• A major principle on the duty of holding fast to the Message: every good in the world traces back to following the messengers, and every evil arises from opposing them—whether through ignorance or by deliberate intent (1).
• A principle on dividing the Quran into fixed portions for recitation, the relevant rulings, and the reports transmitted on the subject (2).
• A principle discussing the notion of possibility.
• A principle on the slaughtered animals of the People of the Book (3).
• A principle on attributing causes to actions (4).
• A principle dealing with numbers.
He also authored epistles that contain a great deal of learning, among them:
• An epistle addressed to Shaykh Naṣr al-Manbijī (5), known as “al-Miṣriyyah” (6).
• An epistle addressed to Shaykh Shams al-Dīn al-Dibāhī, known as “al-Madaniyyah” (7).
(1) It is found in Majmuʿ al-Fatawa 19:105–193. The same volume also contains another epistle (19:66–75) entitled al-Iktifa bi-al-Risala wa-l-Istighnaʾ bi-l-Nabi ʿan Ittibaʿ ma Siwahu (“Sufficing with the Prophetic Message and dispensing with any authority other than him”).
(2) It is probably the piece located in Majmuʿ al-Fatawa 13:405–416.
(3) Cited by Ibn Rashiqq, p. 306.
(4) Ibn Rashiqq, p. 296, describes it as “a response explaining the question of divine actions, about sixty folios.”
(5) The word “Nasr” is absent in MSS B and Q, while MS K reads the corrupt “al-Munayhi.”
(6) In the other manuscripts this epistle is placed after the following one. Ibn Rashiqq, p. 310, mentions it without naming the addressee. It appears in Majmuʿ al-Fatawa 2:452–479.
(7) Also noted by Ibn Rashiqq, p. 310, without identifying the recipient. It is reproduced in Majmuʿ al-Fatawa 6:351–373 and has been edited separately by Dr. al-Walid al-Faryan.