back to the Prophet ﷺ (1). Therefore, the hadith scholars—may Allah reward them—have produced works of takhrīj on some of those well-known collections, clarifying the standing of every report they contain, whether sound, weak, or fabricated. Among them are al-ʿInāyah bi-Maʿrifat Aḥādīth al-Hidāyah and al-Ṭuruq wa-l-Wasāʾil fī Takhrīj Aḥādīth Khuḍāṣat al-Dalāʾil, both by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Ḥanafī; Naṣb al-Rāyah li-Aḥādīth al-Hidāyah by the ḥāfiẓ al-Zaylaʿī and its abridgement al-Dirāyah by the ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī; Ibn Ḥajar’s own Talkhīṣ al-Ḥabīr fī Takhrīj Aḥādīth al-Rāfiʿī al-Kabīr; and other works whose listing would be too lengthy.
I say: because mastering those details is beyond the reach of most people, I have composed this book for them so that they may learn how the Prophet ﷺ performed the prayer and thus follow his guidance therein. I do so hoping from the Almighty—glorified and exalted—for what He has promised us on the tongue of His Prophet ﷺ:
“Whoever calls to a guidance shall have a reward equal to the rewards of all who follow him, without their rewards being reduced in the least …” (the ḥadith).
It was narrated by Muslim and others, and it is authenticated in al-Aḥādīth al-Ṣaḥīḥah (863).