Description:

This is a book explaining the basics of Islamic Jurisprudence. It goes over some of the terminology, for example what ijtihad is, what taqleed is and so forth. Then it gives a brief history of the five schools of Islamic thought and then a more in detail history of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) Islamic sect. Then it describes the differant sections of fiqh. It is written by Hassan al-Ridha'i and translated by Hamid Waqar. Its Arabic title is: Darus fi Mabady al-Fiqh wa Mara'fat Abwabih