Great Advice from Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari, may Allah be pleased with him: “You must act upon this advice which is more precious than gold and silver, and will make you race ahead of the horse riders in the race track, and that will, by the permission of Allah Most High, take you to what you desire, to what no eye has seen nor ear heard, nor…
Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari mentions in vol 9 of the Friday Lessons: Allah has given the people of pure soul spiritual gifts in order that they see the secrets (asrar), and the people of those gifts, their souls speak with each other. When we enter the maqam of our master, Imam al-Husayn, we see a light like the sun. We asked the Imam: ‘What is this…
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…
From the Secrets of the Letters of Ṣawm Allah has granted me openings in the meanings of the letters from the word ṣawm (fasting), with these words: Letter Ṣād: Points to patience (al-ṣabr), the Exalted said: “Certainly those who observe patience will be given their reward in full without measure.”[1] It is said they are those who observe the fast. I say those who…
Shaykh Abdul Ghani al-Ja'fari speaking in the introduction to Salawat al-Ja'fariyya, These good and pure ṣalawāt which our Shaykh and master, Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī wrote, are an expression of spiritual meetings which took place between our Shaykh and al-Mustafa ﷺ, for they are either a reception of and rejoicing in the Muṣṭāfawiyyan (Muḥammadan ﷺ) presence, or benedictions in praise and gratitude of this meeting. I…
Sayyiduna Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari explaining the reality of the shaykh of tariqa. "Know that the founders of all the Sufi tariqas are now in the barzakh, in the other world. And from there, each has more knowledge of his murid than the knowledge of his khalifa in the world, multiple times over. This is a spiritual tarbiya (upbringing), from the category of ‘breaking norms’, and…
From the text al-Muntaqā l-nafīs fī manāqib quṭb dāʼirat al-taqdīs mawlāna al-sayyid Aḥmad b. Idrīs—a biography of Aḥmad b. Idrīs, Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari says: When you’ve oppressed yourself or your heart has become hard and your chest constricted and your integrity is absent, and you’ve darkened your lights and increased your sins, turn your heart to the mercy of Allah to all the worlds, upon whom…
Shaykh Abdul-Ghani (Allah have mercy on him and benefit us by him) says: "Considering that striving is a lofty station in Tasawwuf and plays a big role in the spiritual nurturing of the soul and its ascension, it is necessary for the disciple to traverse the path from the beginning and strive just as his guide strives. He may assume that the path is…
Shaykh Abdul-Ghani says: "It is known among the students of Sayyidi Ahmad b. Idris are those who received the Shadhili tariqa, for example, al-sayyid Muhammad Sirr al-Khatm al-Mirghani and al-sayyid Muhammad Ali al-Sanusi, and al-sayyid al-Majdhub. And there are those who received from him the Muhammadiyya Idrissiyya tariqa, for example, al-sayyid Ibrahim al-Rashidi. Each of them received the awrad from him then they received them…