Manuscripts of Awrad and Dua
This is a document with ~100 pages of shaykh Salih's handwritten supplications. مخطوطات سيدي الشيخ صالح الجعفري
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…
Reading the Qur‘an
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…
The Station of Inheritance
"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…
Brown Skin?
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…
Around Us Not On Us
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
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…
I only know our Lord!
Shaykh Ali Gomaa narrates an incident regarding Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari: People would come to Shaykh Salih at the Noble Azhar seeking from him the fulfillment of some of their needs. As the shaykh was the Imam of al-Azhar, they considered it was possible that he had connections to some of the officials, ministers, etc. One day someone came to Shaykh Salih saying, by the honor…
Shaykh Abd al-Ghani’s visit to the ‘Kaaba of Ilm’
On an occasion, Sidi Shaykh Abd al-Ghani brought his family to Cairo to visit his father, Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari. Arriving at the Azhar; they came across the Shaykh al-Azhar, Shaykh Abd al-Haleem Mahmoud, who greeted them and asked what they were doing in Cairo; to which Sidi Abd al-Ghani replied “We came to visit the Kaaba of Ilm” – in reference to the noble Azhar itself. Shaykh…
Importance of the Sunnah
Shaykh Dr. Fathi Hijazi, the head of the faculty of Arabic language at the Azhar university, shares a memory of his teacher, Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari; speaking with a man who declared that the Qur'an is sufficient and there is no need for the Sunnah. English translation in CC