21 Characteristics of the Zuhd (7 characteristics for each letter z-h-d) Adornment (zīnah) of the heart with wisdom and knowledge. Disappearance (zuhūq) of falsehood and the imaginations of the world and what is in it. “And say: Truth has come, and falsehood has vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish.” (17:81) Nearness in rank (zulfa) in this life and the Hereafter, “He has…
Shaykh Salih says in the intro to the print of this poem titled: The Gladdening of the Heart of the People of Love and Affection in the Praise of the Family of the Best of Mankind (also known as Ahlu Bayti 'l Mustafa): (مفرحة الفؤاد لاهل الحب والوداد في مدح آل بيت خير العباد) "Some of the brothers saw Sayyidah Fatimah (peace be upon her) in…
In Volume 4 of the Friday Lessons, Arabic edition, Shaykh Salih says regarding the statement of Allah, “…do not forget your share of the world…”(Quran 28:77): The share for the believer of this world is the Quran and whoever takes it has taken a bountiful share. While whoever forgets the Quran and forgets acting by it has missed his share of the world because…
From the warnings of Sidna Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari: "From the catastrophes that afflict the murid is his mixing with those who reject [ie tasawwuf, awliya, shaykhs, etc]. Their speech are like rocks and the heart of the murid is like glass, "And the glass that has been broken cannot be repaired." So, whoever presents his heart to them has presented his glass to be broken.…
Shaykh Ahmad Sayih wrote, In the name of Allah the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate On a day of Friday, after Maghrib, while [Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari] was walking back from the Old Qibla (of the Azhar Mosque, where he led the prayer), his student Hajj Muhammad Ali Yasin came to him. He greeted him and kissed his hand and then said to him, ‘Oh mawlana,…
Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari speaking of the benefits of the awrad of the path: Our awrad are such that whoever reads them, his Lord will love him and whoever He loves He attracts, and whoever He attracts He draws near, and whoever He draws near He refines, whoever He refines He advances, whoever He advances He honors, whoever He honors He inspires, and whoever He inspires He…
Shaykh Abdul Ghani (Allah be pleased with him) states concerning the path of his father Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari (Allah be pleased with him and benefit us by him) "The traveller on the path of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ has a direct connection with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and it is one of Allāh’s blessings that He has made the disciples of this path under the care…
Once, when Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari saw our master Husayn in a vision, the Shaykh said, “O my Master, do you know who I am? I belong to you and am a descendent of al-Sayyid Ja’far al-Sadiq”, to which Imam Husayn replied, “I know the lineage of our master Noah, Sam, Ham and Yafeeth, so how can I not know any of my children and progeny?”…
This masterful, transformative work of Seerah is now available for the first time in the English language. In the tradition of classical Seerah literature, this text contains a mixture of biographical facts, discussion of metaphysical realities, extracts from Qur’an and Hadith, as well as poetry, drawing both from great poets of the past and the compositions of the author. Perhaps the most striking aspect of…
The Imam of the Azhar Mosque, Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari (d. 1979), may Allah be pleased with him and please him, wrote: “Among the favours of Allah – most high- upon me is that I was once sitting in the Noble Rawda between the Maghrib and Isha prayers, my eyes closed, invoking blessings upon the Prophet, ﷺ. I heard his voice – ﷺ – from the…