6/22/2023 0 Comments Umm zakiyyah booksNow doubting his engagement to his childhood friend, Sharif is confounded by questions of marriage and how he should practice the Islamic faith. After his six-year study abroad, Sharif returns to America changed in ways he cannot fully comprehend. Haunted by the sudden death of his father who would have wanted this opportunity for his son, Sharif reluctantly agrees to the proposition and to assuming the position as imam over the small suburban Maryland masjid where his father once held the same post. Sharif, the main character of this novel, after completing his undergraduate studies in America, is asked by family and friends to leave the comfort of the land he has known since childhood to study at a prestigious Islamic university in Riyadh. In this novel that spans the Atlantic, from Saudi Arabia to America, internationally acclaimed author of the If I Should Speak trilogy and the novel Realities of Submission shares with readers a heart-moving tale of faith, betrayal, and affection.
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