After having made an overall study of the four Sunni schools of law in a previous book, it seemed appropriate to us to give details, in an independent presentation, of only one of these four schools of law. The advisability of such a study is due to the logical necessity, for the student and the novice, to learn and practice a single rite, in addition to the pedagogical interest that there is, for the teacher and the qualified imam. , to give a coherent image of Islamic law and avoid, at least initially, the apparent contradictions between the different legal opinions present.

Our choice ultimately fell on Malikite law. Not that we give absolute preference to this rite by discarding the three others, but we simply note that it has the advantage of being more widely represented in France.

This book is a brief account of the religious practices of Islam (ibâdât) which are prayer, fasting, legal almsgiving and pilgrimage. Its primary objective is to meet the pedagogical requirements of a popularization book. In this sense, it was designed as a convenient manual that presents in a practical and manageable format, the essential notions of these four "pillars of Islam." »