The commandments and obligations from Al-Rawd Al-Murabbi

The Sheikh, the scholar Mansour Al-Buhuti, verification by Dr. Nizar Al-Hamdani Introduction In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate Praise be to Allah, to whom belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth, and to Him is the judgment, and to Him is the return. And the best prayers and the most complete peace upon the one who conveyed the message of Allah, His law, the guiding bearer of good news, and the illuminating lamp: our Prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Qurashi Al-Hashimi, and upon his family and companions, the imams of guidance, the callers to goodness, the messengers, from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, his guidance and his legislation, and their followers in righteousness until the Day of Judgment. And after: Indeed, knowledge of wills and inheritance obligations is among the sciences that distinguished Islamic law in a detailed and precise manner in the books of the jurists. And indeed, the accuracy of calculation and justice in the distribution of inheritances in Islam are clear evidence and shining proofs of the truthfulness of the noble Prophet Muhammad’s message, and that falsehood cannot come to it from before or behind, a revelation from a Wise, Praiseworthy. And indeed, the book "Al-Rawd Al-Murabbi" — in which Sheikh, the scholar Mansour bin Younes Al-Buhuti, who passed away in the year 1051 AH, explained the book "Zad Al-Mustaqni'" by the scholar, the noble Sharaf Al-Din Abu Naja Musa bin Ahmad Al-Hajawi, who died in the year 968 AH — summarized the book "Al-Muqni'" by Imam Al-Jihbidi Muwafaq Al-Din Abu Muhammad Abdul Qudama Al-Maqdisi, who died on Eid Al-Fitr of the year 620 AH — a well-structured book, concise in expression, based on its original (Al-Muqni'), and is the preferred opinion in the school of the great Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Al-Shaybani, who died in the year 241 AH. And I have directed half of his wills and inheritance obligations, verifying their texts, employing modern punctuation marks to detail their expressions and clarify their relationships, so they came out as explanations and clarifications of the texts. With praise, then I have attached annotations to its phrases that I found important for the reader, including clarification, illustration, hadith derivation, introduction of scholars, and verse numbering. I benefited from various sources, especially the valuable marginal notes authored by the eminent Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad bin Qasim Al-Asimi Al-Najdi, who died in 1392 AH, may Allah have mercy on him. And in deriving the hadith — mostly — from "Irwa Al-Ghalil" in the explanation of "Manar Al-Sabeel" for the Muhaddith Sheikh Muhammad Nasser Al-Din Al-Albani; and in linguistic meanings — mostly — from "Al-Misbah Al-Muneer" by Al-Fayoumi; and in biographical references of the chain of narrators — mostly — from "Kholasat Tadhih Al-Tahdhib" by Hafiz Saffi Al-Din Al-Khazaraji; and in verifying the integrity of the text — when in doubt due to ambiguity or similar — to "Mathn Zaid Al-Mustaqni'" which was verified by Sheikh Ali Al-Hindi Al-Makki, may Allah have mercy on him; and to "Kashaf Al-Qina'" by Al-Buhuti, explaining the text of "Al-Iqna'" by Al-Hijjawi — based on the correctness of the meaning and its connection, which are branches of the correctness of grammar and its soundness. In summary, I relied — in confirming and adopting the text — on a valuable handwritten copy from the treasures of the library of Umm Al-Qura University, Central, in Mecca, which was graciously provided to me in a photo by my distinguished student Sheikh Shami Al-Ajiyan, a teacher in the Department of Sharia at the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Umm Al-Qura University. Among the features of this copy: that Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Nasser bin Bashar (1) I have not found a biography for him, except that his statement — written on the title page of the manuscript — is: