The Day of Arafah Supplications in the Words of Imam al-Husayn and Imam Ali b. al-Husayn al-Sajjad: A Comparative Study

Imam al-Husayn’s graceful supplication to be recited on the day of Arafah has been a sublime and highly-trustworthy prayers related from an Infallible Imam. It has been a treasure of theological treasures. Likewise, a similar supplication was issued by his son, the fourth Infallible Imam Ali b. al-Husayn, as recorded and anthologized in his supplication collection, al-Sahifah al-kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah. The present paper attempts to compare the modes of offering prayers as observable in these two supplications. A content analysis of these two supplications show the high moral standards that aim to correct and improve people’s dispositions.