The way of the Muslim by Sheikh Abû Bakr Al-Jazâ`irî

"Minhâj" Al-Muslim" (The way of the Muslim) consists of five parts, each consisting of several chapters. The first is devoted to faith, the second to behavior, the third to ethics, the fourth to religious practices. and the fifth to social relations, thus encompassing the foundations and branches of the Muslim religion.

Describing the method he followed in composing his book, Sheikh Abû Bakr AL-Jazâ`iri - may God have mercy on him - said: "I have followed, with the assistance of God, the right path. Thus without the chapters relating to dogma, I have not deviated from the precepts of the Ancients which have the unanimous probation of the Community.

Whoever adheres to this dogma is sure to obtain salvation, because it is the dogma to which the Prophet (sws) adhered, as well as his Companions and their successors. This dogma is also in line with the primordial nature and the pure religion brought by all the Prophets and for which the books have been revealed.

"In the part reserved for jurisprudence b-religious practices and social relations-, I have done my best to seek the fairest and most valid opinion in the works of the illustrious imams (Abû Hanîfa, Mâlik, Ash- Shâfi`î and Ahmad; God have mercy on them) whenever it was a question that was not based on an explicit text or on a manifest argument in the Book of God and in the Sunnah of His Envoy.

Thus, any Muslim who follows the teachings set forth in this book is, without a doubt, sure of conforming to divine law. My purpose is to unite in a single way, our brothers so that they constitute a unity where their ideas agree, their souls commune, and their feelings interact.