4 – al-Safārīnī (d. 1181 AH). In his book Sharḥ Thulāthiyyāt Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad he cites the author in three places:

1. On the first person ever to loose an arrow from a hand-held bow (2/799); the same discussion appears in this work (p. 393).

2. On the consensus of the world’s archers that the foundations of archery number five … (2/800); found in this work (p. 395).

3. On munāḍalah being of two categories … (2/798 and 804–805); recorded in this work (p. 302).