The Ja’fari Aphorisms

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  In the name of Allāh, the Beneficent, the Merciful. May Allāh bestow blessing upon our Master Muḥammad in every breath and glance, to the number of everything encompassed by the knowledge of Allāh.   Our aim at www.lightoftheazhar.com is to bring the treasure troves of guidance from the works of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī to the English-speaking audience. In keeping with that intention, we are offering…

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30 Salawat for Easing that which has been Decreed

  A beautiful collection of 30 Salawat on the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as written by Shaykh Abd al-Ghani al-Ja'fari, the son and inheritor of the Imam of al-Azhar mosque, Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari. English translation available as captions. Full HD video. PDF English-Arabic https://lightoftheazhar.com/files/30-Salawat-LightoftheAzhar.pdf

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Sanad of the Path

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SANAD of the PATH   Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (current head of the Tariqa) Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ghanī Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī Muḥammad al-Sharīf al-Idrīsī ʿAbd al-ʿĀlī al-Idrīsī Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Sanūsī Aḥmad b. Idrīs ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Tāzī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Dabbāgh ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hawwāri al-ʿArabī al-Qashtālī Muḥammad b. Nāṣir Aḥmad b. ʿAlī al-Hajj al-Darʿī Abī l-Qāsim al-Ghāzī ʿAbd al-Ālī al-Ghaylānī al-Rāshidī Aḥmad Zarrūq Aḥmad b.…

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Benefits of Knowledge

Benefits of Knowledge and benefiting others Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari says: The fruits of seclusion (khalwa) are wondrous and strange! At the beginning of the path I had a 1000-count masbaha, and stayed inside my khalwa for ten days, but nothing happened, and reverent stillness (qunut) did not enter my heart. But on the tenth day, I saw wonders and marvels- that lasted for a minute! Then…

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Husayn and Hadra

  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…

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al-Husayn and Madih

  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…

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Tariqa Muhammadiyya

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…

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Sincerity

  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…

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Surah Ya-Sin: The Dua of Healing

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…

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