21 – A foundational principle demonstrating the superiority of the Ḥanbalī school and setting forth its virtues, compiled in a single volume.
22 – A foundational principle establishing that, as a rule, performing what has been commanded is superior to merely refraining from what has been forbidden, set out in a concise volume.
23 – A foundational principle on the purity of the urine of animals whose flesh is lawful to eat, roughly seventy folios containing thirty proofs.
24 – A foundational principle on treaties with non-Muslims, whether unrestricted or restricted.
25 – A foundational principle on the blood of martyrs and the ink of scholars.
26 – A foundational principle on the obligation to pronounce the basmalah over slaughtered animals and game.
27 – A foundational principle affirming that every righteous deed is, at its root, an act of following the Prophet ﷺ.
28 – A foundational principle preferring the school of the People of Madinah, about fifty folios.
29 – A foundational principle on the nullifiers of wuḍūʾ (ablution).
30 – A foundational principle on ijtihād (independent reasoning) and taqlīd (legal adherence).
31 – A foundational principle on jihad and the encouragement of it.
32 – A foundational principle concerning the mujtahid who errs: does he incur sin, and is there only one correct position?
33 – A foundational principle on what foods are lawful and unlawful.
34 – A foundational principle on what Allah has legislated in general terms, and whether it may also be legislated in specific terms.
35 – A foundational principle on the permissibility of playing chess.
36 – A foundational principle on what invalidates the fast.
37 – A foundational principle on the type of journey during which shortening the prayer and breaking the fast are permissible.
38 – A foundational principle on combining two prayers.
39 – A foundational principle on the actions for which purity is a precondition.
40 – A foundational principle on the appointed times of prayer.
41 – A foundational principle, in one volume, on churches and what may lawfully be demolished of them.
42 – A foundational principle on the comprehensiveness of scriptural texts regarding the fixed shares of inheritance.
43 – A foundational principle on adherence to a particular school: is it obligatory for the layperson or not?