Towards Understanding Our Religion: Volume 1

From the back cover: “Al-Basheer was a magazine dedicated to Islamic sciences. It was published from 1987 to 1995. During that time, it developed a small but very loyal following. Since it stopped being produced, there have been numerous requests for reprints of the old issues. Another and better suggestion was decided upon: reprinting of the original articles in book form. This is the first volume of such a proposed series. This particular volume contains a number of articles from the editor of al-Basheer, Jaal al-Din Zarabozo. The articles contained in this volume come from the first two years of al-Basheer. Among the numerous articles contained herein are: “Allah’s Description of the Hypocrites,” “Between Islam and Kufr,” “Islam and Innovations (I): The Meaning of Bidah,” “There is no Compulsion in the Religion,” “Daily Congregational Prayers and Combining the Prayers,” “Zakaat and Jewelry,” “A