If you read the opening of the book, recite its smilah along with it in one breath without interrupting.

Then I say, By God Almighty. Abu Al-Hassan told me on the authority of Ibn Abi Al-Fath, whose father is known as Al-Kanari in the city of Mosul in the year six hundred and one, and he said, By God. The Great: I heard our sheikh, Abu al-Fadl Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Abd al-Qahir al-Tusi al-Khatib, saying, “By God the Great.” I heard my father, Ahmed, saying, “By God the Great.” The Great. Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ali al-Shashi al-Shafi’i told us, from his wording, and he said, “By God the Great.” Abdullah, known as Abu Nasr al-Sarkhasi, told us, “By God the Great.” Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ali al-Fadl told us, and he said, “By God the Great.” Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ali bin Yahya al-Warraq al-Faqih told us, and he said, “By God.” The Great: Muhammad ibn Yunus al-Taweel, the jurist, spoke to me and said, By God the Great. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Alawi al-Zahid spoke to me