A Sudanese man visited Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari and said, "I am going to visit our master Imam al-Husayn before the Hadra", to which the Shaykh replied, "stay here, our master Imam al-Husayn will come to us and be present for the Hadra". So the man sat down for the gathering and saw our master Imam al-Husayn and the Ahlul Bayt. He rejoiced with great joy…
During the mawlid of our master al-Husayn, Shaykh Salih relates: “I entered the maqam of my master al-Husayn and stood in the direction of the qibla and said, ‘Yesterday I came (here) but I did not find you’, to which our master al-Husayn replied ‘I am here for you, o lovers of the Ahlul Bayt! I am here for you! I am watching you when…
Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari quoting his teacher shaykh Muhammad Habibullah al-Shinqiti, in the book al-dhakhira al-mu'ajjala: "Whoever takes the path and perseveres in it with zeal, it is incumbent on him to struggle and read the books of the guides of the sufis, because in that will be an opening for him, if Allah wills. As for our path, the Muhammadiyya Ahmadiyya, our shaykh, the knower of…
Shaykh Salih says in his book al-Ilhām al-nāfiʿ li-kulli qāṣid concerning Sincerity (Ikhlas): ‘Sincerity to Allah is to intend in one’s speech and actions only for the sake of Allah. If one intends only Allah, he shall find Him, and if he finds Him, he will worship Him. When he worships Him, He draws him close, and when He draws him close, there manifests for him…
Surah Ya-Sin: The Dua of Healing Al-Sayyid al-Shaykh Muhammad Salih b. Abd al-Ghani b. Salih al-Ja’fari Shaykh of the Ja’fariyya Ahmadiyya Muhammadiyya tariqa in Egypt and the Islamic World We saw Mawlana Shaykh Abd al-Ghani praying for his noble mother (the wife of Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari) when she was sick. He would encourage his family and the brothers to adopt this methodology to pray for those…
Shaykh Salih describes for us the state of the perfected people of sufism, in a beautiful, pure, and illuminating way. He says, describing the people of Allah and His elect: ‘Days and nights pass by them, but the one from among them does not care about anyone other than his Lord. They serve their Owner, such that kings serve them. There is no pauper or…
\ Sidi Shaykh Muhammad Salih said: “Sidna Shaykh Abd al-Ghani used to say that du‘a is the heart of worship, and as such, he advised us to make as much du‘a as one possibly could during the first 10 days of Dhul Hjjjah. Sidna Shaykh Abd al-Ghani would address in his Sermon on the Day of Arafa (as a Hajj pilgirm): how Allah, Sublime and Exalted…
Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari says: "Know if you recite, la ilaha illa Allah, alone you will be in the realm of negation and affirmation. The word, ‘la’, negates from your nafs anything of its darkness and when you affirm ‘illa Allah’ the lights from the greatest name of Allah descend upon you, and that light prepares you for the Muhammadan ‘with-ness’. And when you say, ‘Muhammad…
Shaykh Abdul Ghani al-Ja’fari speaking on the methodology of his father Shaykh Salih al-Jafari says: We have discussed in the biography of our Shaykh a subtle point of discussion, which we recognize as the secret to the Ja’fari spiritual openings. And we have not found a door that our Shaykh preferred, in terms of gifts and spiritual support (madad), more than the door of…
Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari says regarding the science of theology: ‘As knowledge of theology is the first obligation upon every legally responsible person, I have mentioned here the explanation of the statement of monotheism, so that the reader can remove themselves from the yoke of blind following, that scholars have said of such a person that their faith is not free of some doubt. However, if…