Felicity Through Praise

  In the introduction to the Diwan vol 1 (Arabic version) Shaykh Abdul-Ghani says: "From him (shaykh Salih) are very many odes (qasa'id) in the praise (madh) of the Prophet, al-Mustafa ﷺ...Whoever recites or listens to these odes their soul will ascend and it will long for the Prophet ﷺ and by his love ﷺ , one will become (spiritually) realized. And that is the way…

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Salah the Mi’raj of the Believer

  Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari says in his book titled the The Subtle Meanings : "Know O brother of Divine facilitation, may Allah make you and me to drink from the pure nectar, that the prayer was made obligatory on the night of Mi’raj at the time the veil was removed and the Divine light shone forth in the Muhammadan Presence in the station of witnessing [the…

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The Ramadan of Shaykh Abd al-Ghani al-Ja’fari

  Shaykh Abd al-Ghani would give special precedence to the days and nights of the blessed month of Ramadan. He would spend his days in service of people, answering their questions and fulfilling their needs. The Shaykh was incredibly generous and would give large sums of money to those in need. He would also check on the brothers on the path and their families, at every…

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Fruits of Divine Love

  O our brother in Allah, it’s incumbent on you to plant the tree of Divine Love in the soil of your heart, based upon His saying, “He loves them and they love Him”. Then water it with the water of spiritual struggle based upon His saying, “Strive for Allah as He deserves”, until the fruit of certainty is produced, then it rises to knowledge of…

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The Passing of Shaykh Dr. Ahmad Taha Rayyan

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our teacher, Shaykh Dr. Ahmad Taha Rayyan. Shaykh Ahmad Taha Rayyan (b.1939) was the Shaykh of the Maliki scholars of Egypt and a member of the Council of Senior Scholars of the Azhar. He memorised the Qur‘an and the principles of the religious sciences in his village in Upper Egypt. Shaykh Ahmad graduated from the faculty of Shari‘ah…

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