The Purity of the Ahl al-Bayt
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The Ramadan of Shaykh Abd al-Ghani al-Ja’fari
Shaykh Abd al-Ghani would give special precedence to the days and nights of the blessed month of Ramadan. He would spend his days in service of people, answering their questions and fulfilling their needs. The Shaykh was incredibly generous and would give large sums of money to those in need. He would also check on the brothers on the path and their families, at every…
I only know our Lord!
Shaykh Ali Gomaa narrates an incident regarding Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari: People would come to Shaykh Salih at the Noble Azhar seeking from him the fulfillment of some of their needs. As the shaykh was the Imam of al-Azhar, they considered it was possible that he had connections to some of the officials, ministers, etc. One day someone came to Shaykh Salih saying, by the honor…
Pray on Muhammad (ﷺ)
Excerpt from the Diwan of Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari concerning the Prayer on the Prophet (ﷺ): If conditions of the day depress you - then spend the pre-dawn time sending prayers on Muhammad Allah, the Lord of the throne, will pray 10 times – on the slave who sends a prayer on Muhammad And if he sends 100 prayers Allah recompenses with a…
Be Humble
Shaykh Salih advises the murid in his book, The Urgent Provision for the Idle Souls: When your nafs speaks to you and says to you that you are better than your brothers or that you know the unseen or that you are a shaykh, know that this is delusion and do not turn to it, and be humble towards your brothers. As Shaykh Abu Madyan said,…
Love of the Prophet ﷺ
Our master, Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari says in his book, The Urgent Provision for the Idle Souls: O Murid, it is incumbent on you to continually, always, and perpetually look to the love of the Prophet ﷺ in your heart, and to weigh it with the scale of the Quran and the Sunnah. Do you love him ﷺ more than your own soul, your children, or your…
Isra and Miraaj – Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari
Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari describing the blessed Isra and Miraaj. This chapter is taken from his book, 'al-Aqmar al-Nuraniyya' - The Luminous Moons, which we endeavour to publish in a beautiful bilingual (Arabic-English) edition very soon (2021) inshaAllah. English translation available via captions.
Fruits of Divine Love
O our brother in Allah, it’s incumbent on you to plant the tree of Divine Love in the soil of your heart, based upon His saying, “He loves them and they love Him”. Then water it with the water of spiritual struggle based upon His saying, “Strive for Allah as He deserves”, until the fruit of certainty is produced, then it rises to knowledge of…
HOW TO SEE THE PROPHET (ﷺ) IN ONE’S DREAMS
HOW TO SEE THE PROPHET (ﷺ) IN ONE'S DREAMS: Sayyiduna Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari was asked is there a specific supplication to see the Prophet (ﷺ) in your dreams. He answered: There is in the Ahmadiyya spiritual path a supplication to obtain this bounty and it is: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ الأَنْوَارِ الَّذِي هُوَ عَيْنُكَ لا غَيْرُكَ أَنْ تُرِينِي وَجْهَ نَبِيِّكَ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ…
Prayers to Facilitate Ease
Shaykh Salih speaking of the supplications: The Opener of Locks (Fatiha al-Aqfal) , The Supplication for Near Ease (Dawat al-Yusr al-Qarib), and the Procurement of Relief (Jalibat al-Faraj) states that he saw his shaykh, Sayyid Abd al-Aali the son of shaykh Ahmad b. Idris, in a dream. Shaykh Salih said to him, " Teach me a supplication which facilitates ease in ones' affairs." Shaykh Abd…