Basic Religious Knowledge

by Seyfettin Yazıcı, Adem Cetinay (Translator)

Temel Dini Bilgiler

Paperback

Published January 1, 2015

Reviews

[Benjamin Stahl · Rating 3 out of 5]

I chose this from my humble Islam section in my home collection, to accompany my travels in Oman. It's basically an awkwardly cobbled together, huddiedly edited instruction manual for Islamic prayer and worship. It is the most in-depth book I have read as far as detailing the steps and minute rules of Islamic rituals, both in and outside the mosque. Useful, I'm sure, for a practicing Muslim who has newly converted, but not the most engaging reading material for the curious non-Muslim who merely wants to gain a deeper insight into the religion and its practices. Much of the heavy detail, worsened by the repetition and poor editing, wore on my patience a bit as I was not planning on actually implementing the steps for making dua, performing wudu or ghusl, and such things. It largely just went through one synapse and out the other, so to speak.

But still, I did learn a lot of new things about Islam, and I liked the abridged (i.e. less brutally honest) biography of the Prophet (salla allahu alayhi wa sallam - which honestly, in accompaniment with my learning Arabic, I absolutely love to say. It rolls so well off the tongue).

[Emre Akdag · Rating 3 out of 5]

An introductory book to the obligatory knowledge of every muslim. It is still very basic and does not go in detail. It speaks from the Hanafi school of thought which is important to know. I would recommend this for muslims who are still insecure about the rulings of their Ibadah. It is also a great book if you haven't read any other Fiqh book, it also contains an abridged version of the seerah of the Prophet Muhammed saw. If you already have knowledge about Fiqh and are looking for more detail, I would not recommend this book.