What are the priorities of writing in the Islamic sciences: Is it the authoring of comprehensive jurisprudential works such as "Fiqh Al-Sunnah," or addressing contemporary jurisprudential issues, or the scholarly editing of classical texts?
Rephrasing important jurisprudential topics and simplifying them for people, writing about new issues and contemporary jurisprudential challenges, and verifying rare and important heritage books, are considered good scholarly works, provided that the author possesses the necessary scholarly tools, ensures that there are no sufficient scholarly works that render his work unnecessary, and intends by his writing to seek the countenance of Allah the Almighty, not fame and praise. This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: "Indeed, the first of people to be judged on the Day of Resurrection will be a man who learned knowledge and taught it, and recited the Qur'an. He will be brought, and Allah will make him acquainted with His favors upon him, and he will recognize them. Then Allah will say, 'What did you do with them?' He will say, 'I learned knowledge and taught it, and I recited the Qur'an for Your sake.' Allah will say, 'You have lied. Rather, you learned knowledge so that it might be said: "He is a scholar," and you recited the Qur'an so that it might be said: "He is a reciter." And it has been said.' Then he will be commanded, and he will be dragged on his face until he is cast into the Fire."
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