Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari writing about an exchange he had with a man after one of his Friday lessons from the book al-dhakira al-mu’ajjala: In the year 1385 ah a man came to me and said, “I have to tell you something that if it wasn’t for the fact that I was commanded from ‘on high’ to convey it to you I would not have informed you.…
It is narrated that Shaykh ʿAlī al-Ṣaʿīdī used to say to his student al-Dardīr, ‘They say that you see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a lot. If you see him, ask him about my state." He did so and saw the Prophet ﷺ, who said to him, ‘He is a pious person, except that he has some harshness.’ When Shaykh al-Ṣaʿīdī heard this, he cried…
Shaykh Salih mentioned: Once I entered the maqam and greeted our master Imam al-Husayn, upon him be peace. He replied to my greeting saying, ‘Peace be upon you, O' Salih.’ Hearing his greeting me is better to me than this world and everything in it. So I came one day as is my habit and entered the maqam and greeted him, but he did not…
Of the salawat of our master Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris is this formula for removing forgetfulness. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَ سَلِّمْ وَ بَارِكْ عَلَى مَوْلَانَا مُحَمَّدٍ النُّورِ المُذْهِبِ لِلنِّسْيَانِ بِنُورِهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ فِي كُلِّ لَمْحَةٍ وَنَفَسٍ عَدَدَ مَا وَسِعَهُ عِلْمُكَ (١٠٠) O Allah send prayers, peace, and blessings on our master Muhammad and on his family; the light which removes forgetfulness by his light, in every…
From the introduction of The Friday Lessons Volume 1 by Shaykh Abdul-Ghani Salih al-Ja'fari, the son and inheritor of Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari: "We were not eager to present these lessons but for the following reasons, of the most important of them are: Knowledge is the only way to properly recognize Allāh and His rights over His servants, and the only way people can be firm-footed…
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ says: ‘It is necessary for every disciple travelling on this path to rush to review the books of his guide in order that he attains harmony between the two souls, and they are pulled together. “Between them is a barrier they cannot transgress” . He will attain experiential knowledge which is not in books. It is necessary for you to search for the reality…
The Noble Guardians of the Lessons of Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari (as related by Shaykh Dr. Fathi Hijazi) "One time, someone said “Sidna Shaykh, I saw my Lord in a dream”. The Shaykh said to him “Ya Salam! Are you better than the Prophet Musa? (Peace be upon him)”, he [continued and] said to him “If you saw a light in your dream, perhaps it is…
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 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…
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…