Section 1: Necessary Beginners Knowledge
“…without which living a life like a true Muslim is not possible.”
- Hayat al-Muslimin (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali Thanvi rahimahullah)
[Website: English PDF English | Urdu] - Furu` al-Iman (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali Thanvi rahimahullah)
[ PDF English | Urdu ] - Ta`lim al-Din (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali Thanvi rahimahullah)
[PDF English | Urdu] - Behishti Gohar [for men] (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali Thanvi rahimahullah)
[PDF English | Urdu] - Behishti Zewar [for women] (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali Thanvi rahimahullah)
[Website English | PDF English | Urdu ] - Jaza’ al-A`maal (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali Thanvi rahimahullah)
[PDF English | Urdu] - Sirat Khatim al-Anbiya’ (Mufti Shafi`Uthmani Rahimahullah)
[PDF English | Urdu] - Hakayat Sahaba (Mawlana Zakariyya Kandihlawi rahimahullah)
[PDF English | Urdu] - Tarikh Islam (Mawlana Muhammad Mian rahimahullah)
[PDF English | Urdu] - Usway Rasule Akram (Mawlana `Abd al-Hayy Lakhnawi rahimahullah)
[PDF English | Urdu]
Section 2: Broadening the Core
“…by which such vastness and firmness is produced in religious aspects that a person will not be misguided by those who misguide.”
- Ma`arif al-Quran (Mufti Shafi`) [Website English PDF English | Urdu]
- or Tafsir Usmani (Mawlana Shabbir Ahmed) [PDF English | Urdu]
- Ma`arif al-Hadith (Mawlana Manzur Nu`mani) [PDF English V1, V2, V3, V4 | Urdu V1, V2, V3-4, V5-6-7, V8]
- Behishti Zewar ke Masa’il (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali) [PDF English | Urdu]
- `Ilm al-Fiqah (Mawlana `Abd al-Shakkur Lakhnawi) [PDF English | Urdu]
- Aqa’id al-Islam (Mawlana Idris Kandihlawi) [PDF English | Urdu]
- Shari`at wa Tariqat (Mawlana Ashraf `Ali) [PDF English | Urdu]
(Fatawa Usmani, pg. 181-182 ed. Maktaba Ma`arif al-Quran: 2005) Originally posted by Mufti Bilal Ali Ansari Saheb on his blog. Links to the books have been added thereafter including minor editing.