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In this short treatise, the great scholar Ahmad Shakir vigorously defends one of the most maligned and misunderstood matters in the religion of Islam: plural marriage.

At the behest of his teacher and some of the rulers of Saudi Arabia, al-Shaykh 'Abd Allah al-Qar'awi penned the story of his life and work. His memoirs, which were originally published in al-Manhal magazine, cover his family lineage, his birth, his upbringing, his education, his travels, his travails, and his tireless efforts to spread tawhid and uproot shirk and heresies in Southern Saudi Arabia and Northern Yemen. This work is a testimony to Shaykh al-Qar'awi's patience, resolve, and adherence to the methodology of the Prophets and Messengers.

Before the listener is a collection of 40 authentic Prophetic traditions concerning the fast of Ramadan, with brief commentary from the noble scholars of Islam. This is in keeping with the longstanding tradition of the muhaddithun collecting 40 hadiths from the Messenger of Allah on various subjects.

Khul’a is the way a woman can divorce her husband in Islam, and mahr is the Arabic word for dowry, but the khul’a involves more than the woman giving back the dowry. Knowledge of the other essential details of the khul’a is paramount to understanding the wisdom in this lawful procedure prescribed in Islam.