What is the difference between the book *Taysir al-Aziz al-Hamid* (an explanation of the book *al-Tawhid*) and the book *Fath al-Majid*?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the difference between the book *Taysir al-Aziz al-Hamid* (an explanation of the book *al-Tawhid*) and the book *Fath al-Majid*, and is reading one of them sufficient in place of the other?

Answer:
*Fath al-Majid* is an abridgment, an abridgment of *Taysir*. *Taysir al-Aziz al-Hamid* is by Shaykh Sulayman, and *Fath al-Majid* is by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan, his cousin, who abridged and refined it. It was originally called *al-Tahdhib* because he refined *Taysir al-Aziz al-Hamid*, abridged it, and completed it, because the author did not complete it, as he was killed (may Allah have mercy on him) before he could complete it. Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan completed it, so it is a refinement and an abridgment of it. *Taysir al-Aziz al-Hamid* is broader and more extensive.