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SALAWAT AL-JA’FARIYYA [FI SALAT ‘ALA KHAYRI L-BARIYYA] 

Al-Ṣalawāt al-Jaʿfariyya is a collection of daily prayers upon the Beloved Messenger of Allah ﷺ, inspired to and written by Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfari for recitation over the course of a week. The work is available in several Arabic-only and bilingual editions, with the bilingual version presenting the Arabic text alongside English translation and transliteration.

The Opening of Locks & The Supplication for Relief

These supplications therefore carry a particular place within the spiritual legacy of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī and are among the prayers through which the servant turns to Allah Most High, seeking His ease, opening, and relief.

The Spiritual Ascent

Sayyidī Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) presents here a concise outline of the murīd’s spiritual ascent: how the awrād, when received through the Shaykh and practised with permission, persistence and striving, become a means of purification, spiritual strengthening and gradual nearness to Allah.

Openings in the Path

Sayyidī Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) teaches that spiritual openings in the path depend upon the murīd truly knowing, loving and honouring his Shaykh, recognising the value of the awrād, studying and emulating the Shaykh’s states, and never allowing spiritual experiences, knowledge or unveilings to produce pride or independence from the transmitted path. The murīd should remain firmly connected to the Shaykh from whom he received the awrād, observe proper adab, and see the Shaykh as the means through which he is connected to the founder of the ṭarīqa and, ultimately, to our Master, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. In this way, love, adab, consistency and faithful following become the means of spiritual arrival.

The Meaning of Madad

In these Friday lessons, Sayyidī Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) explains the meaning of madad and the importance of understanding what a person actually intends before judging the expression. He clarifies that asking another for permissible help does not conflict with tawḥīd, so long as one knows that Allah alone possesses independent power and that all benefit ultimately comes from Him.

Counsels & Principles

In these counsels, Sayyidī Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Jaʿfarī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) sets out the foundations of the Jaʿfarī path as a life rooted in the Qurʾān, sacred knowledge, taqwā, good character, brotherhood and sincere counsel. He then turns to the practical principles of the ṭarīqa itself: sincerity, permission, adab, faithfulness to the Shaykh, and the proper conduct of the murīd on the path established by Sayyidī Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu).

Spiritual Connection Through Azhab

In this counsel, al-Sayyid al-Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ b. ʿAbd al-Ghanī b. Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (ḥafiẓahu Allāh) addresses an important question about the murīd’s relationship with the awrād, ṣalawāt and the Shaykh al-Murabbī. He explains that the Mashāyikh do not close the door upon a murīd who falls short; rather, the murīd strengthens or weakens his own connection through his response to the spiritual discipline he has been given. Regular recitation of the awrād and ṣalawāt is therefore presented as a means of maintaining that living bond, deepening tarbiya, and remaining connected to the methodology of Sayyidī Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu).

What is Tarbiya?

Tarbiya is the spiritual upbringing and nurturing of the murīd under the guidance of a qualified Shaykh. It is not limited to dhikr alone, but includes seeking beneficial knowledge, developing Prophetic character, caring for one’s physical and mental wellbeing, serving one’s family and community, and learning to live by the Qurʾān and Sunna in a balanced and practical way. Its aim is to refine the heart, correct one’s conduct and gradually form the seeker into a person of righteousness, service and nearness to Allah Most High.

Benefit for the Masses (Aqida text)

Sayyidī Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) emphasises that every Muslim should possess enough knowledge of theology to know Allah with certainty rather than remain a blind follower in matters of faith. For the murīd, this knowledge protects belief from doubts and the whisperings of Shayṭān, allows dhikr to be made with understanding, and prepares the seeker for true spiritual knowledge of Allah. Following the way of Sayyidī Aḥmad ibn Idrīs (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu), which is rooted in the Qurʾān and Sunna, Sayyidī Shaykh Ṣāliḥ (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) wanted the people of the path to be sound monotheists, righteous in action, and firm in belief. For this reason, he composed the concise theological poem Mufīdah al-ʿAwām, encouraging every murīd to study and memorise it as a foundation for sound creed and spiritual progress.

Join Him ﷺ with Me

Sayyidī Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) gives seventeen reflections on the phrase from al-Ṣalāt al-ʿAẓīmiyya of Sayyidī Aḥmad ibn Idrīs (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu): “and join him with me, just as You joined the spirit with the soul, outwardly and inwardly, in wakefulness and in sleep.”

The Dīwān of Sayyidī Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī

The Dīwān of Sayyidī Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) is a vast poetic treasury of spiritual teaching, remembrance, love and guidance. Across twelve volumes, Sayyidī Shaykh Ṣāliḥ (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) expresses the foundations of the spiritual path through poetry: the remembrance and magnificence of Allah Most High, the purification and training of the seeker, the relationship between Shaykh and murīd, love and praise of our Master, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, devotion to the Ahl al-Bayt (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhum), and the virtues of the awrād and ṣalawāt of the Jaʿfariyya.

Mawlid

The Bountiful Rain From the Ja’fari Aphorisms

Surah YaSin and Dua

The Secrets of Fasting

The Burda al-Hasaniyya wal-Husayniyya (Arabic)

Love of the Prophet ﷺ

The Bequest of the Shaykh in the Barzakh

The Keys of the Heavens and the Earth

The Prayer of the Night of Mid-Shaʿbān

Jālibat al-Faraj

Kanz al-Saʿāda

Kanz al-Nafaḥāt (40 Ṣalawāt) (Arabic)

Thirty Ṣalawāt for Easing that which has been Decreed

Ṣalawāt Jaʿfariyya

Consistency and the Living Bond with the Shaykh

A counsel from Sayyidī Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (ḥafiẓahu Allāh) on steadfastness in the awrād and ṣalawāt, explaining how consistent practice strengthens the murīd’s bond with the spiritual methodology of Sayyidī Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) and turns love for the path into lived devotion.

On Dhikr, Distraction and Training the Nafs

A timely counsel from Sayyidī Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (ḥafiẓahu Allāh) on remaining steadfast upon the prescribed awrād, training the nafs with wisdom, and guarding one’s remembrance of Allah from excess, distraction and inconsistency.

On Sacred Recitation, Ruʾyā and the Manifestation of Spiritual Meaning

A beautiful counsel from Sayyidī Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (ḥafiẓahu Allāh) on virtuous supplications, blessed visions and how sincere devotion, ṣalawāt and love for the righteous can become a means of spiritual opening by the permission of Allah Most High.

Consistency, Ease and the Discipline of Dhikr

A practical counsel from Sayyidī Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (ḥafiẓahu Allāh) on the timing of the daily awrād, remaining consistent in dhikr, and what the seeker should do when life’s responsibilities prevent the wird from being completed at its usual time.

On Dhikr, Ijāza and Receiving the Spiritual Path Through Its People

A profound counsel from Sayyidī Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī (ḥafiẓahu Allāh) on the secrets within prescribed adhkār, the importance of ijāza and spiritual transmission, and why the seeker receives his wird through an authorised Shaykh.