Question: Is there a book, other than Fiqh as-Sunnah by Sayyid Sābiq, that is comprehensive, concise and brief, by which a person may answer and advise questioners?
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl ash-Shaykh replied:
Al-Mulakhkhaṣ al-Fiqhī (Summary of Islamic Jurisprudence) by Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Fawzān is very excellent.
Question: Shaykh, what about Bulūgh al-Marām?
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Āl ash-Shaykh:
Bulūgh al-Marām is somewhat lengthy. Al-Mulakhkhaṣ al-Fiqhī is good and very excellent. If you have not read Ar-Rawḍ al-Murbiʿ (by al-Buhūtī) and Al-Ḥāshiyah (by ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn Qāsim), then Al-Mulakhkhaṣ al-Fiqhī is suitable and beneficial.
References
ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn Qāsim, Al-Ḥāshiyah, recommended work mentioned in the answer.
Al-Buhūtī, Ar-Rawḍ al-Murbiʿ, recommended work mentioned in the answer.
Bulūgh al-Marām, work mentioned in the question and answer.
Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl ash-Shaykh, Al-Ajwibah al-Buḥūth, vol. 6, p. 143, as supplied. The exact collection title, edition, editor and page reference remain unverified.
Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Fawzān, Al-Mulakhkhaṣ al-Fiqhī, recommended work.
Sayyid Sābiq, Fiqh as-Sunnah, work mentioned in the question.
