The closest ways to reach the principles of jurisprudence

The author in brief is Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Jadawi, one of the students of Sheikh Imam Muhammad Abduh, who obtained an Azhar certificate in the year 1322 AH - 1904 AD, and worked as a Sharia teacher at the University of Khartoum in Sudan. He issued two books, the first of which is this book, titled: "The Closest Ways to Reach the Principles of Usul Science," which he wrote when he was appointed as a teacher of Islamic Sharia at the University of Khartoum in Sudanese lands. He saw the difficulty of the books of Usul that were available to students at that time, so he summarized for them the most important issues, lesson after lesson, until he completed it at the end of the academic year. His author described it as: "A small-sized book, full of knowledge, easy to phrase, clear in indication, beneficial for beginners through practice, and memorable for the advanced through reading. It contains issues of Usul that meet the need, and a student of knowledge cannot do without studying it." The book was first published by Kurdistan Scientific Printing House in Cairo in 1326 AH - 1908 AD, and it reached 176 pages, excluding the book's index, which was in six separate pages. The book was then reprinted three years later, so our current edition comes more than a hundred years after the last edition. As for the second book by the author, it is titled: "A Summary in the Science of Inheritance," published by Al-Wa'iz Printing House in Egypt in 1327 AH - 1909 AD, and it is 79 pages long. After returning from Sudan, he joined the judiciary, and progressed through the judicial ranks until he reached the position of Chief Justice in 1936 AD. He was the head of Tanta's Primary Court and the head of Egypt's Primary Court. Recently, Al-Ahram Egyptian newspaper, quoting one of the author's grandchildren, revealed some of the author's possessions that were found with him after his death and are still preserved, including two letters from the leader of the Egyptian revolution, Ahmad Urabi, a draft marriage contract of King Farouk, a letter from President Mohamed Naguib, and he also kept the two Azhar certificates he obtained, one in Islamic sciences and the other in mathematics and algebra.