All candidates who wish to sit for any of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB Unified Tertiary Examination, UTME for Islamic Studies are required to get hold of the text-books listed below:
The books outlined below are the recommended texts for JAMB UTME Examination as it contains Topics where the board are likely to set their examination questions from.
JAMB List of Recommended Textbooks for Islamic Studies (Official)
- Abdul, M.O.A. (1976) Studies in Islam Series Book 3, Lagos: IPB
- Abdul, M.O.A. (1982) Studies in Islam Series Book 2, Lagos: IPB
- Abdul, M.O.A. (1988)The Classical Caliphate, Lagos: IPB
- Abdulrahman and Canham (n.d) The Ink of the Scholar, CUP
- Ali, A.Y. (1975), The Holy Qur’an Text: Translation and Commentary Leicester The Islamic Foundation
- Ali, M.M. (Undated) The Religion of Islam, Lahore
- Doi, A. R. I (1997) Shariah: The Islamic Law; Kuala Lumpur: Noordeen
- Hay Kal, M. (1982) The Life of Muhammad (SAW), Academic Press
- Lemu, A. (1992) Methodology of Primary Islamic Studies, Lagos: IPB
- Lemu, A. (1993) Islamic Studies for SSS Books 1, Lagos: IPB
- Lemu, A. (1993) Islamic Studies for SSS Books, Minna: IET
- Muhammad, S. Q. (2010) al-Burhanu fi tajwidil Qur’an Cairo: Shirkatul-Qudus
- Opeloye, M.O. (1996) A Dictionary of Peoples and Places in the Qur’an, Lagos: Academic Press
- Philips, A. A. B. (1997) Usool at-Tafseer, Kuala Lumpur: Noordeen
- Quadri, Y.A. et al (1990) Al-Iziyyah for the English Audience, Ijebu Ode: Shebiotio Publication
- Rahim, A. (1992) Islamic History, Lagos: IPB
- Sambo, M.B. et. Al (1984) Islamic Religious Knowledge for WASC Book 1, Lagos: IPB
- Sambo, M.B. et. Al (1984) Islamic Religious Knowledge for WASC Book 3, Lagos: IPB
- Trimingham, J.S. (1993) A History of Islam in West Africa, Oxford, OUP