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Updated for ILMathon IV – 2013

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The categories and their associated resources are given below. Please click on the resource link for each category to study and prepare for ILMathon.

1. Quran and Hadith

Resource for Quran: Tafsir (From The Beginning of Revelation to Tafseer Surah Ghashiyah)

Resource for Hadith: Sacred Scrolls (The entire packet)

2. Prophets and Companions

Resource for Prophets: Stories of the Prophets (the following only: Nuh (Noah), Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa & Harun (Moses and Aaron), and Isa (Jesus) and Muhammad [peace be upon them all])

For Companions: 

a. The Four Caliphs

Resource: 4 Caliphs

b. These 17 Companions: Zubayr b. Awwam, Talha b. Ubaidullah, Abdurrahman b. Awf, Sa’d b. Abi Waqas, Abu Obaida b. Al-Jarrah, Abdullah b. Abbas, Abdullah b. ‘Umar, Abdullah b. Mas’ud, Khalid b. Walid, Mus’ab b. Umair, Salman al-Farisy, Abu Dharr Al-Ghifary, Muadh b. Jabal, Abu Hurayrah, Bilal b. Rabah, Suhaib b. Sinan, Sa’eed b. Zaid

Resource: Men around the Messenger (click here for Sa’eed b. Zaid)

3. Islamic Spirituality

Resource: Purification of the Soul (the entire book)

4. Muslim Scholars

Historical:

Hasan al-Basri, Imam Abu Hanifa, Ja’far al-Sadiq, Imam Malik, Imam Shafi’ee, Imam Ibn Hanbal, Imam Bukhari, Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Ibn Taimiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Rajab, Al-Zamakhshary, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, al-Tabari, al-Razi, ibn-Kathir, al-Shawkani, Hasan al-Banna, Sayed Jamaluddin Al-Afghani, Mohammad Abduh

Contemporary:

Muslim World: Nasiruddin al-Albani, Dr. Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, Mufti Ali Gomaa, Dr. Abdullah bin Bayyah, Mufti Taqi Usmani, Aaidh Al-Qarni, Amr Khalid, Tariq Suwaidan, Habib Ali al-Jifry, Dr. Zakir Naik, Sh. Mutawally Al-Sha’rawi, Sh. Muhammad al-Ghazali

America/Europe:

Dr. Tariq Ramadan, Sh. Hamza Yusuf, Imam Siraj Wahhaj, Dr. Jamal Badawi, Sh. Yasir Qadhi, Nouman Ali Khan, Imam Suhaib Webb, Mufti Mustafa Cerić, Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Dr. Zainab al-Alwani, Dr. Fatimah Jackson, Dr. Sherman Jackson, Imam Mohamed Magid, Mufti Mohammad Al-Hanooti

Resource Links: Scholars Wiki

5. Muslims and Science

Questions will be from these topics only: Muslims & Science Topics

Resource: Download here or click here to visit the resource online: 1001 Inventions

6. Muslims in the West

History of Muslims in America: Early History, 1700′s, 1800′s, 1900′s - Resource: History of Muslims in America

Muslim America: American Muslims

American Muslims against Terrorism & Extremism – Resource: Anti-Terror Fatwa

Know Islamophobia – Resouce: Islamophobia

History of Muslims in Europe - Resource: Europe and Islam

7. Muslim Heroes

Selected 50 Heroes. For details click here. Resource: MuslimHeroes.org

8. Current Affairs

Resource: News media, national and international news – questions will cover the period from October 2012 to present.