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'''Al-Ṣabāḥ Supplication''' (Arabic: {{iarabic|دُعاء الصَّباح}}) was a hymn recited by the [[Commander of the Faithful (a)]] after dawn [[fajr prayer|(fajr) prayer]]. According to Shi'a scholars, this supplication contains highest [[spiritual]], [[mystical]] and [[theological]] teachings in a very eloquent style. Due to the significance of its content, various scholars and thinkers have authored several commentaries on this supplication. | '''Al-Ṣabāḥ Supplication''' (Arabic: {{iarabic|دُعاء الصَّباح}}) was a hymn recited by the [[Commander of the Faithful (a)]] after dawn [[fajr prayer|(fajr) prayer]]. According to [[Shi'a]] scholars, this supplication contains highest [[spiritual]], [[mystical]] and [[theological]] teachings in a very eloquent style. Due to the significance of its content, various scholars and thinkers have authored several commentaries on this supplication. | ||
==Authenticity== | ==Authenticity== | ||
The sources that report this supplication are: | The sources that report this supplication are: | ||
* the earliest source which contained the supplication, was ''[[Ikhtiyar al- | * the earliest source which contained the supplication, was ''[[Ikhtiyar al-misbah]]'', (653H/1255) by Sayyid Ali b. Husayn b. Hasan b. al-Baqi al-Qurashi, a contemporary with [[Muhaqqiq al-Hilli]] and [[Sayyid b. Tawus]]. However, there's no mention of this Du'a' in earlier supplication sources, like ''[[Misbah al-mutahajjid (book)|Misbah al-mutahajjid]]'' of [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]]. Although ''Ikhtiyar al-misbah'' is not available anymore, the author of ''[[Riyad al-'ulama']]'' had a copy of it, which was witnessed by [[Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Khwansari|al-Khwansari]], the author of ''[[Rawdat al-jannat]]''. | ||
* [[Al-Majlisi]] presents another chain of transmission by Sharif Yahya b. Qasim al-'Alawi al-'Abbasi al-Yamani (d. circa. 753/1352) who had seen the supplication written on a long leather scroll and reported it in his book in 734/1333. | * [[Al-Majlisi]] presents another chain of transmission by Sharif Yahya b. Qasim al-'Alawi al-'Abbasi al-Yamani (d. circa. 753/1352) who had seen the supplication written on a long leather scroll and reported it in his book in 734/1333. | ||
* It is famous that the supplication af Sabah (morning) had been written in Kufi style handwriting, on a long leather scroll, bearing the signet of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]. Al-Majlisi writes: in 939/1532 my great grandfather, Mawlana Darwish Muhammad al-Isfahani has recited it for [[Nur al-Din 'Ali b. 'Abd al-' | * It is famous that the supplication af Sabah (morning) had been written in Kufi style handwriting, on a long leather scroll, bearing the signet of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]. Al-Majlisi writes: in 939/1532 my great grandfather, Mawlana Darwish Muhammad al-Isfahani has recited it for [[Al-Muhaqqiq al-Karaki|Nur al-Din 'Ali b. 'Abd al-'Ali al-Karaki]] and authorized him to narrate the supplication based on a copy of that scroll. | ||
* [[Al-Fayd al-Kashani]] (d.1090/1679) has narrated the supplication at the end of his book: ''[[Dhari'a al- | * [[Al-Fayd al-Kashani]] (d.1090/1679) has narrated the supplication at the end of his book: ''[[Dhari'a al-dara'a]]''. | ||
* [['Abd Allah Salih Samahiji]] (b. 1076/1665 - d. 1135/1722) reports a long part of the supplication in his book: ''[[al-Sahifa al-'Alawiyya al-Mubaraka]]''.<ref>Khu'i, ''Sharh du'a' Sabah'', p.19</ref> | * [['Abd Allah Salih Samahiji]] (b. 1076/1665 - d. 1135/1722) reports a long part of the supplication in his book: ''[[al-Sahifa al-'Alawiyya al-Mubaraka]]''.<ref>Khu'i, ''Sharh du'a' Sabah'', p.19</ref> | ||
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