The Best Books to Read to the Mosque Congregation in Ramadan

Question:
What are the best books, Shaykh, for a Muslim to recite from, especially in the time of Ramadan, for the mosque congregation?

Answer:
The imam has two situations. If he is among the scholars, he brings a verse or a hadith, then explains it to those present and clarifies the rulings contained in it, especially the verses of fasting and the hadiths of fasting. But if he is not proficient, he reads from the compiled books.
For example, *Mazaniyyat Shahr Ramadan* (The Functions of the Month of Ramadan) by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Qasim. He abridged it from Ibn Rajab's book, *al-Wazifah al-'Ammah* (The General Function). He took what pertains specifically to Ramadan, so this is a good thing and a good summary. The second, and also the second, is a book with a short title called *Mazaniyyat Shahr Ramadan* by Shaykh Sulayman al-'Umrī. This is also a good book, and it is comparable to Ibn al-Qasim's abridgment. If one wants the extended book on the subject, it is *'Iqad al-Lu'lu' wa al-Marjan* (The Stringing of Pearls and Coral) by our Shaykh, Shaykh Ibrahim ibn 'Ubayd al-'Abd al-Muhsin (may Allah have mercy on him). One reads from it, or reads what is in it that benefits the attendees and reminds them. Yes.