Al Hisnul Hasin

Publisher: Zam Zam Publishers

Author: Allaamah Muhammad Bin Muhammad Al-Jazri

About the book:

• Allaamah Muhammad bin Muhammad Al Jazri compiled this book from authentic ahadeeth to enable one to withstand and overcome any hardship, crisis, calamity, unrest etc through the recitation of these duas. For this reason he named it Al-hisnul haseen or the strong fort.
• The original work is in Arabic and was subsequently translated into different languages. This English translation is done by Muhammad Rafeeq bin Hazrat Maoulana Ahmed Muhammad Hathurani.
• The book then covers further the duas throughout the life of a Muslim, various forms of Zikr, virtues of reciting the Holy Quran, duas recited by Rasoolullah (SAW), excellence of invoking Salawaat upon Rasoolullah (SAW) English and Arabic text.
• This book is a valuable resource for Muslims seeking guidance and blessings, particularly during times of hardship or crisis.

About the author:

• Al-Jazari was born in Damascus on Friday 26 November 1350 (25 Ramadan 751 AH). By the time he was fifteen or sixteen years old, he had not only learnt the entire Quran by heart, but also the well-known Shafi law book Tanbih and two works on qiraah, the Shatibiyyah and al-Taysir. Among his teachers were Shaykh Ibn al-Labbān, Ibn al-Husayn al-Hanafi, and Taqi al-Din al-Baghdadi. He studied Shafi jurisprudence under Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi, Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini, Ibn Raslan, and Abu al-Baqa al-Subki. His Hadith instructors included, among others, Allamah Ibn Kathir, BahauddÄ«n Amini, Ibn al-Muhibb al-Maqdisi, and Ibn Abd al-Karim al-Hanbali.
• He was particularly renowned for his contributions to the study of Quranic recitation (qiraat) and Islamic jurisprudence. He is best known for his work, "Al-Muqaddimah al-Jazariyyah" , which is a comprehensive compilation of Tajweed rules, the rules governing the correct recitation of the Quran.