The book 'Fawaid ul Fawad' is the record of the conversations of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya, it was compiled by

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Correct — A, Amir Hassan Sizzi (Amir Hasan Sijzi Dehlavi). 'Fawa'id al-Fu'ad' ('Morals of the Heart') is a malfuzat — a record of the table-talk and teachings of the Chishti Sufi saint Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya. It was compiled by his devoted disciple Amir Hasan Sijzi, a poet of Delhi, who noted down the saint's conversations during assemblies between about 1307 and 1322. The work became the model for the malfuzat genre in Indian Sufism.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Wrong — Amir Khusrau was also a celebrated disciple and friend of Nizamuddin Auliya, but he was a poet and musician (Tughlaq Nama, Khamsa, many diwans); he did not compile 'Fawa'id al-Fu'ad'.  (c) Wrong — Ziauddin Barani was a historian of the Delhi Sultanate; he wrote 'Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi' and 'Fatawa-i-Jahandari', not this malfuzat.  (d) Wrong — Hasan Nizami was the author of 'Taj-ul-Ma'asir', an early history of the Delhi Sultanate; he did not record Nizamuddin Auliya's conversations.

Concept: In Indian Sufism a 'malfuzat' is a record of a saint's conversations and teachings, usually written down by a disciple. 'Fawa'id al-Fu'ad' is the classic example: the recorded discourses of the Chishti saint Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, compiled by his disciple Amir Hasan Sijzi in the early 14th century. It is a key source for the ideas and daily life of the Chishti order.

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