The summary in the debate

The summary in the classification: Abi Ishaq Al-Shirazī Researcher: Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Aroubi Volume 884 pages, paper Shammah This is the book of the leading Shafi'i scholar of his time, the diligent, pious, ascetic scholar, the pillar of the Shafi'i school in jurisprudence, debate, and fundamentals. His works were widely accepted, his books reached the cities, and people from the lands rejoiced in them; they even sought out his explanations. Truly, it was one of the main pillars and foundations of the school, and the core of its spirit and breath. Students traveled to him from distant lands, and the Andalusian lands connected with the chain of his sciences. Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said: He excelled among his contemporaries and surpassed his peers and colleagues. In the introduction to his book, he outlined his plan and methodology; he aimed to establish knowledge on a firm ground through scrutiny, preference, and reflection. He considered that this was for those skilled in debate and adept at it, as understanding the objections raised against evidence and the responses to those objections helps the jurist in deriving rulings. He called it: a summary that indicates selectivity and is free from superfluous additions, with simple and broad expression. His approach and structure were based on linking the debate report with foundational jurisprudence, and considering the arrangement of evidences from Sharia. He began by explaining the definitions of the clarifying science, and based the debate on well-known differences in jurisprudence between the two schools: (Shafi’i and Hanafi). He also addressed practical applications as the best example for study, demonstrating the genius of the (Concise Sheikh); he clarified that: reasoning is the strongest way to reach knowledge, and he intended to classify a book on debate that explains its rules and judgments, and clarifies the sections of evidences from the Law, because all debate is based on evidence — which is its core — and he added an explanation of the manners and types of debate. Among its great features: specifying the errors in reasoning and argumentation at appropriate points, by mentioning the fallacies immediately after “the fundamentals of debate,” which are not part of it, and illustrating their occurrence in the discussions of jurists. This helps the debater and learner distinguish them. Here is a scholarly excerpt from contemporary studies. Our important book remained confined in manuscript collections for some time, awaiting scholarly printing services, despite its importance and originality among books of the science, until Allah made it possible for us to publish and reveal it through the efforts of the esteemed Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Aroubi. May Allah reward him with goodness and charity, bless his efforts, and he has previous commendable efforts in caring for debate works; from the publications of Asfar.