Shaykh Abu Eesa Niamatullah is an international orator and the instructor of Al-Maghrib institute-an America based Islamic educational institution.

He was born in Barking, East London, England in a renowned Pakistani descent family, who’s Progenitor belongs to the Naser Kheil Pathans tribe of the North West Frontier province in Pakistan.

After completing his primary education, Abu Eesa trained as a Disk Jockey (DJ-a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience) and moved to Manchester with his family, where he lived more than thirteen years.

Shaykh Abu Eesa achieved his higher degree on Pharmacy and Anthropology from the University of Manchester and later also studied Arabic, The holy Qur’an, al-Hadith, Islamic law etc under the supervision of some distinguished Islamic scholars from Mauritania, Medina, Morocco, Egypt and Pakistan etc. Among his teachers, the name of Sheikh Kehlan al-Jubury and Abdullah al-Judai is well mentioned.

Abu Eesa strongly proved his love and dedication for Islam through both his education and works.

Consequently, He established a non-profit educational institute called ‘Prophetic Guidance (PG)’ to “unify the various Muslim communities by disseminating classical non-sectarian Islamic knowledge and utilizing the media in its various present forms”. He is also the Strategic Director of the 1st Ethical Charitable Trust in England, an organization dedicated to civic engagement and Islamic legal and financial education and the current director of ‘The Nahlah Foundation’, a Publishing House.

Abu Eesa contributed to Islam as an ideal instructor as he maintained classes in ‘Prophetic Guidance (PG)’. His well known program called ‘al-Adab al-Mufrad’ has been telecasted on ‘Islam channel. He was the Resident –scholar of the Cheadle Muslim Association (CMA), Cheshire, England.

Shaykh Abu Eesa visited many countries and deliverer lectures on various topics of Islam especially on Islamic law and principles in Britain, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and South Africa to the audiences of Muslims and non-Muslims.

In his lectures and writings, he has emphasized on the application of religion on social, political and financial issues and taken various steps to standardize the use of Islamic Finance principles amongst Western Muslims and told to increase the political participation for Muslims as well as minority groups and women.

Shaykh Niamatullah wrote many books and articles on religious, social, political and Anthropological issues. Some of his renowned books are: Al-Adab al-Mufrad (The Book of Manners), The Last Testament, Recitation of Hisnul Muslim, The Sanctity of Human Life, Commentary to al-Adab al-Mufrad (unpublished), The Cave – A Commentary to Surah al-Kahf, al-Ijma (translated), Nur al-Basair (translated).

Some of his renowned articles are: What’s love got to do with it? The defining characteristic of Ahlul-Sunnah wal –Jamah during Fitnah, the price of Shariah, the best of the best, Ramadan: have you got what it takes? Reflections at the onset of the New Hijri year, Muslim in Britain: Hope or Hijrah, Keeping it real in the prayer, was there not amongst you even a single merciful man? The importance of giving-charity starts here, you wanted a debate jack; you have sure got one, the use of certain weak Hadith in promoting a Riba free society, understanding Taqwa, Reviving the recital of sacred texts, Sacrificing the white bull.

Some of his well known video lectures are: Boys and Girls – A Love Story, the Night of Power, Umar ibn al-Khattab-Defender of the faith and the king of kings.

Currently, He resides in Cairo with his wife and four children.

Shaykh Abu Eesa Niamatullah has presented an Islamic learning style as a preacher for the Muslim youth. We can learn more and more from his life to be an ideal Muslim youth.

Dr.Abdullah Hakim Quick is one of the most influential Muslim scholar, pundit, preacher, social activist, orator, dawah worker and historian in the world. Particularly for America and Africa region.

Dr. Abdullah Hakim Quick was born in the United States of America and brought up there. After embracing Islam in 1970 in Canada, he began Islamic life through studying privately and institutionally. In 1979, he attained his Bachelor degree (BA) from the University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia and obtained an Ijaza from the College of Dewar and Islamic Sciences as one of the first two students to do so from the West. Dr. Abdullah received his masters (MA) and Doctorate degree (PhD) in African History from the department of history at University of Toronto in Canada. ‘The analysis the early life of Sheikh ‘Uthman Dan Fodio, a great West African Scholar, Mujaahid and social activist’ was the topic of his thesis.

In his working life, Dr. Abdullah Hakim has served Islam and people as Imam, teacher, orator and counselor in the USA, Canada, Bahrain, the West Indies and many other countries of the world.

Dr Quick was Director of the Islamic Social Services and Resources Association; the first rated Islamic social service agencies and developed one of Canada’s first Muslim food banks.

He was a special advisor to the Toronto Board of Education, the Ontario Science Centre, the Royal Ontario Museum and a regular columnist for three years in the religion page of one of The Toronto Star and instigated special classes for the deaf of Canada and the disadvantaged of Southern Africa and arranged workshops and training sessions for diverse organizations such as Children’s Aid Society, Metro Toronto School for the Deaf, Metropolitan Toronto School Boards, the Canadian Churches Forum for Global Ministries,  Family Service Association of Metro Toronto, Canadian Museums Association, Canadian Institute for International Affairs, Elementary Teachers Association of York Region, the Scarborough Public Library Board, and Al Wagah, Muslim Deaf Society of Cape Town.

Among academic appointments, He is the former guest lecturer at McGill University, York University (Toronto), the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) in the Departments of History, Women’s Studies, Geography and Middle-East Islamic Studies and African Studies as well as member of the Chaplains Association of the University of Toronto.

Currently, He is a senior lecturer on the history of Islam in Africa at The International Peace University South Africa in Cape Town, the Head and instructor of Islamic History and Homiletics Department at the Al-Maghrib Institute, special advisor to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, member of the Muslim Judicial Council, Cape Town, South Africa, Ameer of the Dawah Coordinating Forum of South Africa , Senior Lecturer at The True Dawn Institute (Islamic Training & Development) in Cape Town, Senior Lecturer at the Dar-ul-Arqam Islamic Institute, Cape Town and the Director of the Discover Islam Centre (Cape Town).

Dr Abdullah Hakim has visited more than 59 countries to deliver lectures, doing research, participating in conferences and dialogues, interviewing in media and educational tours. As an connoisseur on African History and Islamic issues, he partook in the interviews with major Canadian, Caribbean and South African media organizations including Channel 47 (Canada), City TV, CFRB, CBC TV, and Channel Islam, 702 Cape Talk, the SABC, Voice of the Cape, Radio Ansar (Durban, South Africa) Radio 786, Huda TV and Peace TV.

Dr. Quick has written many books and articles. Some of his cerebral books are: Deeper roots, the complete advice on sincerity, Holyday myths, the forty ahaadeeth on Islamic revival, advice to an Islamic school teacher, Beyond Ramadan.

Some of his articles are: Muslim in the Caribbean before Columbus, Do Muslims have equal rights? Hadith Eight-on real strength, Agreeing to disagree in a world of conflict and change, How I was digitally transformed into a hate cleric, Muslim Spain’s legacy, The devil’s deception of the new world order, an interview on Uthman dan Fodio, Islam, slavery and African, Ramadan in history, Beyond Ramadan, Islam phobia in the classroom. Fiqh Us Seerah, The Dilemma of the Youth, Unity of Mankind on the Brotherhood of Islam, The War against Muslim Women, And An Islamic Look at the Crusaders.

Some of his famous lectures are: Reviving Islam in the 21^st century, Journey to the hereafter Part 1: Why believe in the hereafter? Life of Muhammad (saw)-The early years, Journey to the hereafter-signs of the last day, Understanding your condition, Reminder series-the2 Faced person.

Recently produced some of his documentary films are Timbuktu, the Empire of Knowledge, Untold Ethiopia and Reflections from the Western Sunrise (Quick Answers) that all are telecasted on national television in South Africa.

In his speech and writing, he has been trying to uncover the truth to the people, spreading the pure knowledge of Islam and Islamic views on contemporary issues of the world. Dr.Abdullah can be the source of inspiration for the youth as Al- Maghrib institute says about his wise and modern look-“Today’s world is in need of innovative rethinking based on original, authentic sources. Dr Abdullah Hakim provides an example of this new, progressive thinking”.

Rashid Al- Ghannushi is one of the most influential leaders among Muslim activists and intellectuals in Tunisia and the rest of the world who represents a moderate and progressive strand in Arab Islamist politics. His eventful life presents an example for all especially for the youth.
Shaikh Rashid Al-Ghannushi was born at al-Hama, in the Qabis province of southern Tunisia in 1941.
After successful completion of primary and secondary education, he achieved the certificate of attainment degree, equivalent to the Baccalaureate degree from the University of Zaytuna in 1962. In 1964, he got admission in school of agriculture at Cairo University but left for Syria without completion his course due to the eviction of Tunisians from Egypt by Gamal Abdel Nasser and completed his graduation from University of Damascus in Philosophy in 1968. In the meantime, Dr. Rashid joined the European Socialist Party, but later entered an Islamic life and established an Islamic party.
After graduation, he spent a year at Sorbonne in France before returning to Tunisia and worked within a group called “Call Reporting And Advocacy Group” and founded an organization with other Tunisians to reform the Tunisian society based on Islamic Shariah.
Furthermore, his professional life was begun as a professor of Philosophy in Tunisia in 1969. In addition to his profession, this scholar tried to sermonize Islamic beliefs through lectures in classroom as well as mosque and writing articles in newspaper (Sabah-Morning), Magazine (The knowledge) and books.
Inspiring by the real spirit of Islam, he established an Islamic movement called “al-ittijah al-islami” or Islamic Tendency Movement in Manouba in 1979 which was renamed Hizb al-Nahda (or Hizb Ennahda) in 1989 or called as the Renaissance Party and began its activities without publicizing formally till 1981. Rashid proclaimed the news of newly founded party in 1981 through a press conference when the Tunisian Ruler Al- Borguiba gave the political freedom.
This Movement became much popular within few months because of its Islam loving, pacifist and patriotic mood as it called for a “reconstruction of economic life on a more equitable basis, the end of single-party politics and the acceptance of political pluralism and democracy. He also published a magazine called “Al-Ma’refah” to shield his ideals.
However, an ideological conflict occurred between the government and Al-Ghannushi in the same year. As a result, by the end of July, Al-Ghannushi with his followers was arrested, sentenced to eleven years in prison in Bizerte, and were agonized. He was released in 1984 due to a large number of people including religious and secular community demonstrated for his release. But again arrested in 1987 and let out in 1988 after one year imprisonment. He moved to Europe as a political exile, and lived there from the early 1990s to the early 2011 and has returned home from London on 30 January in 2011 after 22 years in exile following the ousting of President Ben Ali earlier this month. In 1993 Britain granted him political asylum.
In 1984, he obtained certificates of proficiency in search of the Faculty of Shariah and continued his doctoral thesis on the topic “public freedoms in the Islamic state” but could not finalize the doctorate degree due to the imprisonment.
In fact, Rashid Al-Ghannushi was determined to reform the Tunisian society and culture according to the light of Islamic Shariah consistent with the home culture. To insure social justice, equity and equality, he accentuated on worker’s rights, unionism, and women’s rights including women’s education, participation, respect, choice of home and marriage, political participation, ownership of property, and freedoms to follow Shariah and finally the democratic rights of general people.
Women responded positively as they returned to Islam by expelling the western superficial liberation of women. Because Before the emergence of the Islamist movement, woman found herself in an unstable and decaying society whose “liberation” was purely superficial: nudity, eroticism, leaching the house and the intermingling of the sexes. But Islamists present the respectful position of women in the society and implemented that through participation in their organization.
Al-Ghannushi is the author of many books on social, religious and philosophical issues, some of his important writings are : Islamic movements and Palestine, Public freedoms in the Islamic state, We and the West (jointly),From the experience of the Islamic Movement in Tunisia, So when Ibn Taymiyya,Rapprochement in the secular and civil society, The Islamic movement and the issue of change, The Palestinian issue crossroads between paths, Women between the Quran and the reality of Muslims, Citizenship rights in the Islamic state, The difference right , the duty to unity , The movement of Imam Khomeini and revival of Islam’s life.
Some of his books were translated into other languages including English, French, Turkish and Persian and have published in Egypt, Iran, Tunisia, Turkey, and Algeria.
He visited many countries including UK, Iran, Sudan, Lebanon etc.
Finally, it can be said that, Rashid Al- Ghannushi faces different types of obstacles but could not bow down to the injustice. This is why some researchers submitted their doctorate studying on his thoughts called Azzam Tamimi (political thought of Ghannouchi). The life of Al- Ghannushi is the great source of learning for us.

Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al-Madani is the first and present president of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) situated in Jeddah, which was established in 1975 and is now operating its development project and activities among 56 Muslim countries. Dr.Ahmad devoted his life to serve the ummah through IDB and various ways. Let’s know something about him.
Dr. Ahmad was born in 1934 in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
This Arabian scholar successfully turned to higher education after finishing his primary and secondary education from different institution in Madina and obtained a B.A. Degree in Commerce from the Faculty of Commerce of Cairo University in 1957. Besides, in 1959, he received another B.A. Degree in Law from the Faculty of Law from the same University. In his incandescent career, he waxed his life by achieving a M.A. Degree in Public Administration from University of Michigan, USA in 1962 and finally, to stay at zenith of knowledge, in 1967, he accomplished a Ph.D in Public Administration (Fiscal Management) from State University of New York, USA. The Theme of his Dissertation was “Financial Control before Disbursement – Comparative Study of the Financial System in Saudi Arabia and the State of New York”.
Like his glowing education life, he started his professional life as a Director of ‘Scientific and Islamic Institute’ situated at Aden in Yemen in 1958 and spend two years there.Afterward, he returned to his homeland Saudi Arabia and joined as the Acting Rector of King Abdulaziz University where he stayed till 1972.for his philanthropic and cerebral motive, the Saudi government appointed him as Deputy Minister of Education for Technical Matters in 1972and thus he served the nation for three years (1972-1975). In the meantime, in 1975, he was elected as the president of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) which was established upon the inventiveness of ‘the late King Faisal Bin Abdulaziz’ and ‘Organization of the Islamic Countries (OIC)’ and worked till 1993.Furthermore, during 1993–1995; he was the Secretary-General, Muslim World League, Makkah Al-Mukarramah and reshuffled the MWL as it was his key responsibility. Currently, again since 1995, he has been serving the humanity as the President of Islamic Development Bank group, (IDB Group), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
With his first-rated knowledge and practical experience, took various attempts to widen the banking activities in numerous sectors such as research, economics, finance, trade, insurance and private sector and successively founded different institutions incorporating Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) which comprises the Islamic Development Bank Group.

Dr.Ahmad concentrated his knowledge and deeds to attain and ensure the highest possible wellbeing of people through Islamic principles as directed in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah with the super combination of modern comprehension as he firmly believe that the principles of Islamic economics and banking is ample to solve the current economic problem of the world.
This famed intellectual established the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) to eradicate poverty, illiteracy, etc by taking the challenging mission of “Khairu Annaas Min Nafa Annas – The best amongst you are those who are beneficial for others”.
Dr.Ahmad’s cordial services in different institutions both in government as well as private level recognized him as a social maker in Saudi Arabia and rest of the world.
He is member of the Higher Education Councils of five Universities including King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Imam Mohammed Ben Saud University, King Saud University Council, and the Board member of the Saudi Fund for Development.
Dr.Ali told that, mutiple donors and development agencies/partners must ‘synchronize’ their policies and programs both at the planning and execution stages to attain their goals which may satisfy the common characteristics of development. As he states that, “Development is a … complex and multifaceted issue that may not necessarily be captured by a handful of indicators”. He also said that, “the continued sustainability of a project many years after the project has been completed” is also another criterion in determining the success of a development project.
Dr Ali has vast knowledge on Islamic Economics, Banking and Education and wrote many articles, papers and delivered speeches, lectures on these topics which expressed his ideas of development and welfare of people. His famous ‘Lecture Series’ was published with the title “Role of Islamic Banks in Development” for which he was awarded an “IDB Prize”.
He is married and has four children. Currently, he is living with his family in Saudi Arabia. Finally, it can be cited that, we should take the lesson from his life and pray to Allah for him so that he can contribute more to the ummah.

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Dr. ‘Abdul Hamid Ahmad Abu Sulayman who was born on 1936 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, is one of the famous social thinker and leader of the Muslim ummah .He is also known as the introducer of  a knowledge movement  named “Islamization of Knowledge”.He has completed his bachelor (B.A, Commerce) and masters (M.A, Political Science) degree from University of Cairo in 1959 and 1963 respectively.  In 1973, he achieved his PhD on International Relations from University of Pennsylvania, USAAfter completion his MA degree, Dr. Sulayman joined as the Secretary of State Planning Committee, Saudi Arabia in 1963 and working there successfully for two years till 1964. In his working life he joined at and established different organization and concentrate with the best possible effort to perform his duty and responsibility to those institutions.   He was the Secretary General of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) for seven years (1973-79) and the Chairman of  Department of Political Science at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for two years  (1982 -84). Dr. Abu Sulayman is the founding member of The Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS, 1972), and its former President (1985-87). Presently he is the Rector of the International Islamic University (IIU), Malaysia and Chairman of the Board, trustee, former president, and founding member of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT).As a social scientist, Dr. Sulayman has been trying to reshape the subject of social sciences with the help of Islamic knowledge and technology which is proved by his writings named ‘The Premises of the Social Sciences, Islamization and the Science of Education, Islamization and Political Science, Islam, Science, and Technology.Like other Muslim scholars, he is also concern about the present crucial situation of Muslim ummah around the world. To aware the Muslim people, he is remaindering them the golden heritage of ummah compared to the present stage as he has written: “Across the Muslim world today if anything is self-evident it is that the Ummah is badly in need of reform. On this point it can be stated with confidence that all Muslims are agreed. Poverty and injustice characterize the face of Muslim lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Pollution and corruption are the order of the day in societies where the gulf between then and the developed countries of the world have never been wider. Politics in the Muslim world are all too often the politics of desperation, economics the economics of deprivation, and culture the culture of despair”.
He has participated in many international workshop, seminar and conferences around the world. In his speech and articles, he specially emphasized on those topics which will be more fruitful and effective to recover the present crisis including ‘the Historical Roots of the Crisis, the Crux of the Crisis and the Future of the Ummah, the Traditional Methodology of Islamic Thought: Assessment and Critique, Shari’ah and Non-Shari’ah Sciences, the Conflict Between Reason and Revelation, Our Intellectual Heritage: Past, Present, and Future, Islamic Methodology: Means and Application, Requirements for Establishing the Islamic Civilizational Sciences, the philosophy of economics , Islamization of knowledge, the duty and responsibility of youth to remove the misconceptions about Islam by practicing Islam in their life. To serve and reform the activities of ummah, Dr. Abu Sulayman has been writing many books and articles including  ‘The Islamic Theory of International Relations: New Directions for Islamic Methodology and Thought,   Azmat al ‘Aql al Muslim (Arabic), and The Islamic Theory of Economics: Philosophy and Contemporary Means ,Crisis in the Muslim mind .the doctrine of crucifixion between Islam and Christianity: A dialogue and comparative study, Man between two laws: a Qur’anic perspective in understanding self and understanding the other, Translation and connecting arteries of Arab culture with the gift of Human civilization, Contemporary Islamic presentational approach: Distortions, Confusions and superficialization, Arabic language and challenges of the age, Islam as a faith,, Identity, personality and civilization, Islam is aqidah, identity and personality. Dr. ‘Abdul Hamid is also well-known to the people of Bangladesh. Some of his books and articles are available in both English and Bangle in our country. The translated copy of His famous book “Crisis in the muslim mind (Muslim manose sankat)” is published by the Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Though (BIIT) which is the country office and brunch of International Institute of Islamic Though (IIIT). As youth, we should study those books to be inspired and enlightened.

Nasiruddin-al Albani was one of the great Muslim scholars of the 20th century. He was specialized on Hadith. About his dedication and knowledge on Hadith another Muslim scholar Abdul Azeez bin Baaz said: I have not seen under the surface of the sky a person knowledgeable of the Hadith in our current time than the like of the great scholar, Muhammad Nasiruddin Al-Albani.He was born in the city Ashkodera of Albania in 1914 into a poor family. His father was Al-Haaj Nooh Najjaatee al-Albani had completed Sharee’ah studies in Istambul and returned to Albania. That time, Albanian government was highly influenced by the western concept of Atheism. But Al-Haaj Nooh Najjaatee al-Albani was disagreeing with the government and he leaved for Damascus with his family. In Damascus, Nasiruddin-al Albani completed his early education, and was taught the Quran, Hadith, tajwid, Arabic linguistic sciences, Hanafi fiqh and further branches of the religion by a number of Islamic scholars as well as friends of his father. Nasiruddin-al Albani originally ascribed to the Hanafi Madh’hab as he stated in some of his early books.

He began to specialize in the field of Hadith and its related sciences at the age of 20, being influenced by articles in ‘Al-Manaar’ magazine. He began to work in this field by transcribing al-Haafiz al-Iraaqee’s monumental ‘Al¬ Mughnee an-hamlil-Asfaar fil-Asfaar fee takhreej maa fil-lhyaa minal-Akhbaar’ and adding notes to it. He delved further into the field of Hadeeth and its various sciences despite discouragement from his family. During his time books on Hadith were not available. Unable to afford many of the required books, he often borrowed them from the famous Az-Zahiriyah library in Damascus. Besides of study he had a shop but more times remained it closed and he stayed in library. He became absorbed into his Hadith studies even sometimes he forgot to take food. Eventually the library authorities granted him a special room for his studies, and his own key for access to the library before normal opening time. Often he would remain at work from early morning until after Isha prayers in the evening. During this time he produced many useful works.

His studies of Hadith had a great effect on him and resulted in his turning away from blind-following of his former madhab and instead to accept and act upon the Book and the Sunnah – with the understanding of the pious predecessors of the Ummah. This naturally meant that he was sometimes at difference with some of the local scholars who blindly followed their Madhab, and likewise with the local Sufi Imaams and innovators who began to oppose him and incite the common people against him by calling him a ‘Wahhaabi deviant’. He was, however, encouraged by some of the noble Sheikhs of Damascus who urged him to continue, amongst them Sheikh Bahjatul Baijaar, Sheikh Abdul-Fattah, and Tawfeeq al-Barzah.

Because of his opposition, he was restless trying to promote Tawhid and Hadith. After sometimes he started to delivered lecture in weekly session attended by universities students and teachers, teaching them various books on fiqh, usul and Hadith. After a number of his works appeared, Al-Albani was chosen to teach Hadith at the Islamic University of Madinah, for three years-from 1381 to 1383H where he was also a member of the University board. Later he would return to his studies and work in the Az-Zahiriyah library, leaving his shop in the hands of one of his brothers.

He also began organised monthly journeys for da’wah to the various cities of Syria and then Jordan. He visited various countries for preaching and lectures – amongst them Qatar, Egypt, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Spain and the United Kingdom. He was forced to emigrate a number of times moving from Syria to Jordan, then Syria again, then Beirut, then the UAE, then again to Amman, Jordan. It is also well-know that he has memorized hundred thousand hadith.

Nasiruddin-al-Albani has a lot of contribution in today’s Islamic knowledge. He dedicated his life to promote tawhid, though; mainly he was a scholar of Hadith. He has more publications on this sector: At-Targhib wa’t-Tarhib (Volumes 1–4), At-Tasfiyyah wa’t-Tarbiyya, At-Tawsulu: Anwau’hu wa Ahkamuhu (Tawassul: Its Types & Its Rulings), Irwa al-Ghalil (Volumes 1–9), Talkhis Ahkam al-Janaez, Sahih wa Da’if Sunan Abu Dawood (Volumes 1–4), Sahih wa Da’if Sunan at-Tirmidhi (Volumes 1–4), Sahih wa Da’if Sunan ibn Majah (Volumes 1–4), al-Aqidah at-Tahawiyyah Sharh wa T`aliq, Sifatu Salati An-Nabiyy, Silsalat al-Hadith ad-Da’ifa (Volumes 1–14), Silsalat al-Hadith as-Sahiha (Volumes 1–11), Salat ut-Tarawih (later an abridgement of this book was published by al-Albani – Qiyamu Ramadhan).

About Nasiruddin-al-Albani The scholar Zayd Ibn Fayad said: Indeed, Sheikh Muhammad Nasiruddin Al-Albani is from the most prominent and distinguished personalities of this era. He had great concern for the Hadith – its paths of transmission, its reporters and its levels of authenticity or weakness. This is an honorable task from the best things in which hours can be spent and efforts can be made. And he was like any other of the scholars – those who are correct in some matters and err in other matters. However, his devotion to this great science is from that which requires that his prestige be acknowledged and his endeavors in it be appreciated.

His students are many and include many prominent Sheikhs of the present day amongst them: Shaykh Hamdi Abdul-Majeed, Shaykh Muhammad ‘Eed Abbaasi, Dr. Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar, Shaykh Muhammad lbrahim Shaqrah, Shaykh Muqbil ibn Haadi al-Waadi’i, Shaykh Ali Khushshaan, Shaykh Muhammad Bin Jameel Zainoo, Shaykh Abdur-Rahmaan Abdus-Samad, Shaykh Ali Hassan Abdul-Hameed al-Halabi.

The Sheikh passed away on Saturday 2 October, 1999.

After the 15th century, the study of Islamic economics was absent for a long time. In the mid 20th century, some economists tried to expose the application of Islamic economics in both written and practical format. Dr. Muhammad Umar Chapra, born on February 1, 1933, in Pakistan is one of them. This well-known Islamic economist started his education at High School under the University of Sind (1950) in his motherland and stood first in the whole University among 25,000 students. He achieved his B. Com. (=B.B.A.1954), M. Com. (=M.B.A.1956) and Ph. D (Economics, 1961) degree from University of Karachi and University of Minnesota respectively.
The writings and speech of Chapra gave the basic Principles of Islamic economics with the strong theories, model and some clear empirical evidences. Moreover, He firmly found the shortcomings of modern economics, criticized it and   gave the superior framework of Islamic economics to apply in the modern economics. Why the value judgment or religion or ethics is important to achieve the economic goal, he showed that in his research.
He has lectured widely at a number of universities and professional institutes in different countries around the world, including the Harvard Law School, Loughborough University, the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, the London School of Economics, Universidad Autonoma, Madrid, the University of Malaga, Spain, the House of Commons, London, and the Islamic University of Rotterdam, and the Asia Pacific and Kyoto Universities in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan.
He has participated in a number of meetings of international and regional organizations like the IMF, IBRD, OPEC, IDB, OIC, and GCC.
By clear away the misconception, Dr. Chapra presented the  fundamental differences between Islamic and modern economics, common characteristic of Islamic consumer, producer, Islamic application on  market, income distribution, poverty eradication, fiscal and monetary policy, zakat, bank, insurance, stock market and many other topics of economics.
He spent most of his professional life outside of his homeland in the U.S.A. (6 years) and 44 years in Saudi Arabia as a researcher, teacher research adviser. He was the teacher of economics at the University of Minnesota (1957-60), the University of Wisconsin, Platteville (1960/61), the University of Wisconsin, Platteville (1963/64), the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. (1964/65) and Economic Advisor and then Senior Economic Adviser at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, July 1965- October 1999), Research Advisor at the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah (November1999).

He has authored 16 books and monographs and more than 100 papers and book reviews. Some of his books, monographs and papers have been translated into a number of languages, including Arabic, Bangla, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Malay, Persian, Polish, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu.

Some of his famous books and monographs  are, Towards a Just Monetary System (1985), Islam and the Economic Challenge (1992), The Future of Economics: An Islamic Perspective (2000), Muslim Civilization: The Causes of Decline and the Need for Reform (2008), Islam and economic development, Objectives of the Islamic Economic Order, The Islamic Welfare State and Its Role in the Economy,. Islam and Economic Development: a Strategy for Development with Stability in the light of Justice and Islamic teachings, what is Islamic Economics?, Regulation and Supervision of Islamic Banks, Prohibition of Interest: Does it Make Sense? , The Future of Economics: An Islamic Perspective, “Money and Banking in an Islamic Economy, “The Role of the Stock Exchange in an Islamic Economy and so on.
Dr. Chapra has been awarded with gold medal from different universities (University of Sind, research and dawah institutions (Islamic Council of North America (ICNA), King Faisal International Award) and banks (Islamic Development Bank award) for his contributions to Islam and Islamic economics.
Dr.chapra is now living in Saudi Arabia with his wife Khairunnisa Jamal Mundia and four children Maryam, Anas, Sumayyah and Ayman.
He is also well-known in Bangladesh and visited it to participate in an international conference on economics arranged by Islamic economics Research Bureau (IERB). His books are also available both in Bangla and English in our country.
“Islamic economics has effective tools and can solve economic problem of human life successfully”Dr. Chapra proved it easily, which illustrates the superiority of Islam. We should study Islamic economics more carefully to present it as the best solution for humanity.