Al-Risalah al-Fiqhiyyah () is a

Aqidah ''Aqidah'' (, , pl. , ) is an Islamic term of Arabic origin that means "creed". It is also called Islamic creed or Islamic theology. ''Aqidah'' goes beyond concise statements of faith and may not be part of an ordinary Muslim's religious ins ...

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Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani Ibn Abī Zayd () (922–996), fully Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Zayd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Nafzawī ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawanī, was a Maliki scholar from Kairouan in Tunisia and was also an active proponent of Ash'ari thought.Herbert J ...

(922 – 996 CE) for learning

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The book “Ar-Risala” is a

Mukhtasar Mukhtaṣar (), in Islamic law, refers to a concise handbook of legal treatises, characterized by neatness and clarity. ''Mukhtasar''s originated during the Abbasid caliphate and were created as a method to facilitate the quick training of lawyer ...

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, written by Imam Abu Muhammad Abdullah Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani, who was nicknamed “Malik al-Saghir” and

Sheikh Sheikh ( , , , , ''shuyūkh'' ) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning "elder (administrative title), elder". It commonly designates a tribal chief or a Muslim ulama, scholar. Though this title generally refers to me ...

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, on the suggestion of his student Sheikh '' Mahrez bin Khalaf al-Bakri al-Tunusi al-Maliki'' (951 - 1022 CE). In this regard, ''Imam Ibn Abi Zaid'' said, addressing '' Sheikh Mahrez'': The motive for '' Sheikh Mehrez’s'' suggestion was what ''Imam Ibn Abi Zayd'' mentioned in his speech to him also:

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''Al-Risalah'', as is evident from the words of ''Ibn Abi Zaid'', is a book for

Islamic Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

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education, that is, a textbook intended for

talibe A talibé (also spelled ''talibe'', plural ''talibés''; , 'student'; pl. ) is a boy, usually from Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Chad, Mali or Mauritania, who studies the Quran at a daara (West African equivalent of madrasa). This ...

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s with modern expression. ''Al-Qayrawani'' himself confirms this in the epilogue of the ''Risala'' when he said:

Imam al-Qayrawani divided his book "The Risalah" into two parts: # Issues of

: ''Al-Qayrawani'' devoted a whole chapter to them, which he called: "The chapter on what the tongues utter and believe is the duty of religious matters" () where he gathered one hundred

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, arranged by ''Ibn Abi Zaid'' on forty-four chapters other than the chapter related to Aqidahs, including chapters related to the pillars of religion such as prayer, zakat, Hajj and fasting, and related rulings, and chapters related to jihad, faith and vows, marriage and what follows it, sales and wills, and others.

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