Ibn Qudamah Abdullah bin Ahmed. The Richester. المغني شرح مختصر الخرقي. Volume 4

Riyadh 1997. 540 p. Dar Alam Al-Kutub for printing, publishing and distribution.
I would like to explain his doctrine and his choice, so that those who follow his footsteps will know that, and I will explain on many issues what there was disagreement about from what was agreed upon, and I will mention for each imam what he believed, seeking blessing from them, and defining their doctrines, and I will point to the evidence of some of their sayings by way of brevity, and to be brief on that. On Al-Mukhtar, and I attribute what I can attribute of the news to the books of the imams, archaeologists, in order to gain confidence in its meaning, and to distinguish between its authenticity and its reasoning,
He relies on what is known and ignores what is unknown.