Azhari Ahmad Mahmoud

Tariquk ila al-Dua al-Mustajab (Your Path to Answered Supplication) is a devotional treatise dedicated to the Islamic practice of supplication (du'a). It details the theological reality of prayer, its necessary conditions, proper etiquettes, impediments to acceptance, auspicious timings, and the spiritual prerequisites required for divine response.

Ghayth al-Qulub: Dhikr Allah Ta'ala (The Rain of Hearts: The Remembrance of God Almighty) is an Islamic devotional treatise focused on the spiritual virtues, significance, and practical methods of remembering God (dhikr).

Akhi Kayfa Haluka ma al-Quran (Brother, How Is Your State with the Quran?) is an Islamic spiritual and hortatory treatise dedicated to examining a Muslim's personal relationship with the Quran and encouraging regular recitation, contemplation, and adherence to its teachings.

Risala Ajila ila al-Ukht al-Muslima (An Urgent Letter to the Muslim Sister) is an Islamic advisory treatise designed to offer moral and religious guidance to Muslim women. The work addresses their status and obligations in Islam, advocating piety, domestic responsibilities, and the observance of the Islamic veil (hijab), while warning against Westernized notions of women's liberation, free mixing, and the public display of adornment.

Durrat al-Qulub: al-Ikhlas is a spiritual and exhortative treatise centered on cultivating sincerity of intention (ikhlas) and highlighting the perils of ostentation (riya').

Dawa al-Qulub wa Saratan al-Dhunub: al-Tawba (The Remedy of Hearts and the Cancer of Sins: Repentance) is an Islamic devotional treatise dedicated to the spiritual perils of disobedience and the role of sincere repentance (tawba) as a remedy for the soul.

Hal Anta min al-Musari'in ila al-Khayrat (Are You Among Those Who Hasten to Good Deeds?) is a short hortatory Islamic treatise dedicated to encouraging believers to expedite righteous actions, practice self-reckoning, and overcome procrastination in religious devotion.

Tiryaq al-Ahzan wa Rahat al-Abdan: al-Sabr (The Antidote of Sorrows and Comfort of Bodies: Patience) is an Islamic spiritual and moral treatise. It focuses on the virtue of patience (al-sabr) and its significance in overcoming personal grief, trials, and tribulation, offering direct guidance to provide endurance and solace.

al-Tawba al-Tawba qabl al-Hasarat (Repentance, Repentance Before Regrets) is an Islamic devotional treatise on repentance. Written as an exhortation to Muslims, it addresses the spiritual necessity of immediate repentance, warns against procrastination, and outlines the conditions, virtues, and practical steps required to attain sincere repentance.

Hal Anta min Ahl al-Ghafla (Are You Among the People of Heedlessness?) is an Islamic spiritual and moral treatise written as part of the self-examination series (Silsilat al-Muhasaba) to warn Muslims against spiritual heedlessness (ghafla) and urge constant self-reckoning.

This Islamic admonitory treatise on the Hereafter belongs to the genre of homiletic and spiritual literature (al-raqa'iq wa-al-mawa'iz). Written in an exhortative style, it focuses on the vivid description of Hellfire (Jahannam) and the severity of divine punishment in the afterlife. Drawing upon Quranic verses, prophetic traditions, and early narrations, the work aims to awaken spiritual consciousness, warn against sins and worldly complacency, and urge immediate repentance and righteous deeds before death.

This treatise of spiritual admonition and counsel (wa'z) calls upon the transgressor to turn away from disobedience and embrace obedience to God. Opening with a parable comparing the sinner's choices to a traveler who reaches for painful thorns instead of fragrant flowers, the work explores themes such as the role of the intellect in restraining desires, the light of obedience versus the bitterness of sin, and the necessity of internal self-struggle against worldly passions.

This Islamic hortatory treatise focuses on the concept of asceticism (zuhd), the transience of worldly life, and the spiritual cultivation needed to detach from worldly desires. It addresses the soul's tendency toward fleeting attachments, compiles definitions of zuhd from early scholars and spiritual authorities, and incorporates Quranic passages and prophetic traditions to illustrate the insignificance of the world compared to the eternal life of the Hereafter.

This Islamic treatise is dedicated to the religious etiquette, supplications, and guidance concerning travel (adab al-safar). It compiles normative practices and instructions for travelers, addressing spiritual preparation before departure, prescribed prayers for various stages of a journey, and general moral conduct while traveling.

This concise devotional treatise focuses on the Islamic principles, prerequisites, and etiquettes required for having supplications (du'a) answered by God. Addressing the common question of why prayers may seem unanswered despite divine promises, the work uses practical reflections to outline necessary inner states, propitious times and places, virtuous deeds, and the role of sincere repentance in seeking divine response.

Tadhakkur Riqabat Allah Taala (Remembering the Watchfulness of God the Exalted) is an Arabic spiritual admonition treatise focusing on the concept of divine watchfulness (muraqaba) and encouraging repentance.

Ihzar Aqibat al-Dhunub (Beware the Consequence of Sins) is a contemporary Islamic admonitory treatise centered on spiritual rectification, moral exhortation, and ethical revival. It warns believers against the spiritual and worldly perils of persisting in disobedience, emphasizing the grave outcomes that transgressions inflict upon the soul, heart, and faith.

La Yakhdaannaka al-Shaytan (Do Not Let Satan Deceive You) is an Arabic Islamic admonitory treatise dedicated to warning Muslims against the deception, subtle plots, and whispering of Satan. Written in a direct, accessible advisory style, it directs the reader toward spiritual vigilance, steadfastness in worship, and the avoidance of transgressions and doubts.

Ihzar Su al-Khatima (Beware of an Evil End) is a short hortatory Islamic treatise focusing on the danger of meeting death in a state of sin or disbelief (su' al-khatima) and urging prompt repentance and spiritual vigilance.

Hadhihi Hiya al-Salat (This is the Prayer) is an instructional religious booklet dedicated to clarifying the essential nature, significance, and proper performance of the Islamic ritual prayer (salat). Composed in a didactic style, it offers practical counsel and exhortation supported by textual proofs from the Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah to encourage attentive worship.

This ethical and spiritual treatise focuses on the Islamic virtue of scrupulous piety and religious caution (wara'). Presented in an accessible, exhortatory format, the work explores the practice of refraining from prohibitions, abstaining from doubtful matters, and exercising self-restraint to preserve religious integrity. It draws on evidence from the Quran, the Sunnah, and traditions of early Muslim figures to encourage God-consciousness and moral vigilance in daily conduct.

This exhortatory treatise addresses Muslims who live near mosques regarding the obligation, virtues, and spiritual necessity of attending congregational prayers in the mosque. Drawing on scriptural evidence, Companion traditions, classical legal reasoning, and contemporary fatwas, the work defines the neighbor of the mosque as anyone within earshot of the call to prayer and serves as an urgent reminder against neglecting communal worship.

This short ethical and exhortative treatise focuses on spiritual purification, self-discipline, and warning against subjugation to worldly cravings and the passions of the lower soul (nafs). Structured as a direct call to break free from physical desires, the work contrasts human intellect with base impulses, defines genuine internal struggle and asceticism, and emphasizes finding true freedom through the worship of God.

This devotional and admonitory treatise focuses on spiritual preparation for death and attaining a righteous conclusion to one's life (husn al-khatima). Written in an accessible, hortatory style typical of heart-softening literature, the work centers on the theological and ethical imperatives needed to secure salvation, emphasizing constant remembrance of mortality, immediate repentance from sin, and steadfastness in worship.

This devotional treatise focuses on the concept of gratitude (shukr) in Islam, calling on believers to recognize and appreciate divine favors. Structured as an exhortation to self-examination, the work examines both material provisions and spiritual gifts such as faith and guidance. Blending Quranic verses, prophetic traditions, and early Islamic narrations, it explores the spiritual dimensions of thankfulness and its enactment through righteous conduct.

Risala Ajila ila al-Shabab al-Muslim (An Urgent Message to Muslim Youth) is an Islamic advisory treatise offering moral admonition, spiritual direction, and practical counsel to young Muslims.

Hal Jahadta Nafsaka (Have You Striven Against Your Soul?) is a short Islamic spiritual treatise, part of a self-accounting series (Silsilat al-Muhasaba), examining the obligation and practical methods of striving against the lower self (jihad al-nafs).

Manazil al-Surur wa Dar al-Hubur al-Janna (The Abodes of Joy and the Home of Bliss: Paradise) is an Islamic devotional treatise on the descriptions of Paradise and the eternal delight prepared for believers.

Ayn Takun Idha Nudi lil-Salah (Where Are You When the Call to Prayer is Made?) is a short devotional and exhortatory treatise focused on the obligation and spiritual importance of answering the call to prayer (adhan) and attending congregational prayer (salat al-jama'ah) in the mosque.

al-Zahr al-Fayyah Qut al-Qulub wa Ghidha al-Arwah Mahabbat Allah Jalla wa Izz wa Alamatuha (The Fragrant Blossom: Nourishment of Hearts and Food of Souls — Love of Allah, Exalted and Mighty, and Its Signs) is a spiritual treatise on the nature of divine love, its practical signs, and the means to attain it.

Hal Tafaqadta Qalbuk (Have You Examined Your Heart?) is an Islamic spiritual treatise focused on self-examination (muhasabah), the spiritual rectitude of the heart, and guarding against spiritual ailments. The work frames the heart as the fundamental vessel determining an individual's moral and spiritual state, presenting a call to candid introspection on various spiritual states, virtues, and perils.

Hal Anta min al-Mutawakkilin ala Allah Taala (Are You Among Those Who Rely upon God Almighty?) is an Islamic exhortative treatise focusing on the reality, spiritual station, and practice of relying upon God (tawakkul). Framed as a personal spiritual self-examination, it calls on the reader to reflect on whether they genuinely depend on God in daily matters or rely on worldly causes and created beings.

Madha Adadta lil-Mawt (What Have You Prepared for Death?) is a short Islamic hortatory treatise belonging to the genre of spiritual admonition and heart-softening literature (raqa'iq). Written as an urgent moral reminder, it calls on readers to reflect upon mortality, overcome spiritual negligence, and earnestly prepare for death and the afterlife.

Hal Anta Min al-Muraqibin Lillah Taala (Are You Among Those Who Maintain Vigilance Before Allah Almighty?) is a devotional and hortatory Islamic treatise published as part of the Self-Reckoning Series (Silsilat al-Muhasaba). It focuses on spiritual vigilance (muraqaba) and moral accountability, urging regular introspection regarding awareness of God's omnipresent sight and knowledge.

Ihthar Ittiba al-Hawa (Beware of Following Passion) is an Arabic hortatory treatise written to caution against succumbing to base desires (al-hawa) and to encourage spiritual self-discipline (mujahadat al-nafs). It examines the inclinations of the soul, warning against the inner enslavement of unchecked desires while highlighting the strength and spiritual rewards of resisting them.