His principal source for the chapters on the Prophet’s clothing, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his practice concerning food (1/ 132–149) was “al-Qarmāniyya” by Shaykh al-Islām. However, what he related from him concerning the hanging end of the turban (p. 133) does not appear in that work; it seems to have been conveyed orally. He quoted his preferred opinions and statements in many places throughout his book.

His sources in this volume also include “Maʿālim al-Sunan” by al-Khattābī, without naming the book (1/ 645); “al-Ahkām al-Wustā” by ʿAbd al-Haqq al-Ishbīlī, without referring to it; and “al-Shamāʾil” by al-Tirmidhī, without naming the book.

In the chapter on the Prophet’s practice of trimming the moustache, may Allah bless him and grant him peace (1/ 191–196), the author relied on “al-Tamhīd,” mentioning Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr at the outset. “Al-Tamhīd” and “al-Istidhkār” are among his most important sources. Within that chapter, he quoted from “al-Mughnī” by Abū Muhammad, meaning Ibn Qudāma, and he also quoted from it elsewhere (1/ 481).

His sources also include “al-Qunūt” by al-Khatīb, whose author he named; “Fadl al-Duhā” by al-Hākim, whose title he named (1/ 411); and “Sharh Sahīh al-Bukhārī” by Ibn Battāl, whom he named as the commentator (1/ 426), quoting his words. This commentary is the source of many reports concerning the mid-morning prayer cited by al-Tabarī, which the author quoted from Ibn Battāl’s book. From it, he also quoted al-Tabarī’s discussion of melodious Quran recitation (1/ 621–624), followed by Ibn Battāl’s comments, naming him (1/ 625).

His sources also include “al-Duʿafāʾ wa-l-Matrūkīn” by Ibn al-Jawzī, which he did not name; the two works entitled “Sifat al-Janna” by Ibn Abī al-Dunyā and Abū Nuʿaym, both of which he named (1/ 452, 455); and “al-Tafrīʿ fī Fiqh al-Imām Mālik ibn Anas” by Ibn al-Jallāb (d. 378 AH), whose title he named (1/ 472). Also among them is “Sharh al-Nawawī li-Sahīh Muslim,” though he did not name