The Path of the Seekers and Clarification of Jurisprudence in Religion Cover

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Presentation of the noble scholar: Sheikh Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz bin Aqeel, former head of the Permanent Committee at the Supreme Judicial Council. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all worlds, and blessings and peace be upon His trustworthy servant and Messenger, who said: "Whoever Allah wishes good for, He grants him understanding in religion." And upon his family and companions, the noble and righteous. Afterward, our scholar, the distinguished Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Nasser Al-Saadi, whom Allah granted understanding in religion, so that it became his primary concern most of his time—learning, teaching, studying, instructing, and authoring—one of his most important writings in jurisprudence is the book: "The Method of the Seekers and Clarification of Fiqh in Religion." This book is concise in wording but comprehensive in meaning. He paid attention to it before authoring it, cared for it during its composition, and admired it after completing it. He used to praise it to his students, encouraging them to study, memorize, learn, and teach it. He wrote to me about it in a letter dated 13 Muharram 1360 AH, which he sent to me in Abha when I was a judge there, saying: "We summarized it so that it became shorter than all the summaries you know, such as: Al-Muqqas, Al-‘Umdah, and the briefest summaries—all of which are larger than it. It is concise in what is necessary for each chapter, and at the same time, it is clear and contains evidence." ...etc. End quote. From the beneficial answers, pages 90-91. Among its virtues is that it limited itself to issues that frequently occur and that people need. It also pays attention to evidence without lengthy elaboration; sometimes, the issue is simply the text of the hadith related to it, which serves as both the proof and the evidence. Overall, the core of the book is more effective than its appearance. The book has been printed several times, but each copy contains errors, omissions, and rearrangements. Therefore, the ambition of the teacher: Muhammad bin Abdul Aziz Al-Khudairi, a lecturer at the College of Teachers in Riyadh, Department of Quranic Studies, was to care for it, print it, and publish it after comparing it with two handwritten copies—one of which was a photocopy of the author's handwriting. This edition is from the most authentic copies of this book, with high-quality printing, paper, and binding, decorated with punctuation marks, pauses, beginnings and ends, divisions, attribution of Quranic verses, referencing of prophetic hadiths, explanation of some obscure words, and their diacritical marks. It also numbers its issues, with each issue starting at the beginning of a new line for clarity and ease of reference. Its numbered issues total 679, and it includes the preferences of our Sheikh from his other writings, whether additional, clarifying, or correcting. This service benefits the book, its author, and its readers, and thus deserves reward and recompense, both immediate and delayed, God willing. In the hadith: "Indeed, Allah enters three people into Paradise with one arrow: its maker, the one who shoots it, and the one who gives it to him." (Reported by Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, and others). Therefore, I advise my brothers and my student children to pay attention to it, memorize it by heart, because it is considered the essence of the essence. And Allah grants success. And blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and companions. This was said by: the poor servant of Allah, Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz bin Aqeel, former head of the Permanent Committee at the Supreme Judicial Council.