All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, and peace and blessings be upon the noblest of prophets and the master of messengers, and upon his family and all his companions.
Peace and blessings be upon the noblest of prophets and the master of messengers, and upon his family and all his companions. Now then...
Some of my loyal friends and esteemed scholars requested that I compile a concise text covering all chapters of jurisprudence. So, I sought the help of God Almighty and began its composition. I limited myself to the most sound opinion based on what is found in the Book of God, the Glorious, and the Sunnah of His Noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and what is derived from them. I arranged it according to the order of the book Zad al-Mustaqni' with its commentary called al-Rawd al-Murabba', thus limiting it to... Based on the most sound opinion and clear evidence, and all transmissions from the books of the scholars and rightly guided imams.