Part One
Study of the Treatise, comprising:
• An introduction.
• The reasons for examining the abridged epistle.
• Establishing the attribution of the abridged epistle to Shaykh al-Islam.
• Establishing the soundness of the abridged epistle and confirming that it is taken from Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah’s original work on fighting the unbelievers.
• Shaykh al-Islam’s intent in this abridged epistle.
• The title of the abridged epistle.
• The manuscript copies of the abridged epistle.
• My methodological approach in the study.
• My methodological approach in the critical edition.
• Photographic samples of the manuscript copies.