Nuzhat al-Nazar: Commentary on Nukhbat al-Fikar

نزهة النظر في توضيح نخبة الفكر

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's own commentary on his shorter primer Nukhbat al-Fikar, this work is the standard introduction to the science of hadith criticism (mustalah al-hadith) in traditional Islamic scholarship. It explains the terminology and methodology used to evaluate hadith chains and narrators, making it indispensable for any student of the hadith sciences.