An Essay Concerning Usul ul-Fiqh by Shaykh’Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Naasir as-Sadee

An Essay Concerning Usul ul-Fiqh

Author: Shaykh Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Naasir as-Sadee
Source: Rissaalah Lateefah Jammi'ah fee Usoolil-fiqhil-Muhimaah

Bismil-llah ar-Ramhaan ar-Raheem

All praise belongs to Allaah. So we praise Him for what He possess from His beautiful Names and lofty and perfect Attributes; and for His Judgment and Decree which encompasses everything in existence; and for His Divinely Prescribed Laws which encompass every field of legislation; and His Judgment concerning rewards for the doers of good, and punishments for the criminals.


I testify that none has the right to be worshiped except Allaah alone, who has no partner in His Names. Attributes or Judgment. And I testify that Muhammad is His Slave and Messenger; who clarified the Judgment and the rulings, made clear the halaal (lawful) and the haraam (prohibited), and established the fundamentals and expounded upon them - until the Religion was completed and established firmly. O Allaah extol and send the blessings of peace upon Muhammad, and upon his family, his Companions and those that follow them, particularly the Scholars.

To proceed: This is a brief essay concerning usoolul-fiqh (fundamentals of jurisprudence), uncomplicated in wording, clear in meaning, and useful in learning its rulings for whosoever contemplates its meanings. We ask Allaah that He benefits both its compiler and its reader. Indeed He is the Most Generous.

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And may Allaah extol and send the blessings of peace upon Muhammad, the Messenger of Allaah, and upon his Family, Companions and followers.