Q: Virtuous Sheikh, I request that you inform us of the names of the upright books in At-Tawheed and Al-Fiqh.
A: All praise is due to Allaah, and may Allaah raise the rank of the Messenger of Allaah and grant him peace, his family, his companions, and those that believe in him and follow his guidance.
As for what follows:
The books [written] in the science/ field of Tawheed and Islamic Fiqh (Jurisprudence) are many, old and contemporary. The books which I encourage you to read in (the science of) Tawheed are as follows:
•Al-Usool Ath-Thalaathah;
•Kashf Ash-Shubuhaat;
•Al-Qawaa'id Al-Arba';
•Usool Al-Eeman As-Sittah;
•Masaa'il Al-Jaahiliyyah;
•Kitaab At-Tawheed; all of them are by Sheikh Al-Islam Muhammad ibn AbdulWahhaab -may Allaah have mercy upon him-.
And thereafter:
•Al-‘Aqeedah Al-Waasitiyyah;
•Kitaab Al-Hamawiyyah; both of them are by Sheikh Al-Islam ibn Taymiyyah -may Allaah have mercy upon him-.
•An-Nooniyyah of Ibn Al-Qayyim (d.751H) with its explanation;
•Al-Hayaat Fee Dhil Al-Aqidatil Islaamiyyah by the one writing these letters (i.e. Sheikh Zaid himself);
•Al-Irshaad of Sheikh Saalih Al-Fawzaan;
•Al-Aqeedah As-Saheehah wa Maa Yudhaadduha by his Eminence, Sheikh AbdulAziz ibn Baaz (d.1420H) -may Allaah have mercy upon him-;
•Al-Qawl Al-Mufeed also by Al-Fawzaan;
•Kitaab At-Tawheed of ibn Khuzaymah; and the books of Sunnah written in the science of Aqeedah are many and I have mentioned only some of it.
As for the science of Islamic Fiqh:
Likewise, the books are plentiful, but begin with
•Al-‘Uddah Sharh Kitaab Al-Umdah, and the summarised books of the Hanbali school of thought;
•Al-Mulakhas Al-Fiqhi of Al-Fawzaan, and following them are the explained books of hadeeth such as:
•Sharh Umdat Al-Ahkaam;
•Subul As-Salaam Ala' Buloogh Al-Maraam;
•Al-Muntaqa with its explanations, like Nayl Al-Awtaar.
Thereafter, gradually build up your level of reading the books (of these sciences), while exerting yourselves in seeking advice from the followers of the (methodology of the) Salaf regarding the book you desire to read, whether it is by way of calling them over the phone or writing to them.
May Allaah grant you all success with that which pleases Him, and Allaah knows best, and with Allaah lies all success.
- Al-‘Iqd Al-Munaddad Al-Jadeed by Sheikh Zayd Al-Madhkali (1/34 Q:4).
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