Hilyah al Awliya

Ḥilyat al-Awliyāʾ wa-Ṭabaqāt al-Aṣfiyāʾ is the renowned encyclopaedic work of Ḥāfiẓ Abū Nuʿaym al-Iṣfahānī (d. 430 AH), containing around 800 biographies of the Ṣaḥābah, Tābiʿīn, Tābiʿ al-Tābiʿīn and the great scholars, ascetics and pious servants of the early generations. It brings together their narrations, sayings, virtues and inspiring accounts, making it a major source for the study of the lives and spiritual legacy of the Salaf. This beautifully produced 8-volume reprint editionincludes verification and takhrīj of the aḥādīth and has been reviewed against manuscript and printed copies.