He also wrote extensively on the issue of undertaking a special journey (shadd al-riḥāl) and the related questions for which he was imprisoned—and in fact died while in prison (1). From that material several complete volumes were produced in fair copy (2).
He likewise devoted considerable attention to the rulings of divorce and khulʿ (3) and their associated legal questions, composing many works on the subject. His students rendered much of this into clean manuscripts, though a sizeable portion remains in draft form (4); altogether it amounts to roughly twenty volumes (5).
He set down numerous methodological maxims (6) in the various branches of knowledge. Among them is a principle concerning the divine attributes and the decree entitled “Taḥqīq al-Ithbāt li-l-Asmāʾ wa-l-Ṣifāt” (A Verification of Affirming the Names and Attributes),
(1) The other manuscripts read: “the prison,” but in manuscript F this word and everything after it have been obliterated.
(2) Among these writings are: al-Jawab al-Bahir fi Zuwar al-Maqabir (The Lucid Reply to Grave-Visitors), issued as an independent volume and also printed in Majmu al-Fatawa, 27/314–443; and al-Radd ala al-Ikhnai fi Masalat al-Ziyara (Refutation of al-Ikhnai on the Question of Visitation), published separately, with an abridged version in Majmu al-Fatawa, 27/214–288. The author likewise composed a lengthy rebuttal of Ibn al-Zamalkani on the same subject. Ibn Rashiq (p. 311) records another work entitled al-Durr al-Manthur fi Ziyarat al-Qubur (The Scattered Pearls on Grave Visitation).
(3) Manuscripts F and K read: “divorce and issues of khulʿ.”
(4) Manuscripts B and Q read: “they whiten it.”
(5) Al-Safadi states (al-Jamiʿ, p. 381) that the work comprises fifteen volumes. Several related treatises appear in volume 33 of Majmu al-Fatawa, and likewise in Jamiʿ al-Masaʾil, first collection, items 17–22.
(6) The base manuscript has: “min” (from).