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==The Chain of Transmission (Sanad) of the Sahifa Sajjadiyya==
The most well-known chain of transmission (sanad) of the Sahifa Sajjadiyya, which is mentioned at the beginning of the text, is as follows (though other chains of transmission also exist, some of which share common narrators in parts of the chain):
Narrated by the noble master, the distinguished star of the faith, the pride of honor, Abu l-Hasan: Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. Ali b. Muhammad b. Umar b. Yahya al-Alawi al-Husayni (may Allah have mercy on him). He said: We were informed by the virtuous Sheikh, Abu Abdullah: Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Shahriyar, the custodian of the treasury of our master, the Commander of the Faithful, Ali b. Abi Talib (peace be upon him), in the month of Rabi' al-Awwal in the year 516 AH (1122 CE), by reading it to him while I was listening. He said: I heard it from the truthful Sheikh, Abu Mansur: Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abdul'aziz al-'Ukbari al-Mu'adil (may Allah have mercy on him), from Abu l-Mufaddal: Muhammad b. Abdullah b. al-Muttalib al-Shaybani. He said: Narrated to us by the noble, Abu 'Abdullah: Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Ja'far b. al-Hasan b. Ja'far b. al-Hasan b. al-Hasan b. Amir al-Mu'minin Ali b. Abi Talib (peace be upon him). He said: Narrated to us by Abdullah b. Umar b. Khattab al-Zayyat in the year 265 AH (879 CE). He said: Narrated to me by my maternal uncle: Ali b. al-Nu'man al-A'lam. He said:
Narrated to me by Umayr ibn Mutawakkil al-Thaqafi al-Balkhi, from his father: Mutawakkil b. Harun. He said: I met Yahya b. Zayd b. Ali (peace be upon him).
These narrators are:
#Najm al-Din Abu al-Hasan Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. Ali b. Muhammad b. Umar b. Yahya al-Alawi al-Husayni.
#Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Shahriyar.
#Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abdulaziz al-Ukbari.
#Muhammad b. Abdullah b. al-Muttalib al-Shaybani.
#Abu Abdullah Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Ja'far b. al-Hasan b. Ja'far b. al-Hasan b. al-Hasan b. Amir al-Mu'minin Ali b. Abi Talib.
#Abdullah b. Umar ibn Khattab al-Zayyat.
#Ali b. al-Nu'man al-A'lam.
#'Umayr b. Mutawakkil al-Thaqafi.
#Mutawakkil b. Harun.
Umayr b. Mutawakkil al-Thaqafi is the only one who narrated the Sahifa Sajjadiya from his father, Mutawakkil b. Harun, and other narrators (1. Ahmad b. Muslim al-Mutahhari, 2. Ali b. al-Nu'man al-A'lam, 3. Muhammad b. Salih, 4. Husayn b. Ashkib al-Marwazi, 5. Ubaydullah b. Fadl al-Nabhani, 6. Ali b. Hammad b. 'Ala) have also narrated from him. The Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya has multiple narrations, with the narration of Baha al-Sharaf being the most famous among them.
The Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya is one of the few books written in the first century of Hijri and has been widely circulated among Shiites from the very beginning. Shaykh al-Mufid (d. 413 AH) in his book al-Irshad; al-Khazzaz al-Qummi in Kifayat al-Athar; Shaykh al-Tusi in his two books al-Fihrist and al-Rijal; and al-Najashi in Rijal al-Najashi have all referred to this book. In addition, Shaykh al-Tusi, in his prayer book Misbah al-Mutahajjid, has included eight supplications from the Sahifa. Qutb al-Rawandi (d. 573 AH); Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH); al-Shahid al-Awwal, al-Kaf'ami in Al-Misbah, and others have also included the supplications of the Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya in their works.
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