(1) Manuscript C reads, “and what it is,” instead of, “and how delightful what it contains is.” (2) Manuscript C reads, “through it,” instead of, “through nearness to Him.” (3) The author cites it in Rawdat al-Muhibbin, p. 165, from “one of the gnostics,” and in Madarij al-Salikin, 1:454, from “one of those who love.” Abu Nuaym and Ibn al-Jawzi narrate it from Ibn al-Mubarak, omitting the words, “love of Him, intimacy through nearness to Him, and longing to meet Him.” Hilyat al-Awliya, 8:167; Sifat al-Safwah, 4:124. (4) The word “the people” is omitted from manuscripts B and C. (5) Narrated by Imam Ahmad, al-Musnad, 4:201, no. 13623; 3:581, nos. 1884 and 11885. Al-Nasai also narrates it in the Book of Companionship with Women, chapter “Love of Women,” 7:72, no. 3949. Al-Hakim narrates it in al-Mustadrak and says: “This hadith is sound according to Muslim’s criteria, though neither of the two included it.” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him. Al-Mustadrak, 2:160. Al-Iraqi graded its chain of transmission as good; al-Mughni an Hamli al-Asfar fi Takhrij ma fi al-Ihya min al-Akhbar, in the margin of al-Ghazali’s Ihya Ulum al-Din, 2:30. Al-Albani said: “Its chain of transmission is fair (hasan).” Tahqiq Mishkat al-Masabih, 3:1448, no. 5261. (6) “Women and perfume” is omitted from manuscript C. (7) The passage from “thus he informed that it had been made beloved to him” to “prayer” is omitted from manuscript B.