Book 38: The Book of Self-Examination and Self-Reckoning

Volume 3 — The Sīrah: From the First Revelation to Badr

A three-minute sample from Volume 3 — The Sīrah: From the First Revelation to Badr by Imam Ibn Kathīr [https://joyfulmuslims.com/scholars/ibn-kathir]. Volume Three opens the Sīrah proper: the first revelation in the cave of Ḥirāʾ, the manner of waḥy, the earliest Muslims, the persecution in Mecca, the hijrah to Medina, the establishment of the ummah, and the Battle of Badr in Year 2 — the first open confrontation between the new community and Quraysh, narrated with Ibn Kathīr's characteristic care for the chains. This preview is taken from Volume 3 — The Sīrah: From the First Revelation to Badr — the full audiobook [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library/03-volume-3], part of Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library/collections/al-bidaya-wal-nihaya] in the Joyful Muslims classical Islamic library [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library]. The complete audiobook — with the word-synced Arabic and English Living Manuscript [https://joyfulmuslims.com/mission], Study Kit vocabulary and reflections, JM Scholar AI [https://joyfulmuslims.com/ask], and offline downloads — is available in the Joyful Muslims app [https://joyfulmuslims.com]. Audio is the vessel. Preservation is the purpose.

The Garden of the Gnostics

A three-minute sample from The Garden of the Gnostics by Imam al-Nawawi [https://joyfulmuslims.com/scholars/al-nawawi]. Bustan al-Arifin — Imam al-Nawawi's exploration of sincerity, the inner dimensions of worship, the miraculous states of the righteous, and the wisdom of the scholars and saints. This preview is taken from The Garden of the Gnostics — the full audiobook [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library/the-garden-of-the-gnostics], part of Timeless Classics [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library/collections/timeless-classics] in the Joyful Muslims classical Islamic library [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library]. The complete audiobook — with the word-synced Arabic and English Living Manuscript [https://joyfulmuslims.com/mission], Study Kit vocabulary and reflections, JM Scholar AI [https://joyfulmuslims.com/ask], and offline downloads — is available in the Joyful Muslims app [https://joyfulmuslims.com]. Audio is the vessel. Preservation is the purpose.

The Wholesome Rain of Good Words

A three-minute sample from The Wholesome Rain of Good Words by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah [https://joyfulmuslims.com/scholars/ibn-qayyim]. Al-Waabil al-Sayyib — Ibn al-Qayyim's extended meditation on the remembrance of Allah and the extraordinary fruits it yields for the heart, the soul, and the life of the believer. This preview is taken from The Wholesome Rain of Good Words — the full audiobook [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library/the-wholesome-rain-of-good-words], part of Timeless Classics [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library/collections/timeless-classics] in the Joyful Muslims classical Islamic library [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library]. The complete audiobook — with the word-synced Arabic and English Living Manuscript [https://joyfulmuslims.com/mission], Study Kit vocabulary and reflections, JM Scholar AI [https://joyfulmuslims.com/ask], and offline downloads — is available in the Joyful Muslims app [https://joyfulmuslims.com]. Audio is the vessel. Preservation is the purpose.

Volume 2 — From the Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia

A three-minute sample from Volume 2 — From the Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia by Imam Ibn Kathīr [https://joyfulmuslims.com/scholars/ibn-kathir]. Volume Two narrates the longest historical arc in the work: the Israelite prophetic line after Mūsā — Hizqil, Ṭālūt and Jālūt, Dāwūd and the Zabūr, the unparalleled kingdom of Sulaymān — through Luqmān, the people of the Cave and the Ditch, the kings of Yemen and Damascus, and the long approach to the Quraysh, ending at the doorstep of the birth of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ. This preview is taken from Volume 2 — From the Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia — the full audiobook [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library/02-volume-2], part of Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library/collections/al-bidaya-wal-nihaya] in the Joyful Muslims classical Islamic library [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library]. The complete audiobook — with the word-synced Arabic and English Living Manuscript [https://joyfulmuslims.com/mission], Study Kit vocabulary and reflections, JM Scholar AI [https://joyfulmuslims.com/ask], and offline downloads — is available in the Joyful Muslims app [https://joyfulmuslims.com]. Audio is the vessel. Preservation is the purpose.

Volume One

A three-minute sample from Volume One by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah [https://joyfulmuslims.com/scholars/ibn-qayyim]. The opening volume of Ibn al-Qayyim's masterwork on the stations of the soul's journey to Allah. This preview is taken from Volume One — the full audiobook [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library/madarij-volume-1], part of Madārij al-Sālikīn [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library/collections/madarij-al-salikin] in the Joyful Muslims classical Islamic library [https://joyfulmuslims.com/library]. The complete audiobook — with the word-synced Arabic and English Living Manuscript [https://joyfulmuslims.com/mission], Study Kit vocabulary and reflections, JM Scholar AI [https://joyfulmuslims.com/ask], and offline downloads — is available in the Joyful Muslims app [https://joyfulmuslims.com]. Audio is the vessel. Preservation is the purpose.