43 - Munazarah bayn al-Hanabilah wa-l-Shafi'iyyah (A Debate between the Hanbalis and the Shafi'is) Al-Baghdadi mentioned it (1).
44 - Al-Muntakhab min al-Ahadith (The Selection of Hadiths) The tenth and eleventh parts of it are in collection no. 1139 at the Al-Zahiriyah Library (2).
45 - Minhaj al-Qasidin fi Fada'il al-Khulafa' al-Rashidin (The Path of the Seekers regarding the Virtues of the Rightly Guided Caliphs) Ibn al-'Imad, al-Baghdadi, and Brockelmann mentioned it (3).
46 - Al-Mizan fi Usul al-Fiqh (The Balance in the Principles of Jurisprudence) Brockelmann mentioned it (4).
Nasab al-Ansar = Al-Istibsar Nasab Quraysh = Al-Tabyin
47 - Wasiyyatuhu (His Will) Al-Dhahabi mentioned it, saying: 'One part', as did Brockelmann (5).
This collection of books has earned the praise of students, researchers, and beneficiaries. Ibn Rajab recorded the following verses by Shaykh Yahya al-Sarsari in praise of his [Ibn Qudama's] books (6):
He has sufficed the creation with Al-Kafi, and convinced the seeker With Al-Muqni' of jurisprudence, in place of any lengthy book. He has enriched the researcher with Al-Mughni of jurisprudence, And whoever relies upon his 'Umdah shall attain [his goal]. His Rawdah, which possesses the foundations, is like a garden, In which the flowers have diffused the breaths of the north wind.
(1) Tarikh al-Adab al-'Arabi (History of Arabic Literature), Supplement S 1: 689. (2) Fihris al-Maktabah al-Zahiriyah (Index of the Al-Zahiriyah Library), Al-Majami', Part One, 283. (3) Shadharat al-Dhahab 5/90, Idah al-Maknun 2/589, Hadiyat al-'Arifin 1/460, Tarikh al-Adab al-'Arabi, the original and supplement G 1: 398, S 1: 689. (4) Tarikh al-Adab al-'Arabi, the original and supplement G 1: 398, S 1: 689. (5) Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' 22/168, Tarikh al-Adab al-'Arabi: Supplement S 1: 689. (6) Dhayl Tabaqat al-Hanabilah 2/141.
