

Our companion, Shaykh Yusuf Lorquet — may Allah preserve him — has excelled in tracking down the hadiths for which al-Khatīb (the original author) had left blank spaces. He then gathered the dispersed statements of the scholars regarding those hadiths and compiled them in one place.
There was a pressing need for someone to take on this task, and the author rose to the occasion. He earned the virtue of precedence by being the first to dedicate a work specifically to this subject. He also gained the honor of joining the ranks of the esteemed scholars who have served the book “Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ”. And what an honor that is!
May Allah reward him with goodness, accept this blessed effort from him, and make it beneficial for scholars and students of knowledge. Āmīn. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds.