4 - “Mukhtasar al-Hady al-Nabawī”, by ‘Abd Allāh ibn Husayn Dallāma al-Dhamārī (d. 1179 AH), as recorded in “Nashr al-‘Urf” (2/88) and “Mu‘jam al-Mu’allifīn” (6/45).

5 - “Mukhtasar Hady al-Rasūl” (Abridgement of the Messenger’s Guidance, peace and blessings be upon him), by an unknown author. A manuscript is held at the American University of Beirut [ms 297, m 95 — formerly 256] (205 folios).

6 - “Mukhtasar Zād al-Ma‘ād”, by Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb (d. 1206 AH). This is a well-known abridgement. A manuscript copy, transcribed in 1197 AH, is held at the King Fahd National Library in Riyadh; another is held at the Raza Library in Rampur, India [4322] (184 folios, transcribed in 1213 AH); and a third is held at the Saudi Library at Dār al-Iftā’ [48/86] (130 folios), alongside other copies elsewhere. It has appeared in numerous editions, the first published by al-Maktab al-Islāmī in Beirut in 1391 AH. It was translated into Urdu by Muqtadā Hasan al-Azharī and published by al-Dār al-Salafiyya in Bombay, India, in 1978 CE; it was also published in Lahore in 1992 CE. Another Urdu translation, by Sa‘īd Ahmad Qamar al-Zamān, was published in Riyadh in 1427 AH. It was translated into English by ‘Isām Diyāb and published by Dār al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyya in Cairo.

7 - “Hady al-Rasūl: Mukhtasar min Zād al-Ma‘ād” (The Messenger’s Guidance, peace and blessings be upon him: An Abridgement of Zād al-Ma‘ād), abridged and annotated by Muhammad Abū Zayd, an Egyptian scholar. It was published by Maktabat al-Mutanabbī in Cairo and Dār Ibn Zaydūn in Beirut. It was translated into Urdu by ‘Abd al-Razzāq al-Malīhābādī under the title “Uswa Hasana” (A Good Example), and published in India in 1925 CE and again in 1931 CE.