from acting upon it is that their three imams said contrary to it, and this is what every Muslim should adhere to, as attested by the four imams and others, as previously mentioned. In summary, I hope that none of the followers will hastily criticize the approach of this book and abandon benefiting from the prophetic sunnahs within it under the pretext of its contradiction to the school of thought. Rather, I hope they remember what we have previously mentioned from the statements of the imams about the obligation to follow the sunnah and abandon their statements that contradict it. And let it be known that criticizing this approach is essentially criticizing the imam they follow, whoever he may be among the imams, for we have adopted this methodology from them as previously explained. Whoever turns away from being guided by them in this path is in great danger because it entails turning away from the sunnah, and we have been commanded, in case of disagreement, to return to it and rely on it, as Allāh says: "But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muḥammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission" (Sūrah al-Nisāʾ, 65). I ask Allāh, the Exalted, to make us among those of whom He said: "The only statement of the [true] believers when they are called to Allāh and His Messenger to judge between them is that they say, 'We hear and we obey.' And those are the successful." And whoever obeys Allāh and His Messenger and fears Allāh and is conscious of Him, it is those who are the attainers [of success]. Damascus, 13th of Jumādá al-Ākhirah, 1370 AH