Qurbani: Love, Sacrifice, and Submission: The Worship Service of Khayr al-Ummah

What does it mean to belong to Khayr al-Ummah - the best of nations described in Surah Ali Imran (3:110)?For Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Hossain, the answer is found in qurbani. Not the qurbani of the marketplace, but the qurbani of Ibrahim (a.s.) - the qurbani of muhabbat, fida, taslim: love, sacrifice, and submission.In this carefully crafted volume, the author - a physician and an authorized spiritual guide in the classical tradition - brings together two worlds that rarely meet. The precision of the clinic and the depth of knowledge. The Qur'an and the contemporary crisis. The classical fiqh of udhiyah and the modern fitna of so-called animal rights. The blood of Ismail (a.s.) and the leather industry of today.The result is a book unlike any in contemporary Islamic literature - a work that holds qurbani's spiritual essence, social weight, and political reality together in one frame.Whether you are a young Muslim wrestling with the question "why do we still do this?", a parent looking to teach your children, or a seasoned reader of Islamic literature, this book offers something rare: a qurbani that is alive, urgent, and rooted in the path of the Akabir.Read it before Eid al-Adha. Return to it after.