throughout the manuscript, and by the dotted circles marked at the end of many chapters and sections.
The manuscript begins with “Section on his ﷺ ruling concerning someone who embraced Islam while married to more than four women or to two sisters” (5/ 162), and continues to the end of the book.
The manuscript appears to have been written by two scribes. The first reached the end of the twentieth quire; the second then took over and copied the remainder, comprising only 33 folios. The difference between their hands is readily apparent: the first scribe took care to vocalize many words, unlike the second, although both wrote in a finely executed naskh script.
- The manuscript of the Library of the Meccan Sacred Mosque [1020] (ح)
This manuscript was copied in 765 AH, as stated at its end: “It was completed during the day on Saturday, the twenty-first of Rabīʿ al-Ākhir, in the year 765.” It does not bear the scribe’s name. At its end, a reader recorded that he had finished reading the manuscript in 1070 AH, saying: “Praise be to Allah. The humble Jamāl al-Dīn ibn ʿUmar ibn Hasan Līh (?)—may Allah forgive him and the Muslims—has completed his reading of this book. Praise be to Allah for granting success, in the year 1070.” A similar reading-completion note appears in his hand on (p. 97).
Another reader wrote: “This blessed book was examined (sic) by the servant in need of Allah Most High, who acknowledges his sins and shortcomings, al-Hājj Masʿūd. May Allah forgive him, his parents, and whoever prays for his forgiveness.”
This manuscript consisted of three volumes. It came into the possession of Husayn al-Hakamī, as he recorded in his own hand at its end: “This book, in three volumes, has passed into the ownership of Husayn al-Hakamī, who stands in need of his Lord. May Allah forgive him, his parents, and the believers.” It has not come down to us