Comparing the four fractions with the common calculation
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The questioner:
Yes. In the Shaykh. What is your comment on the statement that the al-Fadaliyyah in the past relied on the four fractions to determine the origin of the issue, but in the present, the least common multiple suffices for the four fractions and is easier to learn and teach?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it suffices for them, but the four fractions are more precise, because if a person knows them, he can solve the problem mentally without a pen and without writing. However, if he gets accustomed to ordinary fractions and the known calculation, he needs a pen and a blackboard, and the one who solves it mentally is faster and better than the one who solves it with a pen. So, knowing the four fractions and knowing the calculation of the fixed shares is better than relying on the rules of modern calculation.
Yes. In the Shaykh. What is your comment on the statement that the al-Fadaliyyah in the past relied on the four fractions to determine the origin of the issue, but in the present, the least common multiple suffices for the four fractions and is easier to learn and teach?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it suffices for them, but the four fractions are more precise, because if a person knows them, he can solve the problem mentally without a pen and without writing. However, if he gets accustomed to ordinary fractions and the known calculation, he needs a pen and a blackboard, and the one who solves it mentally is faster and better than the one who solves it with a pen. So, knowing the four fractions and knowing the calculation of the fixed shares is better than relying on the rules of modern calculation.
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