Publications

Books

The Oasis Initiative serves as the custodian of several highly acclaimed and influential written works, including monographs, academic publications, and books written for the general public.

Our resident scholar and network of scholars have published a number of books.


Book cover titled 'The Devotion of Imam Al-Nawawi' with a decorative blue and gold Islamic pattern.

The Devotion of Imam al-Nawawi 2020

A new translation of the famous sequence of dhikr attributed to Imam al-Nawawi, with a biography of the Imam, introduction and commentary.

Book cover with a maroon background, titled "Malik and Medina: Islamic Legal Reasoning in the Formative Period" by Umar F. Abd-Allah Wymann-Landgraf, featuring a sketch of a mosque with a large dome and minarets.

Malik and Medina.
2013

A study of the legal reasoning of Imam Malik Ibn Anas, founder of the Maliki maddhab, and its similarities to and differences from the other Sunni schools of law.

Book cover titled 'A Muslim in Victorian America: The Life of Alexander Russell Webb' by Umar F. Abd-Allah, featuring a sepia-toned portrait of Alexander Russell Webb in Victorian attire.

A Muslim in Victorian America: The Life of Alexander Russell Webb. 2006

A biography of an early American Muslim convert, whose life provides a unique window on the history of the United State through the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.