with neither date of copying nor name of the scribe, and it is probably from the eleventh century AH. This copy is complete, collated against the exemplar from which it was taken; errors are few and omissions rare.
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The Umm al-Qura University copy in Mecca, no. [1489/2] (folios 15b–37a), written in 1269 AH in a good naskh hand, yet it contains many mistakes and corrupt readings and is missing the final chapter.
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The King Fahd National Library copy, no. 22 (al-Dalm collection), in twenty folios, written in 1284 AH in naskh script. It matches the preceding copy in its corruptions and omissions, and likewise lacks the last chapter.
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The Saudi Library in Riyadh copy, no. [45/86], in twenty-two folios, apparently written in the thirteenth century AH. At the end it states: “Collated and corrected as far as possible against an exemplar that is not reliable.” It is similar to the two previous copies.
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The King Fahd National Library copy, no. [314749] from the Shaqraʾ collection, in sixteen folios, written in Shaʿban 1356 AH by Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. ʿAbd al-ʿAziz b. ʿAbd al-Karim b. Muhammad b. ʿAbd Allah, who copied it from a manuscript dated 1316 AH. Its title reads: “The Journey of Ibn al-Qayyim to Tabuk,” and it resembles the three preceding copies.
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A privately held manuscript in twenty-four folios, penned by Shaykh Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Duwayyan (author of Manar al-Sabil) in 1294 AH. Shaykh Sulayman al-ʿUmayr sent it to us while we were preparing the edition.