Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya

collections Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya (الصحيفة السجادية) is said to be the oldest prayer manual in Islamic sources and one of the most seminal works of Islamic spirituality of the early period. It is also known as Sahifa-e-Kamila , Sister of the Qur'an , Gospel of the Folk of the House , and Psalms of the Household of Muhammad . There is multiple versions of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, one such version transmitted by Zaydi Shi'a sources, differentiating itself from the twelver Shi'a version in that it does not transmit as many supplications as were gradually accepted into the mainstream version. The version authenticated by twelver scholars contains fifty-four main supplications along with the addenda which was interpolated into the text by Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Makki . Fifteen munajat were also "added to several modern editions of the Sahifa and seem to have been brought to the attention of the main body of Shi'ites by ` Allama Muhammad Baqir Majlisi (d. 1110/1689-9 or a year later), author of the monumental compilation of Shi'ite hadith, Bihar al-Anwar . " Furthermore, a host of other supplications were later attributed to Zayn al-'Abidin as well and are recorded in separate collections named as the second Sahifa, third Sahifa and so on: "The second Sahifa which is about as long as the Sahifa itself, was compiled as the `sister' of the Sahifa by Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Hurr al-'Amili (d. 1104/l692-3)" "A third Sahifa was put together by the author of Riyad al-'ulama' Mirza 'Abd Allah ibn Mirza `Isa Tabrizi..." "The longest of the published versions is Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya al-khamisa (`The Fifth Sahifa of al-Sajjad') by Muhsin al-Amin ...It includes all the supplications included in the previous Sahifas; 130 of these are found in the first and second Sahifas and 52 are added." Shi'as believe that the Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya was composed by Muhammad 's great grandson, Ali ibn Husayn (658-713), the fourth of the Shi'a Imams , and has been cherished in Shi'a sources from earliest times. The scholarly Shi'a understanding on authenticating the supplications as summed by S.H.M Jafri is to simply accept the texts as reliable on the basis of their content and to ignore their authenticity in terms of the sources from which the supplications are derived: "Any serious attempt to sort out the relative historical reliability of the individual supplications found in all the versions of the Sahifa on the basis of modern critical scholarship would be an undertaking of major proportions. The result of such a study - if one can judge by studies of other ancient texts - would probably be that, after years of toil, we would have a series of hypotheses, leaving varying degrees of doubt. This would be of interest to Western scholars and modernized Muslims, both of whom, in any case, have no personal involvement with the contents and teachings of the Sahifa. But the attitude of most Muslims has been to look at the content of the texts established by the authority of tradition and not be too concerned with who actually wrote the words in `historical fact'.In this regard the saying of 'Ali is well known: `Look at what has been said, not at who has said it', since only the truth or untruth of the words is of real concern. From this point of view, if the author of the Sahifat al-kamila was not Imam Zayn al-'Abidin, he - or they - would in any case have to have been a spiritual authority of equal rank, so the whole exercise leaves us where we started: with a text which expresses the highest aspirations of the Muslim soul."

English Wikisource has original text related to this article: Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya ( , ; "Scripture of Sajjad") is a book of supplications composed by Sajjad , the great-grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad . The book was composed after the Battle of Karbala (680 AD) and describes the relationship between man and God. Although the book is principally a collection of Islamic knowledge and thought in supplication form, it is said to have played an important part in the uprising against the Umayyads . According to some scholars, al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya is an example of the highest form of eloquence, and its contents have been described and explained in many books of commentary. The main part of the book is mutawatir (conveyed by successive narration), but over the years a number of scholars have written addenda to it. Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya is an important book for Shia Muslims.

Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya ( , as-Saḥīfah aṣ-Ṣajjādīyah , ; "Scripture of Sajjad") is a book of supplications attributed to Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin , the great-grandson of the Islamic Nabi ( Prophet ) Muhammad . According to Shia narrations, the book is said to have been composed after the Battle of Karbala (680 AD) and describes the relationship between man and God. Although the book is principally a collection of Islamic knowledge and thought in supplication form, it is said to have played an important part in the uprising against the Umayyads . According to some scholars , al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya is an example of the highest form of eloquence, and its contents have been described and explained in many books of commentary. The main part of the book is mutawatir (conveyed by successive narration), but over the years a number of scholars have written addenda to it. Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya is an important book for Shia Muslims.

Book by Ali Zain al-Abidien Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e Al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya ( ) is a book of supplications attributed to Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin ( c. 659 –713), the great-grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad , the fourth Twelver Shi'a Imam and the third Ismaili Shi'a Imam . A seminal work in early Islamic spirituality, the book is considered to be the oldest prayer manual in Islamic sources. Shia tradition regards the book with great respect, ranking it behind the Quran and Ali's Nahj al-Balagha . Fifty-four supplications form the main body of Al-Sahifa , which often also includes an addenda of fourteen supplications and fifteen munajat s ( lit. ' whispered prayers ' ). Al-Sahifa is often regarded as authentic by the specialists in the science of hadith. Chittick describes the book as "one of the deepest veins of Islamic spirituality," while Husain Mohammad Jafri posits that the supplications in Al-Sahifa embody the answers to many of the spiritual questions faced by the man of our age. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ). Ali ibn al-Husayn 1988 , p. xiv. sfn error: no target: CITEREFAli_ibn_al-Husayn1988 ( help ) Ali ibn al-Husayn 1988 , pp. xvi, xvii. sfn error: no target: CITEREFAli_ibn_al-Husayn1988 ( help ) Ali ibn al-Husayn 1988 , p. xlii. sfn error: no target: CITEREFAli_ibn_al-Husayn1988 ( help ) Ali ibn al-Husayn 1988 , p. x. sfn error: no target: CITEREFAli_ibn_al-Husayn1988 ( help )

Book by Ali al-Sajjad Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya ( Arabic : ٱلصَّحِيفَة ٱلسَّجَّادِيَّة , romanized : Al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya , lit. ' the scripture of al-Sajjad ' ) is a book of supplications attributed to Ali al-Sajjad ( c. 659 –713), the fourth imam in Shia Islam , and the great-grandson of the Islamic prophet , Muhammad . The oldest prayer manual in Islam , al-Sahifa has been praised as the epitome of Islamic spirituality and the answer to many of today's spiritual questions. In particular, Shia tradition holds the book in great esteem, ranking it behind the Quran , the central religious text of Islam, and Nahj al-Balagha , which is attributed to the fourth Caliph and first Shia imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib . 54 supplications form the core of al-Sahifa , which often also includes an addenda of 14 supplications and 15 whispered prayers ( munajat ).