An Arabic manuscript of 8 sheets including 7 in parchment and one later. The first page with four lines in ornamental Kufic with the title of the book and the name of the author: ‘Al-juz’ men kitab al-Jami’ al-Sahih by al-Imam al-Hafez Abul-Husein Muslim Bin Al-Hajjaj al-Qushayri Al-Naysaburi. The rest of the pages are written in simple Andalusian Kufic script with brown ink on 17 lines per page, the first three in more pronounced spelling: several words and the titles of the chapters ‘bab’ are also in darker Kufic. The colophon is inscribed: ‘Tam al-Juz ‘al ssadis eashar’ 18 on shaeban 523 AH fi madinat Balansiyah al-mahrousah’ Copied by: Yusef ben ‘Abdul-Aziz Yusef b. Al- Dabbagh al-Lakhmi al-Indi al-Balansi on 18 Sha’ban 523AH in Balansiyah, Andalusia. Bound without flap in stamped brown morocco with geometric decoration. Sahih Muslim is considered the second most authentic hadith collection after Sahih al-Bukhari. 20.5 by 26.5 cm.