رسالة د. كهلان الخروصي

156 of E where the copyist says at the end of a section that “part two of Futy~ al-Rab‚` will follow”. But after the formal introduction he starts to transcribe Kit~b al-qisma wa taqn‚n |u‰ƒlih~، setting out traditions and opinions of Abƒ `Ubayda b. al-Q~sim⁽¹⁾ and Ibn `Abd al-`Az‚z⁽²⁾ until the end of the transcription of the book where he finishes by writing that “this is the end of Kit~b al-qisma of the opinions of the Kufans”. All this leaves two possibilities: either the copyist mistakenly copied another work (Kit~b al-qisma) instead of copying Futy~ al-Rab‚` or he has made no mistake and he really meant that this part is (or supposed to be) part two of >th~r al-Rab‚` b. ™ab‚b. There are no good grounds for accepting this latter possibility.

… However، both possibilities lead to the same conclusion، that this part from f.154/ii to f. 161/ii is not of the >th~r al-Rab‚` b. ™ab‚b and has no connection with it at all.