Towards the jurists

This book This book contains the articles of Imam Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi (died 790 AH) on the rank of the science of Arabic language within Sharia; from the perspective of clarifying the need for it in the religion, and its influence on understanding the speech of its owner, establishing and deriving rulings from it, and showing its position in the greater Islamic law position of ijtihad, and its penetration into the discussions of the science of Usul, and mentioning some of the legal rulings related to it, and some of the etiquettes observed by those engaged in it and its scholars, and dismissing what might suggest belittling or turning away from it. These articles were hidden within the folds of his books and the books of those who transmitted from him, scattered throughout. And since they, in this state, encompass what is researched in this field, with their thoroughness and precision, and his tendency in handling them towards foundationalization and investigation—as is his custom in his writings—then they truly deserve to be collected and compiled separately, revealing Abu Ishaq’s perspective on this noble subject.