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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Supplication In the Eyes of the (as) Sources of Supplications in the Heritage of the (‘a) We have incredible riches of supplications in the narrations of the (‘a) and subtle concepts in the whispered prayers ( munajat ) transmitted to us from them.

The Importance given by the of the A’immah to the Recording of the Ahadith The companions of the A’immah (‘a) used to display extreme keenness in recording what the A’immah would impart to them in the form of prayers.

Sayyid Radiyy ad-Din Ibn Tawus says in his book Muhaj ad-da’awat while mentioning the prayer of jawshan as-Saghir attributed to Imam Musa al-Kazim (‘a), Abu al-Waddah Muhammad bin ‘Abdillah bin Zayd an-nahshali relates from his father ‘Abdullah bin Zayd, who was among the companions of Imam al-Kazim (‘a), “‘Abdullah bin Zayd reports that there was group from among the special companions of Abu al-Hasan al-Kazim (‘a), from his family members and followers, who used to attend his sittings while they had within their cloaks straight and bent tablets made of hard black wood.

If he uttered a word or gave a verdict on legal issues, they would record what they heard from him. Of the other things ‘Abdullah {bin Zayd} has reported is what they heard from {the Imam} saying in his prayer… and then he mentioned the famous supplication of jawshan as-Saghir narrated from Musa bin Ja’far (‘a).” The Four Hundred Treatises of Hadith The companions of Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) had compiled four hundred treatises from his speech which came to be famously known as the Four Hundred Treatises ( al-usul al-arba’ mi’ah ).

Shaykh Amin al-Islam at-Tabrasi (d.548 H) says in his book A’lam al-Wara , “Four thousand of the well-known scholars have narrated {reports} from Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) and they have compiled four hundred writings known as al-usul out of his answers to different questions.