Al-Risalah al-Fiqhiyyah (Arabic: الرسالة الفقهية) is a Aqidah and Maliki fiqh book written by Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani (922 – 996 CE) for learning Islam in North Africa.
[1][2] The book “Ar-Risala” is a Mukhtasar in Maliki fiqh, written by Imam Abu Muhammad Abdullah Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani, who was nicknamed “Malik al-Saghir” and Sheikh of the Malikis in the Maghreb, on the suggestion of his student Sheikh Mahrez bin Khalaf al-Bakri al-Tunusi al-Maliki (951 - 1022 CE).
And one of the fundamentals of fiqh and its arts, according to the madhhab and tariqa of Imam Malik ibn Anas, with what facilitated the path of what was formed from that of the tafsir of the rassikhine and the statement of the fuqahā“.
[7]The motive for Sheikh Mehrez’s suggestion was what Imam Ibn Abi Zayd mentioned in his speech to him also:[8][9] Arabic: لما رغبت فيه من تعليم ذلك للولدان، كما تعلمهم حروف القرآن ليسبق إلى قلوبهم من فهم دين الله وشرائعه ما ترجى لهم بركته، وتحمد لهم عاقبته، فأجبتك إلى ذلك لما رجوته لنفسي وذلك من علم دين الله أو دعا إليه[10]English: “When I wanted it to teach that to the children, just as teach them the letters of the Qur’an to precede their qulub from understanding the religion and laws of Allah what His blessing is sought for them, and thank them for its consequences.
[11]Al-Risalah, as is evident from the words of Ibn Abi Zaid, is a book for Islamic and jurisprudential education, that is, a textbook intended for talibes and murids with modern expression.