KITAB-E-SULAYM BIN QAYS AL-HILALI

Sulaym ibn Qays Kufi Amari Hilali ra is Tabai’ and has seen the lifetime of five Masoom Imams asws ̈ including Imam Ali asws ̈ Imam Hassan asws ̈ Imam Hussain asws ̈Imam Zainul Abadeen asws and Imam Mohammed Baqir asws Sulaym has written those accounts in his priceless book ̈ which he has either observed by his own eyes or has directly heard from those who have directly heard from the Divine tongues of the Prophet Mohammed saww or Amir ul Momineen Ali ibn abi Talib asws. The date of birth of Sulaym ibn Qays can be estimated from the history somewhere during the early years after migration of the Holy Prophet saww to Medina and his demise is believed to have taken place somewhere between 70 to 90 Hijri Most of the Shia scholars have agreed that his book is the first Shia Ahadith book compiled even before the famous Shia book consisting of the sermons and Ahadith narrated by mam Zain ul Abadeen asws ‘Sahifa e Kamila.’