It points to the explicit meaning with the most complete indication, ... And it bears the implicit meaning in the best possible interpretation.
Ever since God, may He be exalted, guided us through His grace and bounty to the critical edition (tahqiq) of this book, we have been searching for its manuscripts, and we have been provided with facsimiles of them:
At the Egyptian National Library (Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyyah):
1 - A manuscript preserved under no. 20 Fiqh Hanbali, from the endowment (waqf) of Sultan Al-Malik al-Ashraf Barsbay, which contains:
The first part, from the beginning of the book to the end of the "Section: There is no harm in counting the verses during prayer..." before the chapter on the two prostrations of forgetfulness (sajdatay al-sahw). Beneath the book title, this endowment note appears: "Praise be to God. This entire book, from beginning to end, comprising eleven parts—this part and ten thereafter—has been endowed by our master, the Sultan Al-Malik al-Ashraf Barsbay, may God the Almighty perpetuate his reign, to the students of sacred knowledge residing in the mosque he established in protected Cairo, written by al-Hariri and al-'Aziz, for them to benefit from it through study and transcription. It is stipulated that it shall not be removed from the mentioned mosque ever, nor lent out. If any student of sacred knowledge, not residing in the mentioned mosque, wishes to benefit from it through study and transcription, they may be permitted to do so according to the condition written above, as a valid, lawful endowment. He designated the book repository (khizanat al-kutub) in the mentioned mosque as the location for this. Whoever alters it after having heard it, the sin of doing so shall be upon those who alter it. Indeed, God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. Written on the 17th of Rabi' al-Akhir, in the year 827 AH. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs." Following this: "Witnessed by Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Ayyubi." At the bottom right of the title page: "Transferred via lawful purchase to the possession of al-Hajj 'Umayr ibn Ma'ruf ibn Mahmud al-Sulami, at the beginning of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah in the year 816 AH." And to its left: "Then it transferred to the possession of Muhammad al-Shafi'i."
The part was written in a Naskhi script, it shows traces of termites, dampness, and adhesion, and it consists of
