Title: The Rissâla of Ibn Abi Zeyd Al-Qayrawâni

This book written at the time of the splendor of Kairouan, contains basic knowledge about Islam and its law. Originally a memory aid, it has become a reference over time.

The Rissâla is not a legal treatise in the sense in which we understand it, that is to say a work where the author exercises his personal inductive or deductive reasoning. What Ibn Abi Zayd recorded there is a set of doctrines conforming to the Sunnah of the Prophet and his Companions and which he held, through duly endorsed guarantors, from Sahnûn, from Ibn Al-Qâsim and of Mâlik himself.

Translation and notes: Azzeddine Haridi

Editions: Universal