Nuzhat an Nazar [PB] Arabic

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Nuzhat al-Nazar : Arabic, New,
fi Tawdihi Nukhbat al-Fikr
[-A4] Paperback - 224 pages,
by Imam Hafiz ibn Hajar al-Asqalani [d.852h],
Hashiya; 'Iqd al-Durar fi jid Nuzhat al-Nazar,
by Shaykh M. Abdullah al-Tonki al-Hindi [d.1249h],
*Published by Dar al-Malik Foundation, India.

Description :

Nuzhatun Nazar fi Tawdihi Nukhbat al-Fikr : This text is the famous work on the science of hadith nomenclature / terminology (mustalah al-hadith) and the authentication of transmitted reports.Nukhbat al-fikar (“Chosen Thoughts on the Nomenclature of Hadith Experts”). It is compiled by the renowned scholar of his time; the Muhaddith al-Shaykh al-Imam al-Hafidh Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani, may Allah have mercy upon him (773 - 852 After Hijri).

Also included is the annotation Uqd ad-Durar fi jid Nuzhat an Nazar by Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Abdullah al-Tonki al-Hindi, [d.1249h] rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi.

This Edition :

Published in 2022 by the constantling expanding & improving Dar al-Malik Foundation of Bareilly, India. This is a good quality edition in terms of print quality by usual sub continental standards. Contains harakat for those that rely on them. The final finish is off-mint ; there are marks, surface scratches, staining, indentation, creasing. etc, otherwise fine.

About Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani -

He is 'Shaykh al Islam' Imam Al-Hafidh Abul Fadl Shihab ud-Din Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad Al-Kinani Ash-Shafi'i. Known as Ibn Hajar Al-'Asqalani, may Allah be pleased with him, he was born on Sha'ban 773H in Egypt. Ibn Hajr authored more than 150 books - most of them being in study of Hadith - which flourished during his lifetime, kings and princes were known in his time to exchange gifts consisting of Ibn Hajar's works. His other most famous book is Fath ul Baari fi Sharh Sahih Bukhari : a commentary on the superb collection of Hadith by Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail Al-Bukhari. (It is the most famous and well-informative commentary on Sahih Bukhari).

Al Hafidh Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani was a prominent Qadi in Egypt as well as in Ash-Sham for twenty-one years. He was humble, tolerant, and patient. He was described to be steadfast, prudent, ascetic, selfless, generous, charitable, and he spent much time in voluntary prayer and fasting. Those who came to know him praised him of his high standard of good mannerisms in dealing with rulers, Imams, as well as those who sat with him young or old. Ibn Hajar passed away in Dhu'l Hijjah in 852H.