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Ariff for having arranged to procure for me a transcript of 
that unique manuscript. 
THe Bar Liprary: A. At-Ma’mMtn SUHRAWARDY. 
August, 1911. 
RULES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE JUDGE. 
I. The following extract from the commentary of the 
Hidayah by Ibn Shahnah is quoted by the great doctor al-Biri at 
the beginning of his commentary on al-Ashbah :— 
When the accuracy of a hadith (saying of the Prophet) is 
accepted and it is found to be contrary to the doctrine of the 
madh-hab (school), practice should be in accordance with the 
reports this from the four Imams. 
ee ee ‘“The signs of mercy’’: the differ- 
ence of opinion of the Imams affords latitude and facility 
to the people; as is laid down at the beginning of the 
ia. mercy from God (os... FS Said the Prophet of God: 
practice. But if there is no practice of mine, then what my 
companions have said. For verily my companions are like 
II. Itis known that divergence of opinion is one of the signs 
of mercy. us, the greater the difference the greater the bless- 
sing, as they (the Ulema) have declared. (Durr al-Mukhtar, vol. 
i, p. 70. Ed. Const.). 
The rule guiding the Mufti in delivering his fatwds is that he 
should deliver fatwds positively regarding matters about which 
