Ranks of The Elite (Volume One)

688 Pages, Paperback.

Imam ibn al-Jawzi mentions that he read Al-Asbahani's inspiring book 'Al-Hilyat al-Awliya' and

decided to pen an abridgement of it. He amended aspects he considered to be unnecessary,

for example, removing the chains of transmission to reduce length of narrations as well as

omitting reports he considered to be specious; and in this manner his own distinguished 

'Sifat al-Safwah' came to be It is a book coprising stories and accomplishments of some of

the greatest personalities of Islamic history.

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