Reading the Qur‘an with the barakah of Shaykh Salih One of the prominent scholars of the Azhar related a story: “In 1965, I entered the Azhar and I saw Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari, and from that day I regularly attended his Friday lessons and the hadra. I would also attend the dhuhr prayer a lot, just to listen to him. One day, we were sitting with…
Shaykh Abdul Ghani says concerning the two prayers on the Prophet, al-Salat al-Azeemiyya and Salat al-Faraj al-‘Ajib wa al-Fath al-Qarib: "Our shaykh, the knower of Allah, the exalted, our master Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari, Allah be pleased with him says, “The murid must say the salat al-azeemiyya everyday. As for the one who is not busy, he does it as much as possible. As for the…
Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari said of Qasida al-Maqbula: I did not name this qasida to be al-Maqbula (the accepted [poem]) except after Sayyiduna Rasulullah ﷺ accepted this poem when I presented it to him ﷺ. The Shaykh also mentioned that the true lover who recites this qasida will be blessed with the ziyarah (visitation of the Prophet ﷺ). Arabic-English https://lightoftheazhar.com/files/poems/maqbula(ar-en).pdf full Arabic recitation https://youtu.be/sJcLaXC28V8
"If you traverse the path of a guide and love him, his state that he was upon in this life transfers to you, meaning that your soul acts similarly to him. If he was a scholar, then your soul will incline to knowledge, if he was in seclusion then your soul will incline to seclusion. If he was inwardly secluded but among people, then your…
One of the driving goals of www.lightoftheazhar.com is to bring the legacy, works and teaching of Sayyid Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari to the English speaking audience. To that end these are the projects we hope to bring to fruition. Please pray for us that we are granted Divine success in these endeavors. Forthcoming Publications permalink: https://lightoftheazhar.com/forthcoming-publications/ 2021 THE LUMINOUS MOONS (al-Aqmar al-Nuraniyya) Summarized Sira\Mawlid…
From the preternatural occurrences of Shaykh Salih from Shaykh Abdul-Ba'ith al-Kattani, who says: I saw Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari, two or three times. In one of his lessons at al-Azhar al-Sharif it crossed my mind, 'Shaykh Salih is from the Prophetic household, yet he's brown skinned...how is that?' After the lesson the students stood to greet the shaykh. Each student one by one would greet the shaykh…
Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari and the Rain Some students were sitting in the courtyard of the noble Azhar mosque, waiting for the lesson of their teacher, Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari. Suddenly, it began to rain a lot and they were getting wet. Shaykh Salih came to the courtyard and said to those gathered, “Is there not a wali amongst us who can call on Allah with regards to…
The Golden Chain of Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari, may Allah Most High be pleased with him, opened his lessons with a famous introduction known as his ‘Golden Chain’: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds, and may Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, bless…
Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari says in his book al-Ilham al-Nafi: Reject from your self what is other than Him in order to rise. No one enters the Divine presence except with a pure heart. If one is successful in purifying it you will taste the sweetness of the dhikr of your Lord. Then the sweetness of other than worship will be removed from the heart. Then 'otherness'…
Shaykh Salih says in his Friday Lessons volume 4: If you want to remove falsehood from your life, then stick to the Quran. If you want knowledge, then stick to the Quran. If you want protection, then stick to the Quran. If you want mercy, then stick to the Quran. All of this is established in the Book of Allah. The Quran is preserved and…