Abu al-Futuh Yahya ibn Isa ibn Malamis said: And Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Abbas al-Shafi'i narrated to us as well in the Sacred Mosque, from Abu Ya'qub Yusuf ibn Ahmad al-Makki al-Attar, from Abu Dharr Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Qasim ibn Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Dawud al-Tirmidhi, from Abu Isa Muhammad ibn Isa Surat al-Tirmidhi al-Hafiz, who said …

And it appears on the last folio of this volume, verbatim: The copying was completed on Wednesday, twelve nights having passed of the month of Jumada al-Ula, in the months of the year six hundred and nine of the pure Hijra — may the most complete blessings and the most noble peace be upon its Prophet, his Companions, his wives, and his descendants. Allah suffices us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs. Written by the captive of his sin, the one hoping for his Lord's mercy, Hamid ibn Muslim ibn Muhammad ibn As'ad al-Sahbani — may Allah forgive him, his parents, and all Muslims. Amen.

And in the margin of the last folio, a hearing (sama') was recorded, completed in sessions, the last of which was on Wednesday, the nineteenth of the venerated Ramadan, in the year eight hundred and forty-nine, with the reading of the scribe of this hearing record, Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Ibrahim al-Hiti. We could not identify the shaykh before whom it was read, due to the name being unclear.

As for the third fragment of this copy, which encompasses the second volume of the book, it is catalogued in the Chester Beatty Library under number (3955). This volume contains the Book of Hudud, from the chapter on what has come down regarding the confirmation of stoning, from hadith (1432), then the chapters on hunting, then the chapters on sacrifices, then