al-Madkhal ilá madhhab al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Yashtamilu hādhā al-kitāb ʻalá uṣūl al-dīn wa-uṣūl al-fiqh wa-fann al-jadal wa- ʻalá masāʼil takhtaṣṣu bi-tilka al-ʻulūm. Qāma bi-taṣḥīḥihi wa- nashrihi jamāʻah min al-ʻulamāʼ | lit.salon