Breviary (of jurisprudence) for the use of students (in religious sciences) according to As-Sadi

This book is a breviary of jurisprudence which deals with various subjects, each time providing the necessary justifications. I have chosen to confine myself to the fundamental questions, those which most concern the faithful. I contented myself with the reference text whenever the latter stated an explicit rule, that reference texts are easy to memorize and assimilate by beginners.

Indeed, knowledge consists in knowing the truthful statements Coupled with the evidence that supports them. As for jurisprudence, it can be defined with knowledge of the rules of the Sharia which govern the specific cases, in accordance with the evidence drawn from the Quran and the Sunnah and the correct analogy. I will limit myself here to the proofs recognized by all for the sake of brevity. Whenever I address a subject on which scholars are divided, I will limit myself to exposing the opinion that I find most plausible according to the precepts of Sharia.

The five categories of acts in Islam:

• Compulsory: any act whose performance is rewarded and omission punished.

• The illicit: the opposite of the obligatory.
• The blameworthy: any act whose omission is rewarded without its accomplishment entailing a sanction.
• The recommended: the opposite of the blameworthy
• The permitted act: any act that one can indifferently accomplish or omit.

Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sadi al-Tamimi

(Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن ناصر السعدي)

1889 – 1956

Is a Muslim scholar, jurist, exegete, grammarian and Arab poet. He composed many books about Islam.
He died aged 69 in 1956 from complications of an unidentified illness from which he had suffered for about five years and was buried in the town of Unaizah. The Salat al-Janazah (funeral prayer) took place after the Dhuhr prayer in the great mosque of the city.

List of scholars among whom he studied:

Muhammad Amin ash-Chinqiti
Wadaye Ali Abu Nassir
Uthman ibn Salih al-Qadi
Muhammad ibn Abdul Karim ash-Shibil
List of students he taught:
Muhammad ibn Salih al-'Uthaymin
Abdullah ibn 'abd al-Aziz ibn 'Aqil
Ali ibn Zamal Aslaim
Aludin Kujab Qadas
Ruzbahan Nurbakhsh

Works:

Taysir al-Karim ar-Rahman fi Tafsir al-Qur'an' (His most famous work)
Manhaj al-Salikin (this work)
al-Qawaa'id wal-Usoul al-Jâmi'ah wal-Furuq wat-Taqâsim al-Badi'ah an-Nâfi'ah (Explanation of the principles of the foundations of fiqh)
Hashiyah Fiqhiyyah
Diwan Khutab
al-Qawâ'id al-Hisân
Tanzih ad-Din
Radd ala al-Qasimi
Al-Brânsi Wâghir va-Jinna
Al-Haqq al-Waadhih al-Mubayyin
Bahjatu Qulûb al-Abraar
Ar-Riyadh an-Nadhirah
Al-Durrat al-Fakhira1