Explanation of the system of jurisprudential rules for Al-Sa'di

To the scholar Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Nasser Al-Sa'di "may Allah have mercy on him" Authored by: Dr. Mansour Muhammad Abdullah Al-Suqoob Binding: Artistic Volumes: One Paper: Shamooh Size: 17 × 24 All praise be to Allah, we praise Him, seek His help, and ask for His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of ourselves and from the bad consequences of our deeds. Whom Allah guides, none can misguide, and whom He misguides, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. After: We have in front of us a beneficial message from Sheikh, the scholar Abdulrahman bin Nasser Al-Sa'di, who passed away in the year 1376 AH, the Prophet's Hijri year. Sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, has many writings in which he elaborates on knowledge, bringing it closer to his students with strong verification. He combined the elaboration of knowledge, its clarification, and verification within it. Therefore, it is appropriate for the student of knowledge to pay attention to Sheikh’s writings, may Allah have mercy on him, and grant him extensive mercy. And in front of us is this poem (mandooma) by Sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, in which he gathered what was easy from the foundational rules of jurisprudence. He mentioned many beneficial jurisprudential rules that a student of knowledge should understand well, so that he can comprehend the science of jurisprudence, which is built upon understanding these rules. We need to differentiate between jurisprudential rules, foundational rules, doctrinal rules, and principles. When we say: this is a jurisprudential rule, or we say this is a principle, or we say this is an usul (foundational) rule, or we say: this is a rule in the Hanbali school, or in the Shafi’i school, or in the Maliki school, or in the Hanafi school, we need to distinguish between these rules. The rule in language is the foundation upon which something is built. For example, the foundation of a house: its base made of cement and iron placed inside the ground. The jurisprudential rule is what is intended in these lessons. We have an usul (foundational) rule, a principle, and a doctrinal rule.