Ar-Risalah (The Epistle)

الرسالة

By Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani 386h (996 CE) 1 volumes

The most famous beginner's text in Maliki fiqh, studied across North and West Africa for over a thousand years. Ibn Abi Zayd, known as 'the little Malik' for his encyclopedic knowledge of the school, compressed the essential rulings into a concise primer. The opening chapter on creed is itself a widely studied text.