• A principle on ijmāʿ (scholarly consensus), clarifying that it is divided into three categories (1).

• A major principle in uṣūl al-fiqh whose contents consist largely of the jurists’ transmitted statements.

• A principle treating cases in which a conflict is presumed between textual evidence and consensus (2).

• Juristic principles (3) dealing with issues such as vows and oaths (4), shighār marriage, the point at which the dowry becomes fixed, and similar matters—a full volume.

• Principles on competitive contests and what may lawfully be taken from pledged collateral, as well as whether a muḥallil is required—another volume.

• Principles on liquids and water (5) and their rulings (6), together with the ruling on a carcass that falls into a liquid (7).

• An extensive discussion of the hadith of the two large containers and all that pertains to it.

• Principles concerning waqf (charitable endowments): the stipulations laid down by the donors and which of them must be observed, replacing the endowment with something better, selling it when benefit is no longer possible, and the like—more than one volume (8).