Reference: Kitaabul-‘Ilm p109 q10
Question: Is the book ‘al-Muharrar’ of Ibn ‘Abdil-Haadee not better than ‘Buloogh al-Maraam’ [of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalaanee]?
Response: ‘Buloogh al-Maraam’ is widely available to the people and its author is a muhaqqiq; and it is befitting (appropriate) that a person refers to that [book] which is [more] widely available than that which is not. This is because the people will not benefit much from something which is hardly in circulation [amongst the people], [as opposed to the book] ‘Buloogh al-Maraam’ which is [well] known and has been read and explained by our scholars.
