b. Nūr al-Basā’ir wa-l-Albāb fī Ahkām al-‘Ibādāt wa-l-Mu‘āmalāt wa-l-Huqūq wa-l-Ādāb (The Light of Insight and Understanding: Rulings on Worship, Transactions, Rights, and Etiquette). The Shaykh wrote it in 1374 AH, but it was not published until 1420 AH, in an edition prepared by Dr. Khālid ibn Uthmān al-Sabt.
c. Irshād Ulī al-Basā’ir wa-l-Albāb li-Nayl al-Fiqh bi-Aqrab al-Turuq wa-Aysar al-Asbāb (Guiding People of Insight and Understanding to Attain Jurisprudence by the Most Direct Methods and Easiest Means), organized in question-and-answer form.
d. Al-Qawā‘id wa-l-Usūl al-Jāmi‘a, wa-l-Furūq wa-l-Taqāsīm al-Badī‘a al-Nāfi‘a (Comprehensive Maxims and Principles, and Beneficial, Ingenious Distinctions and Classifications).
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I numbered the issues and began each one on a new line to facilitate comprehension and assist anyone seeking an explanation of the book with reading and annotation, or anyone wishing to record useful points and miscellaneous observations in it. When I assign a hadith its own number, this means that it is not evidence for a preceding issue or ruling. When I place an asterisk before it, however, this means that the hadith is evidence for a preceding issue, in keeping with the author’s occasional practice of collecting the supporting evidence at the end of a chapter.
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I supplied headings for passages that the author had left untitled, with the aim of indicating the book’s contents as simply as possible. I placed these headings within square brackets [].
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I provided a biography of the author of moderate length—neither abridged nor extensive.
I have exerted my utmost effort. If I have been correct, it is from Allah alone; and if