8vo. 267 pp., Arabic text edited by Muhammad al-Khaniji, modern back binding, paper browned, the last two pages slightly torn at margins without loss, some ink inscriptions in margins, Matba’at Kurdistan al-’Ilmiya, Cairo, first edition, 1328 A. H./ 1910.

Synopsis

Al-Busti was born in Bust in Sijistan. He was one of the prominent scholars of Hadith. He was also a Faqih, learned and one of the students of Ibn Khuzaimah. His other main work is entitled “Sahih Ibn Hibban: Al-Musnad al-Sahih ‘Ala al-Taqasim wa al-Anwa’.