Often, the youth face sizeable obstacles standing in their paths, and find that there are many challenges to be overcome. This audio CD discusses these problems in an interesting, motivating style as Dr. Ali Al-Omarey guides the youth on how to deal with the obstacles and challenges they come cross.

Al-Basheer is proud to introduce a new CD collection from renowned author Sheikh Jamaal Zarabozo. This new collection, called A Guide for New Muslims, is one of Zarabozo’s best introductions to Islam. This CD collection is of great benefit to those looking to revert to Islam or simply looking for valuable dawah materials. Br. Zarabozo offers his insight and practical guidance to those entering Islam, and answers frequently asked questions from those new to the religion. These highly recommended CD’s will be a good reference material and source of education for you, your family, and your friends. It will also help you practice in giving dawah.
Overview of the series:
CD 1: Purpose and Goals of the Series CD 2: Basic sources of Islam: Quran, Sunnah & Hadith CD 3: Universality of Islam and its Timelessness
CD 4: Testimony of Faith; Islamic Law and Fiqh
CD 5: Special Rewards for the Convert / Issue of Faith and Marriage from Pre-Muslim Days
CD 6: Islamic Creed and the Article of Faith
CD 7: Ritual Acts and the Five Pillars of Islam
CD 8: Character, Morals & Relations of Muslims
CD 9: A Muslim’s Social Interaction Towards a Spouse
CD 10: A Muslims Social Behavior with Neighbors and Non-Muslims
CD 11: Social Behavior with Society as a Muslim
CD 12: Motivating and Increasing One’s Faith

About the Speaker:
Sheik Jamaal Zarabozo is an internationally renowned scholar and long time convert to Islam. Zarabozo is well known for a multitude of lectures and books, including the 28-lecture series entitled A Study of Surah al-Fatihah, the Audio Cd set of Al-Hasad (Envy), the three-volume Commentary on the Forty Haddith of al-Nawawi, How to Approach and Understand the Quran, Purification of the Soul and others. His other available lecture series include.

In this brilliant work, Seyyed Hossein Nasr says, "The West has produced many orient lists who have studied Islam from their own point of view, but the Islamic world has produced very few occident lists who can study the various aspects of Western civilization from its science to art, from religion to social behavior, from the Islamic point of view." Through these Muslim 'maps' of the modern 'intellectual' landscape, the author challenges two fronts: young Muslims to become familiar with their religion and cultural roots and to gain an understanding of the modern world from the Islamic point of view. This guide for the Muslim to the modern world the first of its kind in any language presents the eternal truths of Islam as well as Western religious and intellectual tradition as they confront each other in today's world. The Islamic perspective is so unique that NPR (National Public Radio)'s Robert Siegel discussed the work with the author on the All Things Considered program. About the Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr was born in Tehran in a family of traditional scholars and physicians. After receiving his early education in Iran, he came to America where he studied physics, the history of science and philosophy at MIT and Harvard from which he received his doctorate. Nasr was professor at Tehran University and founder and first president of the Iranian Academy of Philosophy. He is presently University Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University.

Spirituality represents one of the most important aspects of the Muslim personality. Its relationship can be likened to that of the gasoline that powers a priceless automobile.The Muslim's value and honor is completed and polished by his internal relationship with the Creator. This series seeks to strike and important balance between activism and spirituality. It presents spirituality in a practical, contemporary and easy to follow manner affecting people from different backgrounds, understandings and practices.Imam Suhaib Webb has gathered an extensive amount of information related to this priceless topic and translates it in order to address our current lifestyles.It is an important addition in any home and will prove a priceless addition to anyone's library. Imam Suhaib Webb was born and raised in Oklahoma. He completed his early Islamic Studies there while working on his bachelors in Elementary Education. After completion of his degree he assumed the position of Imam at a local Islamic Center. Recently he moved to Santa Clara California to continue his work with The Muslim American Society. Currently, the Imam lives in Cairo where he studies Islamic Law at al-Azhar University. He is married with two children. Lecture titles: CD1

1. 0:00 - Introduction (The scope and diversity of purification)
2. 28:30 - The conditions of purification
3. 39.37 - Steps towards purification

CD2

1. 0:00 - Review of CD1 and intro to CD2
2. 4:43 - let's drink from the Qur'an
3. 21:20 - Removing hypocrisy
4. 24:34 - Embellishing the garments of faith
5. 26:00 - The soul
6. 35:00 - The heart of the matter

CD3

1. 0:00 - Review of CD2
2. 5:15 - Addressing a common misunderstanding
3. 21:57 - Obstacle #1 Coveting the Dunya
4. 40:11 - You alone we worship and you alone we ask for help

CD4

1. 0:00 - Review of CD3
2. 18:11 - 3 ways to slay focused
3. 25:13 - Obstacle #2 Negligence
4. 43:12 - A quick visit to the hereafter

CD5

1. 0:00 - Wisdom behind tests
2. 4:15 - Obstacle #3 The meaning of richness

CD6

1. 0:00 - Your place of refuge
2. 11:47 - To know His punishment into know his mercy
3. 29:35 - Back to the Qur'an
4. 32:02 - An important visit
5. 49:19 - An amazing woman from the Companions

CD7

1. 0:00 - Renewing our relationship with prayer
2. 9:53 - The lost art of reverence
3. 39:22 - Four levels of prayer
4. 45:12 - Our ancestors and reverence (103:38) An amazing event with Ibn Abbas (R)

CD8

1. 0:00 - Reverence in prayers
2. 10:00- A great victory
3. 11:36 - An important conversation
4. 16:29 - Bowing to Allah
5. 19:26 - The prostration to Allah
6. 33:21 - What's your capital
7. 50:46 - The road starts from here

This 5 CD set follows Hamza Yusuf through his tour of the United Kingdom in 2004, and not only raises and answers questions we are being confronted with as a community, but marks a period in history that will never be forgotten. In time, this set will become a classic as the truths set forth are timeless and Hamza Yusuf's courage to make a public stand on behalf of these truths will also be remembered.

In this tour, Hamza Yusuf emphasized that continuing to treat the bitter fruits of problems such as terrorism and not dealing with the roots themselves, will not rid us of those problems. While it is easy for the West to say that Muslims need to resolve their issues, the West has failed to understand why Muslims feel that Western countries are responsible for their suffering.

Instead of attacking Muslims for their inability and incapacity to change their situation, we as Westerners must extend a hand of good will and acknowledge our injustices. Human beings have an immense capacity to forgive, but there must be an apology and recognition that people have been wronged and harmed. Simply sending that message, admitting that people have suffered and looking at their suffering in a real way, would do much to diffuse the resentment and rage.

This set contains the following lectures:

1. The World as Muslims See It
2. Extinguishing the Fire: Our War on Terrorism
3. Traditional Education in an Age of Terror, Part 1
4. Traditional Education in an Age of Terror, Part 2
5. Religion, Violence & the Modern World
   

"My advice to you, o possessor of virtue and courtesy: if you desire to reside in an exalted place amongst the ranks of people, a place where you are high and exalted of virtue and courtesy..." Thus opens the poem of the great scholar Ibn al Haddad as translated and commented upon by Hamza Yusuf. Though short, this poem of council contains an immense amount of knowledge and wisdom.

In his poem, Shaykh Ibn al Haddad gives the seeker of knowledge the keys to both success in both this world and the next. Hamza Yusuf's commentary contains his usual style of putting the obvious before us in a way we will never forget. He reminds us of such things as, "Islam is the only religion where you will find a king at the door of beggars asking for their prayers!" This is an inspiring talk that will help us to establish our own priorities for this world and the next, inshaAllah.