(1) The Majmaʿ Press edition reads: “the alif has been turned into a sin,” which is incorrect. Ibn Qutayba notes in Taʾwil Mushkil al-Qurʾan, p. 267: the verb dasaha comes from dasastu; one of the two s letters was changed into a y, just as one says labbaytu (from lababtu) and qasaytu azfari (from qasastu). Many other examples exist. See also Maʿani al-Qurʾan by al-Farraʾ, 3/267. (2) The Majmaʿ edition reads “min” instead of “fi.” (3) In Tadhkirat al-Huffaz, 3/1150, the title is misprinted as al-Mujalla with a jim. (4) The person meant is Imam Muwaffaq al-Din Abu Muhammad ʿAbd Allah b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Qudama al-Maqdisi al-Dimashqi (d. 620/1223), a leading authority of the Hanbali school. His book al-Mughni, a commentary on al-Khiraqi’s Mukhtasar, is one of the greatest legal works, gathering the views of all the juristic schools—including those that have died out—and weighing between them. The work is already in print and circulation; may God enable us to produce a critical edition that does it full justice. (5) The manuscript reads: “and their fourth.” (6) The manuscript reads: “the muftis.” (7) The manuscript reads: “in them.” (8) Al-Dhahabi says in Tadhkirat al-Huffaz, 3/1147: “In it he cites the statements of the Companions and those who followed them, together with the proof for each view.” This book is a commentary on his own work al-Khisal al-jamiʿa li-jumal Sharaʾiʿ al-Islam wa-l-halal wa-l-haram wa-l-sunna wa-l-ijmaʿ, which the author will mention below. His son Abu Rafiʿ abridged part of it to supply some missing sections of al-Muhalla. See the Catalogue of the Egyptian National Library, 1/555. (9) Both the manuscript and the Majmaʿ edition read al-Isal instead of al-Khisal, which is a mistake; “al-Isal,” just as— [footnote continues].