What are the reliable, concise books of Islamic jurisprudence that a person can study at home?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. He asks: What are the concise books of Islamic jurisprudence that a person can study, review, and revise at home? We want you to tell us about the reliable books in which the scholars have sought precision and correctness. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
The books, praise be to Allah, of concise, intermediate, and lengthy jurisprudence are numerous. And we have, praise be to Allah, a vast wealth of Islamic jurisprudence derived from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). This varies according to the four schools of jurisprudence. Each school has its concise books. The Hanafi school has concise books, the Maliki school has concise books, the Shafi'i school has concise books, and the Hanbali school has concise books. So you choose a concise book from the concise books of each school. If you limit yourself to one school and study a concise book in it, then progress to its intermediate and lengthy books, that is a good thing and is most appropriate for a person. That is, he learns according to one school in the beginning, because this is easier for him. Then, when his scientific strength and understanding grow, he looks into the other schools and acts according to what is stronger by evidence among the four schools. He acts upon and issues rulings based on what is established by evidence. But as we mentioned, he learns according to one of them to serve as a ladder by which he ascends to the various sciences. This is the method. However, the focus is not on the book alone. A knowledgeable teacher is necessary for the beginner to learn from these concise books. A jurist teacher is necessary for him to learn from, or to learn this concise book from, who explains it to him, elaborates on it, develops his scientific aptitude, and holds him to the rules and principles by which he proceeds in his learning and in developing his knowledge. So a teacher is necessary; the book alone is not sufficient. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Would you please name some of the books as Shaykh Salim requested?
The Shaykh:
For example, in the Hanbali school, there is the text al-Dalil by Shaykh Muray'i, and better and broader than it is the text al-Zad, al-Zad al-Mustaqni', which is an abridgment of al-Muqni'. And in the other schools, there are concise books, there are concise books by which the student of knowledge progresses. There is Khalil's concise book among the Malikis, Abu Shuja's text among the Shafi'is, and al-Quduri's text
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. He asks: What are the concise books of Islamic jurisprudence that a person can study, review, and revise at home? We want you to tell us about the reliable books in which the scholars have sought precision and correctness. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
The books, praise be to Allah, of concise, intermediate, and lengthy jurisprudence are numerous. And we have, praise be to Allah, a vast wealth of Islamic jurisprudence derived from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). This varies according to the four schools of jurisprudence. Each school has its concise books. The Hanafi school has concise books, the Maliki school has concise books, the Shafi'i school has concise books, and the Hanbali school has concise books. So you choose a concise book from the concise books of each school. If you limit yourself to one school and study a concise book in it, then progress to its intermediate and lengthy books, that is a good thing and is most appropriate for a person. That is, he learns according to one school in the beginning, because this is easier for him. Then, when his scientific strength and understanding grow, he looks into the other schools and acts according to what is stronger by evidence among the four schools. He acts upon and issues rulings based on what is established by evidence. But as we mentioned, he learns according to one of them to serve as a ladder by which he ascends to the various sciences. This is the method. However, the focus is not on the book alone. A knowledgeable teacher is necessary for the beginner to learn from these concise books. A jurist teacher is necessary for him to learn from, or to learn this concise book from, who explains it to him, elaborates on it, develops his scientific aptitude, and holds him to the rules and principles by which he proceeds in his learning and in developing his knowledge. So a teacher is necessary; the book alone is not sufficient. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Would you please name some of the books as Shaykh Salim requested?
The Shaykh:
For example, in the Hanbali school, there is the text al-Dalil by Shaykh Muray'i, and better and broader than it is the text al-Zad, al-Zad al-Mustaqni', which is an abridgment of al-Muqni'. And in the other schools, there are concise books, there are concise books by which the student of knowledge progresses. There is Khalil's concise book among the Malikis, Abu Shuja's text among the Shafi'is, and al-Quduri's text
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما هي كتب الفقه الإسلامي الموثوقة المختصرة التي يمكن أن يدرسها الإنسان في بيته؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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