The Friday Lesson and Spiritual Counsel Regarding the interpretation of the Exalted One's saying: "There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; he is deeply concerned for you; and to the believers he is gentle and merciful." (Qur'an 9:128) Allah the Almighty has spoken the truth. Allah, the Chosen and Exalted, has given you intellect so…
The Connection Between the Prophet ﷺ and His Family: مسألة غريبة وعجيبة لا يستطيع حلها كبار العلماء، وقد حلها النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم وهي أن الله تبارك وتعالى أنزل عليه الأمر بالصلاة عليه وحده صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم في قوله تعالى: ﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا﴾ [الأحزاب: 56]. This is a extraordinary and…
This letter is from our master, the scholar of his age, the imam of his time, the possessor of sciences and miracles, breaths and blessings, Sayyid Ibrāhīm al-Rashīd al-Duwayḥī, may Allah be pleased with him, sent to a student of his named Ismāʿīl. I do not know whether he is the well-known Sayyid Ismāʿīl al-Nawwāb, or another Ismāʿīl, for the handwriting I found reads: “Ismāʿīl al-Balyāb.”…
Conditions for Entering the Path Whoever wishes to enter the path of our master Imām Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī—may Allah be pleased with him—must first commit to regularly attending the Jaʿfarī ḥaḍrah (spiritual gathering) every Sunday night and Thursday night, so that he may become accustomed to its order and etiquette and learn the structure and manners of the brethren in remembrance (dhikr).* We require this period…
When to read the Awrad: "The main point with regards to the awrad and the salawat is to be consistent in reading them daily. The perfect time to read them, as we heard from our Mashayekh, is after Fajr prayer, so that you start your day with the blessings contained within the awrad and salawat, which showers down upon the one who recites them. It…
HIGH ARE THE RANKS OF THE LOVER AND THE MURID! (adapted from a discussion with Shaykh Muhammad Salih regarding the question: Does the non-Murid achieve the fruits Shaykh Salih mentions in regard to his awrad and salawat in some of his poetry) There are many people who used to ask the permission of Shaykh Abd al-Ghani to read the awrad and salawat of Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari,…
21 Characteristics of the Zuhd (7 characteristics for each letter z-h-d) Adornment (zīnah) of the heart with wisdom and knowledge. Disappearance (zuhūq) of falsehood and the imaginations of the world and what is in it. “And say: Truth has come, and falsehood has vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish.” (17:81) Nearness in rank (zulfa) in this life and the Hereafter, “He has…
"One who is excessive in sins should make a ghusl and sit in a place alone and pray two units saying, “O Allah, Your runaway slave is returning to Your door.” All with extreme humility and crying with remembering one’s sins and making resolve not to return to them ever. He, [Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris] says, “But do not make an oath\covenant with Allah that you…
From the manners of the path shaykh Salih mentions: Do not consider one’s self higher than the shaykh regardless of obtaining a state from the various states, whether its obtaining knowledges or unveilings. One must see oneself as merely an extension of the shaykh and always and perpetually submit his spirit (ruh) to the shaykh, like Sayyidi ʿAbdul Karīm al-Jīlī, may Allah be pleased with…
"The person doesn’t change by taking the tariqa, the only thing that changes is his attributes. Meaning his [literal] hearing, sight, and smell doesn’t change rather what changes is the attributes of these things. The attributes of his physical senses change by taking the tariqa. So, his hearing turns away from frivolity and he begins to love listening to the Quran. His sight itself doesn’t change…