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==Contents ==
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In his introduction to the book, [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] says when he was at Ilaq (a region near [[Balkh]]), met one of his friends and one day
In his introduction to the book, [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] says when he was at Ilaq (a region near [[Balkh]]), he met one of his friends and one day the friend mentioned a book compiled by [[Muhammad b. Zakariyya al-Razi]] entitled ''Kitab man la yahduruhu al-Tabib'' (The book for the one who does not have a doctor before him) which is comprehensive, albeit small. So he asked me to compile a book on [[jurisprudence]] and lawful and unlawful for him… which includes all I have written about jurisprudence… and to name the book ''Kitab man la yahduruh al-faqih'' so that he can refer to it as a reliable book and act according to it when needed.
 
::[this friend] mentioned a book compiled by [[Muhammad b. Zakariyya al-Razi]] entitled ''Kitab man la yahduruhu al-Tabib'' (The book for the one who does not have a doctor before him) which is comprehensive, albeit small. So he asked me to compile a book on [[jurisprudence]] and lawful and unlawful for him… which includes all I have written about jurisprudence… and to name the book ''Kitab man la yahduruh al-faqih'' so that he can refer to it as a reliable book and act according to it when needed…


Therefore the book is mainly concerned with [[jurisprudence]] and contains hadiths which are about lawful and unlawful. Since he meant to compile this book as a reference book to help ordinary Shi'a Muslims in the practice of the legal requirements of [[Islam]], [[al-Saduq]] had mentioned hadiths he considered them correct. He says in the introduction of the book:
Therefore the book is mainly concerned with [[jurisprudence]] and contains hadiths which are about lawful and unlawful. Since he meant to compile this book as a reference book to help ordinary Shi'a Muslims in the practice of the legal requirements of [[Islam]], [[al-Saduq]] had mentioned hadiths he considered them correct. He says in the introduction of the book:
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