Is there a book giving the most cautious view on disputed questions?

A question on whether a fiqh book gives the most cautious view on every disputed question, in which IslamQA answered that it knows of no such book. ¹

The questioner said that on some questions with a recognised disagreement it is better to take the course that leaves the disagreement behind, and that taking the most cautious view has conditions a lay person may find hard to grasp. ¹ He asked whether any fiqh book sets out the evidence on every question together with the most cautious view, not only the preferred one. ¹

IslamQA answered that acting on caution is not always meritorious, nor always required. ¹ It said it knows of no single book that gives the most cautious view on every question of fiqh. ¹ It quoted al-Jurjani's definition of caution in al-Ta'rifat and a passage from Ibn Taymiyya on legitimate scrupulousness. ¹

IslamQA published this answer as no. 614445, dated 17 Jumada al-Ula 1448 (28 October 2026). ¹ The museum records this answer as a historical text attributed to its author; it issues no ruling of its own.