Mikaeel Ahmed Smith |
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Recommended: Wholeness and Holiness in Education: An Islamic Perspective |
Zahra Al Zeera |
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FQH 101 |
Fast & Friendly Fiqh: An Introduction
to Worship Essentials |
Required: The Shafi’i Manual of Purity, Prayer and Fasting |
Tashfeen Ekram |
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PUR 101 |
Training the Tongue, Purifying the
Heart |
Required: The Marvels of the Heart |
Imām al-Ghazālī translated by Walter James
Skellie |
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PUR 103 |
Islamic Spirituality: History & Practices |
Required: What is Sufism |
Martin Lings |
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SIR 101
SIR 102 |
Companions of the Prophet ﷺ | Part 1 and Part 2 |
Required: Stars in the Prophet’s Orbit |
Asmāʾ al Tabbāʿ
translated by Sawsan Tarabishy |
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TAF 101 |
Reflections from the Quran |
Recommended: The Qur’an: English translation |
Translated by MAS Abdel Haleem |
Level 2 Courses
| Code | Course | Textbook | Author |
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AQD 201 |
Introduction to Islamic ʿAqīda
Part 1 |
Required: Islamic Concept of God |
Mohammad Zia Ullah |
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AQD 202 |
Introduction to Islamic ʿAqīda | Part 2 |
Required: The Creed of Imam Bayhaqi |
Abu Bakr Ahmad Ibn Husayn AlBayhaqi translated by Nasir Absussalam |
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Required: Fate & Predestination |
Shaikh Mohammad M. Al-Sha’rawi |
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Required: Mary the Blessed Virgin of Islam |
Aliah Schleifer |
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Required: The Concise Article |
Habib Abu Bakr Al-Adani B Ali AlMashhur translated by Mohammed Ahmad
Mbaye |
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Required: The Study Quran |
Seyyed Hossein Nasr |
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Recommended: The Story of the Quran |
Ingrid Mattson |
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Recommended: Notions that Must be Corrected |
Shaikh Muhammad b. Alawi al Maliki al Hasani,
translated by Suraqah Abdul Aziz |
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AQD 203 |
The 99 Names of Allah ﷻ |
Recommended: Allah: An Explanation of the Divine Names and Attributes |
Ahmad Ibn ‘Ajiba al-Hasani |
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Recommended: Ninety-Nine Names of Allah in Islam (PDF) |
Imam Ghazali |
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Recommended for Arabic speakers: |
Imam Qurtubi |
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AQD 204 |
The Soul’s Journey After Death |
Recommended: Kitab Al Ruh |
translated by Ismail Abdus Salaam |
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Recommended for Arabic speakers: |
ابن قيم الجوزية |
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CRT 201 |
Advanced Seminar: A Look at Poverty,
Justice & Race in America |
Required: The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future |
Robert P. Jones |
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Recommended: Just Mercy |
Bryan Stevenson |
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Recommended: Cultivating Genius |
Dr Gholdy Muhammad |
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CRT 201 |
Trials & Triumphs: A Look at Black
Religion & Spirituality |
Required: Servants of Allah |
Sylviane Diouf |
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Required: Islam and the Black American |
Sherman Jackson |
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CRT 201 |
Advanced Seminar: Leadership &
Cultural Change |
Required: Muhammad (s): 11 leadership qualities that changed the world |
Nabeel Al-Azami |
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EDU 201 |
Mentorship Matters: How to guide, support, and help others |
Required: Women of a Certain Age |
Joan Kennedy |
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Required: The Elements of Mentoring |
W. Brad Johnson |
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A book list will be provided through the course forum. Each student will choose 1 book from the list. |
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FQH 201 |
Fiqh al-Ibadat: al-Madhhab al-Shafi’i | Part 1 |
Required: Fiqh al-Ibadat |
Hajjah Durriah al-Aytah |
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FQH 202 |
Fiqh al-Ibadat: al-Madhhab al-Shafi’i | Part 2 |
Required: Fiqh al-Ibadat |
Hajjah Durriah al-Aytah |
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Required: Simple Zakat Guide: Understand and Calculate Your Zakat |
Joe W. Bradford |
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HAD 201
HAD 202 |
The Forty Hadith of Imam al-Nawawi | Part 1 and Part 2 |
Required: Commentary on the Forty Hadith of Imam al-Nawawi: Timeless Prophetic Gems of Guidance and Wisdom |
Dr. Jamal Ahmed Badi |
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Recommended: A Treasury of Hadith: A Commentary on Nawawi’s Selection of Forty Prophetic Traditions |
Ibn Daqiq al-ʿId |
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Recommended: Commentary on the Forty Hadith of Al-Nawawi (3-Volume Set) |
Jamaaluddin Zarabozo |
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Recommended: Arabic-English dictionary or application |
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HIS 201 |
Mujaddidīn: Crises and Cures of Muslim History |
Required: Saviors of Islamic Spirit |
Shaikh Sayyid Abu al-Ḥasan al-Nadwī, revised and edited by Abdur-Rahman Ibn Yusuf Mangera |
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Recommended: The African Caliphate |
Maleem Ibrahim Sulaiman |
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Recommended: Revealed Grace: The Juristic Sufism of Ahmad Sirhindi |
Arthur F. Buehiler |
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Recommended: Rumi and Islam: Selections from his stories, poetry and discourses |
Ibrahim Gamard |
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HIS 202 |
The Guided Khalifas in Times of Uncertainty |
Required:The History of the Four Caliphs |
Shaykh Muhammad Al Khudari Bak Al Bajuri |
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PUR 201 |
The Spiritual Journey with Ibn Ata’ |
Required: A Journey to God: Reflections on the Hikam of Ibn Ata’illah |
Jasser Auda |
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SIR 201
SIR 202 |
Lessons from the Life of the Prophet ﷺ | Part 1 and Part 2 |
Required: The Jurisprudence of the Prophetic Biography |
Dr. M. Said Al Buti translated by Nancy Roberts |
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SSC 202 |
Shaykha Nana Asma’u: Her World, Writings and Legacy |
Required: The Caliph’s Sister: Nana Asma’u, 1793-1865, Teacher, Poet and Islamic Leader |
Jean Boyd |
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Recommended: Collected Works of Nana Asma’u: Daughter of Usman ‘dan Fodiyo (1793-1864) |
Jean Boyd |
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Recommended: The African Caliphate: The Life, Works and Teaching of Shaykh Usman Dan Fodio |
Ibraheem Sulaiman |
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TAF 201 |
Tafsir Juzu’ ‘Amma |
Required: A translation of the Holy Quran |
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Recommended: The Qur’an: English translation |
MAS Abdel Haleem |
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Recommended: Tafseer Ibn Katheer Juz’ Amma |
Sameh Strauch |
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Level 3 & 4 Courses
| Code | Course | Textbook | Author |
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FQH 301 |
Uṣūl al-Fiqh: Foundations of Fiqh |
Required: Usul Al-Fiqh Methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence |
Recep Dogan |
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Recommended: Ibn Ashur Treatise on Maqasid al Sharia’ah |
Muhammad al Tahir Ibn Ashur |
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HAD 301 |
Uṣūl al-Hadith: A Study of the Origins of the Sayings of the Prophet (s) |
Required: A Textbook of Hadith Studies |
Mohammad Hashim Kamali |
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HAD 401-402 |
Riyad al-Salihin | Parts 1-4 |
Required: فوح الرياحين في شرح رياض الصالحين |
سمر العشّا |
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Recommended: The Preservation of Hadith: A Brief Introduction to the Science of Hadith |
Ibrahim Madani |
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HIS 301 |
Major Muslim Scholars: Women |
Required: Al Muhaddithat: the women scholars in Islam |
Mohammad Akram Nadwi |
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Required: Aisha Al-Ba’uniyya: A Life in Praise of Love |
Th. Emil Homerin |
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Recommended: The Caliph’s Sister: Nana Asma’u, 1793-1865, Teacher, Poet and Islamic Leader |
Jean Boyd |
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Recommended: Educating Muslim Women: The West African Legacy of Nana Asma’u (1793-1864) |
Jean Boyd and Beverly Mack |
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Recommended: Scholars of Faith: South Asian Muslim Women and the Embodiment of Religious Knowledge |
Usha Sanyal |
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SIR 301-302
SIR 401-402 |
Sira: An Academic Study of the Life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ |
Required: A Compendium of the Sources on the Prophetic Narrative (abridged) |
Shaykha Samira al-Zayid |
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Required: Daleel al-Sira |
Shaykha Samira al-Zayid |
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TAF 301 |
ʿUlūm al-Quran: The Sciences of the Quran |
Required: Gateway to the Qur’anic Sciences |
Imam Jalal Al-Din Al-Suyuti, translation by Omar Husain |
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COM 301 |
Academic Writing: Research, Articles & Books |
Required: The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century |
Steven Pinker |
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TAF 302 |
Tafsir of Selected Suras |
Required: A Comparative Study of Four English Translations of Surat Ad-Dukhan on the Semantic level by Saudi Sadiq* |
Saudi Sadiq |
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Recommended: Al Quran Al Kareem Word-by-Word Translation Color Coded Tajweed |
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Recommended: Traces of Ideology in Qur’an Translations: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Some Themes. A Thesis by Shaima’ Hanini Al-Hanini |
Shaima’ Hanini Al-Hanini |
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Recommended: Qur’an Translation: Discourse, Texture And Exegesis by Hussein Abdul-Raof |
Hussein Abdul-Raof |
Tajwid Courses
| Code | Course | Textbook | Author |
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TAJ 201 |
Tajwid Part 1: Letters & Phonetics |
Required: Excellence in the Science of Tajwid |
Anse Ghada Salahi al-Asbahi |
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Required:Juzu’ ‘Amma OR medium to large sized Holy Quran in Arabic script |
Recommended: Mus-haf al-Tajwid (Color coded for tajwid) |
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TAJ 202
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Tajwid Part 2: Rules & Rhythm of Recitation |
Required: Excellence in the Science of Tajwid |
Excellence in the Science of Tajwid |
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Juzu’ Tabarak OR medium to large sized Holy Quran in Arabic script |
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TAJ 203 |
Accelerated Tajwid Rules |
Required: Excellence in the Science of Tajwid |
Anse Ghada Salahi al-Asbahi |
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TAJ 301 |
Quran Khitmah Project |
Required: Medium to large sized Holy Quran in Arabic script |
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Required: The Clear Quran |
Dr. Mustafa Khattab |
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TAJ 401
and above |
Tajwid Level 4 |
Required:The Crowning Venture |
Hafiza Saadia Mian, MD |
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Required: The Crowning Venture Planner & Journal |
Hafiza Saadia Mian, MD |
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Required: Medium to large sized Holy Quran in Arabic script |
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Arabic Courses
| Code | Course | Textbook | Author |
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ARL 211
and above |
Arabic Intermediate & above |
Required: Arabic-English Dictionary: The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic |
Ed. J.M. Cowan |
Short Courses
| Code | Course | Textbook | Author |
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Tafsir |
Living Al-Baqarah: A Class on Love, Themes, and Spiritual Motivation |
Recommended: The Message of The Qur’an |
Muhammad Asad |
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Recommended: Key to Al-Baqarah |
Khurram Murad |
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Recommended: Surah Al-Baqarah | The Cow |
Quwa |
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Tafsir |
The Heart of the Quran: Tafsir Surat Yasin |
Recommended: The Heart of the Quran |
Asim Khan |
