Bismillah. This will be a thread sharing book, article, and video recommendations as appropriate on the Islamic Sciences - a modest, hand tailored curriculum ultimately for guided exposure towards higher Islamic knowledge. As such, this is primarily geared towards introductory works, but more specific, intermediate to advanced sources can be included as appropriate to their domain. Of course, this is intended for a mature audience, preferably already familiar or rooted in the fundamentals of Islam.

We guarantee that if you learn from the sources listed, you will have a robust, intellectual grounding in Islam and the Islamic tradition.

Links to the books, articles, and videos will be provided as appropriate where publicly accessible. Otherwise you are responsible for searching for them if the source is listed without a corresponding link. Meanwhile, I will mark links in which the source is not immediately available but requires a purchase with a $ mark prior to the colon. The rest of the links are free open access. Please note that for these links to the sources, if you cannot access the source content for whatever reason or cannot purchase it, there may be other ways to access them or purchase if you search. If you find benefit or good from any of this, spare a dua for yours truly. Jazakallah Khayr. Moreover, clarify your intentions and make a dua for yourself: rabbi zidni ilma (transl. "My Lord, increase me in knowledge").

| Selected Foundations |

- Foundations of Islam by Sh. Hamza Yusuf: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL83A449092F8A3CBF&si=HHBAeObbNumj06Ds

- The Lives of Four Imams by Sh. Omar Suleiman: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjehxxa7GZWCVtlumQZsc2TlZe-DM7EwF&si=bciJdK3byZkIVyUp

- Understanding the Four Madhhabs: the problem with anti-madhhabism by Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad: https://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/ahm/newmadhh.htm

- Taqlid & Madhhabs: the Good, Bad, and the Ugly by Sh. Surkheel Sharif: https://thehumblei.com/2017/11/08/understanding-taqlid-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-1-2

- The Seventy-Three Sects: Is Most of this Ummah Deviants? by Sh. Surkheel Sharif: https://thehumblei.com/2013/02/12/muslims-splitting-into-seventy-three-sects/

- The Origins of the Sunni-Shia Divide presented by Sh. Tom Facchine https://youtu.be/dpCyqcGegH0?si=X4HIFYGD3Ep0GWsr

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| Aqeeda / Islamic Philosophy |

- Aqidah Tahawiyyah presented by Sh. Hamzah Wald Maqbul: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtZFh8Ar9KVATvFw-Exum4DJAg1BZ3Kej&si=-Fq4RfXu5Oh9QNpP

- Aqida Schools: Hanbali, Maturidi & Ashari Explained by Dr Shadee Elmasry: https://youtu.be/za-UOh1zqhs?si=n9s-ebofWYeSDxyT

- Three Levels of Aqida (Theology) by Sh Dr Yasir Qadhi: https://youtu.be/Z8oxNVyj51w?si=xd1mu6Iz8W3mzaAu

- On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam by al-Ghazali: https://archive.org/details/onboundariesofth0001jack/page/n5/mode/2up

- Islam and Secularism by Syed Muhammad Naquid al-Attas ($): https://a.co/d/0itjMXbV

- Philosophy in the Islamic World, from A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps by Peter Adamson (Podcast Link): https://historyofphilosophy.net/islamic-world/formative-period; Book ($): https://global.oup.com/academic/product/philosophy-in-the-islamic-world-9780199577491?cc=de&lang=en&#

- An Introduction to Islamic Theology by al-Sabuni: https://archive.org/details/an-introduction-to-islamic-theology-imam-nur-al-din-al-sabuni/mode/2up

- Between the God of the Prophets and Philosophers by Sh Hatem al-Haj: https://share.google/D7TlEOecg50NNR7uA

- Al-Ghazali's Philosophical Theology by Frank Griffel ($): https://a.co/d/0e2LQmvl

- Ibn Taymiyya on Reason and Revelation: A Study of Darʾ taʿāruḍ al-ʿaql wa-l-naql by Carl Sharif El-Tobgui: https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/37977/9789004412866_webready_content_text.pdf;jsessionid=6D73C384D38FE6EE74E4B64135C674DF?sequence=1

- The Heirs of Avicenna: Philosophy in the Islamic East, 12-13th Centuries, Metaphysics and Theology by Adamson and Benevich: https://archive.org/details/oapen-20.500.12657-87923/mode/1up

- Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Islam by Syed Muhammad Naquid al-Attas ($): https://a.co/d/0iDzYW7P

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| Usul al Fiqh / Hadith |

- An Introduction to Hadith by Jonathan Brown: https://youtu.be/kZlEtV0rDPA?si=DeMrMcv70e7cPBsF

- Basic Usul al-Fiqh Terminology by Sh. Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed: https://archive.org/download/UsulAlFiqhTerminology/Usul%20al%20Fiqh%20terminology.pdf

- Al Waraqāt - Primer in Usul Al Fiqh (Islamic Legal Theory) presented by Sh. Salman Nasir: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_BsY303SrQJ7cSwenpuFlnH1rUnyJR-8&si=B5Blc1wDyTQwj5E8

- Notes on Al Waraqat fee Usul al-Fiqh (by Sh. al-Juwayni) presented by Farshid Khan: https://www.academia.edu/96725366/Notes_on_Al_Waraqat_fee_Usul_al_Fiqh

- The Canonization of Islamic Law by Ahmed El Shamsy ($): https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/canonization-of-islamic-law/B3892734396826AA432980B31657C082

- Anatomy of a Fatwa by Dr Asim Yusuf: https://youtu.be/8IjN25FDs7s?si=1d6H7knTvYrWzyGO

- Hadith: What orientalists and modernists get wrong, with Dr Jonathan Brown: https://youtu.be/jXosLGQ0rIo?si=nwZJblbrJMjeUf12

- Using Unreliable Hadiths in Sunni Islam by Jonathan Brown: http://www.drjonathanbrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Even-If-Its-Not-True-Its-True-The-Use-of-Unreliable-Hadiths-in-Sunni-Islam.pdf

- The Canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunnī Ḥadīth Canon ($): https://share.google/cSETBdzsjUDvU8esC

- The Problem of Isra'iliyyat by Jonathan Brown: https://www.academia.edu/74293924/Brown_Problem_of_Israiliyyat

- On Schacht's Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence by Mustafa al-Azami: https://share.google/juF89i5KvjNyQncbe

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| Sufism / Tasawwuf |

- Fundamentals of Tasawwuf by Dr. Husain Abdul Sattar: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLN02x1UwIfIKr2WnZTd3PrgiQaA6A2nI&si=BkMyOJW1aqyrXuDP

- Captured Thoughts by Ibn al-Jawzi: https://kalamullah.com/captured-thoughts.html

- The Sublime Revelation by Sh. Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani: https://sufi.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Fath-ar-Rabbani-.pdf

- The Book of Illumination (Kitab al-Tanwir fi Isqat al-Tadbir) by Ibn Ata’Allah al-Iskandari ($): https://fonsvitae.com/product/the-book-of-illumination-kitab-al-tanwir-fi-isqat-al-tadbir/

- The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination by William C. Chittick ($): https://a.co/d/0aLeIHtW

- Philosophical Sufism: An Introduction to the School of Ibn al-'Arabi by Mukhtar H. Ali ($): https://www.routledge.com/Philosophical-Sufism-An-Introduction-to-the-School-of-Ibn-al-Arabi/Ali/p/book/9781032019291

- Sufism and Taoism: A Comparative Study of Key Philosophical Concepts by Toshihiko Izutsu: https://share.google/keebr62omF63mW2bh

- The Sufi Doctrine of Rumi by William C. Chittick: https://traditionalhikma.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/The-Sufi-Doctrine-of-Rumi-by-William-Chittick.pdf

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| Seerah |

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala ali Muhammad (transl. "O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad").

- Seerah of Prophet Muhammed (S) by Sh. Yasir Qadhi: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAEA99D24CA2F9A8F&si=Ybseex9DkMnINAaP; Book ($): https://www.amazon.com/Sirah-Prophet-pbuh-Contemporary-Original/dp/086037873X

- Maghāzī of Our Master Muḥammad ﷺ presented by Sh. Hamzah Wald Maqbul: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtZFh8Ar9KVC7csG-6SvzRl66SkSSr9FF&si=G1loEyq_HKgdBg-U

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| Miscellaneous |

- An Introduction to Qur'anic Sciences by Dr. Ali Ataie: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9uyRQTMUugkjKlxPp3i8gYFSfYiKQtZk&si=UHTjaHKvNgXtw-lQ

- Comparative Theology: Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism & Buddhism by Dr. Ali Ataie: https://youtu.be/_2oCE8yupjw?si=ARMRipgxEFhPUjuc

- Understanding Salafism: Seeking the Path of the Pious Predecessors by Sh. Yasir Qadhi ($): https://a.co/d/0h7RBPTZ

- Islam and Evolution by Shoaib Malik: https://share.google/fvChAyVH4bBlFtoFu

- Seven Classical Perspectives for Islam and Science by Shoaib Malik: https://www.academia.edu/165463746/Seven_Classical_Perspectives_for_Islam_and_Science

- Basic Theory of Money in Islam: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-0051-9_9

- From Gold to Paper: The Applicability of Ribā to Modern Currencies in Shāfiʿī Jurisprudence by Yousef A. Wahb: https://doi.org/10.5070/N421164413

- A Culture of Ambiguity: An Alternative History of Islam by Thomas Bauer ($): https://cup.columbia.edu/book/a-culture-of-ambiguity/9780231170642/

- The New Cambridge History of Islam ($): https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/new-cambridge-history-of-islam/F5168228014274EAA4D7DCDB25627720

- Early Islam Between Myth and History: Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (d. 110H/728CE) and the Formation of His Legacy in Classical Islamic Scholarship by Suleiman Mourad ($$): https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isbn/9789047416708/html?srsltid=AfmBOoqQCV2oDmGSAb1o6Vw5vWbx2jMyQYKhKlrBj-cnO4-dLvIbe2yG

- Islamic History Youtube Channel, Al Muqaddimah: https://www.youtube.com/@AlMuqaddimahYT

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| Formal Paths for Seeking Knowledge |

- Khairabadi Institute ($$): https://www.khairabadiinstitute.com/

- Yaqeen Institute Curriculum (Articles): https://yaqeeninstitute.org/curriculum

- Arkview by Safina Society ($): https://www.arkview.org/

- Al-Madina Institute ($): https://learn.suhbaseminary.com/

- Bayyinah Institute (Arabic Courses Link)($): https://explore.bayyinahtv.com/arabic/

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