A study of the manuscript "Training the Learner on Ladder Logic" by Rahuma bin Muhammad al-Sari

Abstract

This research examines a manuscript by one of the Libyan scholars, Sheikh Rahoma Muhammad al-Sari, entitled "Training the Learner on the Logic of the Ladder." In it, the author provides a detailed explanation of the text "The Ladder of the Ladder" by the scholar Abu Zayd Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Saghir al-Akhdari, which deals with the science of logic. It addresses some linguistic issues, while clarifying the overall meaning.

This study consisted of an introduction and two sections. The first section talked about Sheikh Rahoma Al-Sari, his biography and his writings, while the second section dealt with studying the manuscript and introducing it, explaining through it its name and attribution to its author, its subject, a description of the manuscript, its sources, and the author’s methodology. It became clear that the author was committed to taking from the sources he stated in the introduction to his manuscript. He did not deviate from them except in what God opened for him in some linguistic matters. He also did not make many digressions during the explanation because he described his explanation as a nice explanation, and it was as he said.