Hiliyat ul-Awliyaa by imam Abu Nu'aym Al-Asbahani

A must among the works citing high-facts and wise words of the Salaf as-Salih! It is said that Sifatu-Safwa of ibn al-Jawzi is a summary of this excellent collection by Imam Abu Nu'aym al-Asbahani (430H). Imam adh-Dhahabi also said: "We have never written such a book as Hiliyah al-Awliya".

Containing some 800 biographies, starting with Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, then Khulafa ar-Rashidin and the Sahaba, then Tabi'ins and Tabi Tabi'in and so on.