Evaluation of the book *Minhaj al-Qasidin* and its abridgment, and whether they suffice in place of the book *Ihya 'Ulum al-Din*

The questioner:
What about *Minhaj al-Qasidin* and its abridgment? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh:
*Minhaj al-Qasidin* by Imam Ibn al-Jawzi. Yes. He composed it to suffice in place of *Ihya 'Ulum al-Din*. Because Ibn al-Jawzi criticized the book *Ihya 'Ulum al-Din*, he composed this book to replace it. Fine. Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi abridged it in his book, in his book *al-Mukhtasar*. Yes. Approximately, for him, and in order to benefit people with its benefit and essence without lengthening it, so there is no harm with it in general. It is a good book, there is no harm with it in general, neither the original nor the abridgment, yes.

The questioner:
He only intended to make people dispense with *Ihya*.

The Shaykh:
This was the intention of Imam Ibn al-Jawzi.

The questioner:
We seek help from Allah.

The Shaykh:
As he mentioned in its introduction.

The questioner:
We seek help from Allah.