Books Recommended for Acquisition

Question:
This questioner, Awadh Ahmad al-Qarni, inquires and says: Your Eminence, what are the best books you advise us to acquire regarding the stories of the prophets and the lives of the Companions?

Answer:
There are many books, but among the best books to acquire are Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Tafsir Ibn Jarir, Tafsir al-Baghawi, and al-Shawkani; these are all useful and beneficial books.
And in hadith: the two Sahihs, Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, Muntakha al-Akhbar, Bulugh al-Maram, 'Umdat al-Hadith, Jami' al-'Ulum wa al-Hukm by Ibn Rajab; these are useful books. Fath al-Majid fi al-'Aqidah by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan, Kitab al-Tawhid by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), Kashf al-Shubuhat by Shaykh Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him), the Three Fundamental Principles and the Conditions of Prayer, and al-Qawa'id al-Arba' by Shaykh Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him), a small but very useful book, and al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib by al-Hafiz al-Mundhiri, and Riyad al-Salihin by al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him); these are useful books. Al-Takhwif min al-Nar by al-Hafiz Ibn Rajab, and Ahwal al-Qubur by al-Hafiz Ibn Rajab, which contains sermons and reminders. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you and bless you.