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However, Du ' a literature is not restricted to prophetic supplications ; many later Muslim scholars and sages composed their own supplications, often in elaborate rhyming prose that would be recited by their disciples.

Popular du ' as would include Jazuli's Dala ' il al-Khayrat, which at its peak spread throughout the Muslim world, and Imam al-Shadhili's Hizb al-Bahr which also had widespread appeal.

Du ' a literature reaches its most lyrical form in the Munajat, or ' whispered intimate prayers ' such as those of Ibn ' Ata Allah al-Iskandari.

Among the shia schools, the Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya records du ' as attributed to Ali and his grandson Zayn al-Abidin.