Map the positions across madhahib in your sources
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For a fiqh question covered by the manuals you have uploaded. It lays out which position each source attributes to which school and the evidence each gives, keeping the attributions the source made rather than inventing a consensus.
Question under study: [state the fiqh question]. Using only the fiqh works I have uploaded, produce a comparison table with one row per position: | Position | School(s) the source attributes it to | Evidence the source cites | Which of my sources states this | Then, below the table: 1. On what point do the positions actually diverge — a difference over a text, over its authenticity, or over how a principle applies? 2. Which positions do my sources describe as the majority or the well-known view, and which as minority or weak? Use only the characterisations my sources themselves give. 3. What conditions or exceptions do the sources attach that a short summary would lose? Rules I need you to keep: - Attribute every position to the source that reports it. Do not merge sources into one voice. - Do not issue a ruling, prefer one position, or advise me what to do. Present what the sources say. - Where my sources conflict about what a school holds, show the conflict rather than resolving it.
How to use it
- 1Open your notebook at notebooklm.google.com.
- 2Replace the [bracketed] parts with your specifics.
- 3Paste the prompt into the chat box and send it.
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