of the Shaykh, and so that scholars and students of knowledge may draw benefit from it, and that the Shaykh—may Allah have mercy on him—be rewarded for it in his grave.

This treatise, like the others, is one of the precious jewels drawn from the Shaykh’s grand enterprise, “Bringing the Sunnah Within Reach of the Ummah,” to which he devoted his life, spending nearly seventy years in the service of the Prophetic Sunnah—upon its bearer the finest blessings and most perfect peace—reviving it, separating its sound reports from the weak, and calling all people to it. May Allah recompense him on behalf of Islam and the Muslims with the best of rewards.

Yet Allah—Who has decreed death for every living soul—willed that the Shaykh pass away before completing this monumental project. Consequently, the present work, The Authenticity of the Night Journey and Ascension, has reached us in this incomplete form.

The Islamic Library in Amman therefore resolved to publish it, trusting that its benefit would spread, and enlisted the help of several students of knowledge to present it in the best form possible. May Allah reward them well.

We would also like to draw attention to the abbreviations the Shaykh employs in this compilation: “Kh”: al-Bukhari, “M”: Muslim, “Ḥam”: Ahmad ibn