The Asadiyya is considered to be the foundation of Sahnūn's Mudawwana, one of the most important works of the Mālikī school of jurisprudence. The catalog of the Raqqada Library in Kairouan attributes three manuscript fragments to the Asadiyya. This work examines these fragments from a methodological point of view, since the validity of that attribution is questionable. From the edition by Nejmeddine Hentati, it becomes clear that they do not belong to the Asadiyya. These are rather witnesses of the scholarly transmissions of Asad b. al-Furāt from Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī, and they contain Ḥanafī jurisprudence. These fragments are unique, and their importance stretches beyond the Asadiyya. For the edition, Hentati relied on al-Ḥākim al-Shahid's compendium in al-Kāfī fī l-fiqh, as well as on al-Sarakhsī al-Mabsūṭ, which is a commentary on this compendium. Hentati also compared these fragments to Sahnūn's Mudawwana.

Nejmeddine Hentati, doctorate (1992), habilitation (2001), Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of Tunis, is Professor of Medieval History at the Zaytouna University. He has published works on the history of legal schools in the medieval Muslim West, including an Arabic translation of Saʿd Ghrāb's book on Ibn ʿArafa and Mālikism in Ifrīqiyya in the 14th century (2022).

This edition will be of interest to all those engaged in the study of early Islamic civilization and Islamic jurisprudence, including specialized researchers, students, and Ḥanafī jurists. Given that the Ḥanafī school currently has the widest geographical spread in the Islamic world, the content is especially relevant for those focused on early Islamic Law and the development of Islamic legal thought. The text offers valuable insights for scholars, academics, and anyone seeking to understand the roots and influence of the Ḥanafī school in the broader context of Islamic legal history.