Online Monthly Book Club
Hosted by Ustadh Ubaydullah Evans
Become a part of ALIM's Online Monthly Book Club led by Ustadh Ubaydullah Evans! Explore a range of thought-provoking books on mental health, spirituality, social justice, and more. Monthly book selections are announced at the beginning of the month, so readers have enough time to read, reflect, and join us for an engaging, live discussion (typically held on the last Wednesday of the month with Ust. Evans at 7/8 pm CST/EST).
Support ALIM’s valuable community resource by becoming a monthly donor and helping sustain our programming! Once you subscribe, you’ll receive a private recurring link to join our upcoming meetings, plus monthly updates via text and email.
Support ALIM’s valuable community resource by becoming a monthly donor and helping sustain our programming! Once you subscribe, you’ll receive a private recurring link to join our upcoming meetings, plus monthly updates via text and email.
As a book club member, you’ll enjoy:
• Exclusive access to ALIM’s private live discussions, hosted by Ustadh Ubaydullah Evans
• Meeting recordings if you can’t attend live sessions
• Access to ALIM’s curated book storefront with past selections
• A group chat with fellow readers for ongoing discussions and insights
• Free PDFs of reading selections (when available)
• Exclusive access to ALIM’s private live discussions, hosted by Ustadh Ubaydullah Evans
• Meeting recordings if you can’t attend live sessions
• Access to ALIM’s curated book storefront with past selections
• A group chat with fellow readers for ongoing discussions and insights
• Free PDFs of reading selections (when available)
March book choice
This Ramadan, join us as we dive into the stories of the leaders who helped preserve and revive Islam throughout history. Our March book selection, Saviours of Islamic Spirit (Vol. 1) by Shaykh Abu’l Hasan Ali Nadwi, highlights the lives of key figures who restored the Islamic spirit during times of moral and spiritual decline, emphasizing the power of faith, knowledge, and perseverance. Subscribe to receive free access to the pdf!
Virtual discussion with Ustadh Ubaydullah Evans: March 26th | 5/6 PM CST/EST (before iftar)
Virtual discussion with Ustadh Ubaydullah Evans: March 26th | 5/6 PM CST/EST (before iftar)
Check out our book storefront to see some of our previous book selections for ALIM's online monthly book club! We receive a comission for every sale to support ALIM programming and scholarships.
About the Book
This book, by the late Indian historian and intellectual, Shaykh Abu ’l-Hasan ‘Ali Nadwi, is a story of the ebbs and flows of this Umma; the challenges, the setbacks, and most importantly, the successes. It is a poignant story of the accomplishments, attainments, and triumphs that propelled the Umma forward. It is a story told through extraordinary figures: the revivers, men of courage, vigor, and zeal, an elect group who were graced with divine determination to safeguard the spirit of God’s religion on earth. In other words, they were the saviours of the Islamic spirit.
Drawing on the lives of ten of the most influential personalities of the first seven centuries of Islam, from Hasan al-Basri, ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Ghazali to Ibn al-Jawzi and Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, this work offers comfort and much-needed perspective, given the current situation of Muslims around the world. It aims to inspire Muslim youth and others to virtue and love for Allah (swt), and to provide role models of intellectual and spiritual excellence, at a time when people are looking for motivation from other sources. This history reminds us that we are not in the direst of situations.
Drawing on the lives of ten of the most influential personalities of the first seven centuries of Islam, from Hasan al-Basri, ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Ghazali to Ibn al-Jawzi and Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, this work offers comfort and much-needed perspective, given the current situation of Muslims around the world. It aims to inspire Muslim youth and others to virtue and love for Allah (swt), and to provide role models of intellectual and spiritual excellence, at a time when people are looking for motivation from other sources. This history reminds us that we are not in the direst of situations.