Mukhtasar al Wasit

Mukhtaṣar Al-Wasīṭ fī Sharḥ Muqaddimat al-Shaykh fī Muṣṭalaḥ al-Ḥadīth (مختصر الوسيط في شرح مقدمة الشيخ في مصطلح الحديث)

This work is a detailed explanatory commentary (sharḥ) on a foundational primer in the science of hadith terminology (ʿIlm Muṣṭalaḥ al-Ḥadīth), authored by the celebrated Indian hadith scholar and muḥaddith, Imam ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī.

This edition presents a full scholarly verification (taḥqīq) of the primer’s original text, carried out by Mawlana Saʿīd Aḥmad who has:

Verified and critically edited the text of the Muqaddimah
Clarified its phrases and sentence structures for the reader
Provided a scholarly study (both foundational (taʾṣīlī) and applied (taṭbīqī) of the technical terms and principles it contains, grounded in the texts and usage of the leading hadith imams