A commentary on Hafiz Ibn Hajar's book, Nuzhatun Nazar Fi Tawdeehi Nukhbatil Fikr, on Hadith Science. Although Nuzhatun Nazr is an explanation of Nukhbatil Fikr by Ibn Hajar himself, it is nonetheless a fairly brief book that brings the early and later schools of Muhadithin together with the most recognised way of approving hadiths while rejecting the rejected. It was felt that the Commentary of the Commentary required further explanation to clarify topics for modern Hadith students; as a result, Shaykh Ustadh Suhaib Sirajudin has done a great service to contemporary Hadith students.
About Hafiz Ibn Hajar Asqalani. Imam Ahmad ibn Ali al-Asqalani (d. 852/1448), often known as Ibn Hajar after one of his forebears, was undoubtedly the best hadith scholar during the Mamluk period. The Dhahabi of his day, as well as the amir al-muminin of hadith scholars. Imam Suyuti claims that he drank from the well of zamzam and asked to Allah to provide him more knowledge than Shams ad-Din adh-Dhahabi. He has written approximately 300 books, some of them are multi-volume works. He died on Friday, 28 Dhi al-Hijja 852 hijri, and was buried at al-Qarrafa, Cairo, also known as the City of the Dead (madinat al-mawta).