The reading of this entire book, from beginning to end, was completed ... over numerous sessions and a long span of time, through careful study, investigation, and close scrutiny. The last of these sessions took place toward the end of the blessed month of Shaʿbān in the year 750 AH.

Stated and written by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Yahyā ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim ibn Muhammad ibn Rūh al-Madawī al-Madanī. May Allah benefit him through knowledge and adorn him with piety and forbearance.