This is a commentary by Shaykh Abdullah Siraj al-Din on Imam al-Bayquni's thirty-four line poem in the subject of mustalah al-hadith (hadith terminology).
This edition is printed with cream paper. The edition with white paper was previously available under ISBN 978-1978491342 but has now been discontinued.
About the Author: Shaykh 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad Najib Siraj al-Din al-Husayni al-Halabi, an extraordinary saint who dedicated his entire life to the service of Islam. His qualities were many and his skills outstanding. Shaykh 'Abdullah was a renowned spiritual master, an expert in jurisprudence, a Hafiz, and scholar of Hadith as well as a brilliant exegete of the Qur'an. Shaykh 'Abdullah was born into an honourable and pious family on the verge of the collapse of the Ottoman Sultanate in 1923 CE. During his childhood, Shaykh 'Abdullah was surrounded by the love and care of his father, the esteemed Shaykh Muhammad Najib Siraj al-Din al-Husayni who was himself a spiritual master and a leading jurist, exegete of the Qur'an, and scholar of Hadith. He studied under leading scholars of the time such as the great jurist Imam Muhammad Ibrahim al-Salqini, the Saintly Sufi Shaykh 'Isa al-Bayanuni, Shaykh 'Umar Mas'ud al-Hariri, Shaykh Faydullah al-Ayyubi al-Kurdi, Shaykh Ahmad al-Shamma', and several other prominent scholars. The great scholar of Hadith and leading historian of Aleppo, Shaykh Muhammad Raghib al-Tabbakh, noticed his intelligence and intense devotion to the pursuit of knowledge and he decided to become his mentor.
Shaykh 'Abdullah's students were numerous, many of them becoming prominent scholars themselves, such as his son Shaykh Dr. Ahmad Siraj al-Din, his nephew and son-in-law Shaykh Dr. Nur al-Din 'Itr, Shaykh Dr. Samir al-Nass, Shaykh Muhammad 'Awwamah, and Shaykh Muhammad al-Ninowy, may Allah preserve them. Following a surgical operation carried out toward the end of his life, the health of Shaykh 'Abdullah deteriorated. On the 4th of March 2002 CE [1422 AH] he returned to his Lord. The news of his passing was announced throughout the Muslim world and covered it with a veil of sorrow. Shaykh 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad Najib Siraj al-Din al-Husayni al-Halabi (rahimahullah) was buried in the Sha'baniyyah complex, next to the graves of its Ottoman founders.
May Allah sanctify the noble Shaykh's secret.
(Biography from Sunni Publications via Looh Press)
