(d. 763 AH); it is the earliest source we have found that quotes from “Al-Zād”. See: 3/163, 250; 6/148; 8/262; 9/195, 241, 268, 296, 303, 340, 346; 10/270, 359 (Mu’assasat al-Risāla edition).

Burhān al-Dīn Ibn Muflih (d. 884 AH) also quoted from it in “Al-Mubdi‘”: 2/25, 248; 3/295, 366; 5/48; 7/74; 8/58, 105, 132, 172, 203, 205, 207; 9/95 (Dār ‘Ālam al-Kutub edition).

“Tashīh al-Furū‘” by al-Mardāwī (d. 885 AH) contains some quotations from it at: 6/114; 7/147; 9/196 (Mu’assasat al-Risāla edition). His “Al-Insāf”, however, abounds in quotations and excerpts from it from beginning to end. Some of these passages are: 1/54, 197, 254; 2/367; 4/274, 416; 7/332, 465, 492; … and many others (Dār Hajr edition).

The following are the passages quoting from the book in “Al-Iqnā‘” by al-Hajjāwī (d. 968 AH): 1/97, 211, 388; 2/35, 59, 260; 3/166; 4/140 (Dār al-Ma‘rifa edition). It is also quoted in his “Hawāshī al-Tanqīh”, p. 74.

Mansūr al-Buhūtī (d. 1051 AH) quoted from it in his “Sharh Muntahā al-Irādāt” in three places: 2/333; 3/228, 251 (‘Ālam al-Kutub edition). In his other book, “Kashshāf al-Qinā‘”, he quoted from it in numerous places, including: 1/29, 75, 140, 294; … (Dār al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyya edition).

Among the later Hanbalī scholars was Mustafā al-Ruhaybānī (d. 1243 AH), who quoted extensively from this book in his “Matālib Ulī al-Nuhā”. Some of these passages are: 1/372, 913; 2/225; … (Al-Maktab al-Islāmī edition).