4 results for “awliya”

Author of Hilyat al-Awliya, a monumental biographical encyclopedia of pious Muslims fr...

Early Sufi scholar and author of 'Khatm al-Awliya' (The Seal of the Saints), a pioneering work on the concept...

By Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani. An extensive collection of biographies of the righteous, from the companions through the tabi'in and later scholars. Abu Nu'aym recor

By Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani. A biographical dictionary of pious Muslims emphasizing their spiritual states, devotional practices, and wise sayings.