The manuscript had been endowed to the Ashrafiyya Madrasa. Its title page bears the inscription: “Endowed by Sultan al-Malik al-Ashraf Abū al-Nasr Barsbāy to his madrasa, which he established in the silk merchants’ quarter. May Allah Most High reward him.” The sultan (d. 841 AH) began constructing the mosque and this madrasa in 826 AH. Friday prayers were first held there on 7 Jumādā al-Ākhira 827 AH, and construction was completed in 829 AH.

At the beginning of this manuscript, the book is entitled “Provisions for the Hereafter: What Has Reached Us of the Guidance of the Best of Servants,” unlike the other manuscripts. In its present state, it comprises 299 folios, with 25 lines per page. However, there is a lacuna of approximately 11 folios after plate 49. Folio 70 was photographed twice. It is written in a clear naskh hand.

Besides its early date and relatively few errors, this manuscript has another distinguishing feature: it alone preserves certain passages. One passage from the author’s introduction, for example, appears in no other early manuscript. It also occurs in the Yemeni manuscript and other later copies, and through them in the Indian edition and subsequent editions. Another example is al-Maymūnī’s report in the chapter on circumcision (1/ 66), which appears in the main text only in this manuscript and the Yemeni manuscript. It does, however, occur in the margins of manuscripts sād and ʿayn. Likewise, another passage concerning the marriage of Umm Salama (1/ 98) is found only in this manuscript and the Yemeni manuscript. A further example concerns a passage that reads as follows in the manuscripts: “The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) kept sheep and slaves, both female and male. He had one hundred sheep…” This manuscript alone omits “and slaves, both female and male,” as does the Yemeni manuscript.

The manuscript is not free from errors and textual corruptions. One curious example is the corruption of “Ghunjār” into “Jābir” (65/a), and the Maymaniyya edition drew on this