A good contract in the provisions of ijtihad and imitation

Translation

This book, “Aqd al-Jayyid fi Ahkam al-Ijtihad wal-Taqlid,” by Dehlawi Shah Waliullah, deals with the topics of the principles of jurisprudence related to ijtihad and taqlid. The author focuses on clarifying the reality of ijtihad, its conditions, and its divisions, and discusses the differences between the absolute diligent, the diligent scholar of the doctrine, the memorizer of the books of the doctrine, and the layman. The book aims to explain the concept of ijtihad, its conditions, and how to achieve it, while discussing some important jurisprudential issues related to this topic.