This is a book I avoided reading for about two years. I got it free when I was in KSA for the Hajj, but dropped it and avoided it after reading a few pages. Early this year when pilgrims returned, my father-in-law gave me the latest edition of the book. In this edition Mr Ahmed wrote a nice introduction to the book which essentially situated it and narrated its genesis. The contents of this page made it more interesting to me and I did not drop the book till the last page.Needless to say I enjoyed the book thoroughly. It is simply a collection of essays on various aspects of muslim life complete with suras from the qur'an and authentic Hadiths to back them.
According to the author its a collection of sermons that he delivered on Fridays and on occasions when he migrated to the USA. It would appear that Mr Ahmed had religious leadership thrusted onto him and in his quest to perform, read widely and developed those essays. The beuaty of these essays lies more when one is faced with a situation and is at a loss how to handle it. For example the essay on marriage came in handy to me recently when a niece got married. All I did was to check up the book and see what Imtiaz Ahmed said.
I recommend this book to all muslims, young and old.
The author has other books to his credit which can be read or downloaded for his web site here.
