A book on jurisprudence in which the author dealt with many issues that were subject to disagreement or unanimous agreement among the notable imams, especially the imams of the four schools of thought A book on jurisprudence in which the author dealt with many issues that were subject to disagreement or unanimous agreement among the notable imams, especially the imams of the four schools of thought (Maḏāhib) whose sayings took place in the east and west of the earth. His approach was to mention the issue in the Shafī’ī school of thought, and if there is a disagreement between Shafī’īs and other schools of thought, mention it. Such is found in most entries of fiqh, such as ritual acts of purity, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage and almsgiving (zakāt), and transactions such as types of sales, companies, rents, endowments and gifts, inheritances and wills, and personal statuses such as marriage, divorce, preparation and expenditures, cases, certificates, etc