"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…
Shaykh Salih says in his Friday Lessons volume 4: If you want to remove falsehood from your life, then stick to the Quran. If you want knowledge, then stick to the Quran. If you want protection, then stick to the Quran. If you want mercy, then stick to the Quran. All of this is established in the Book of Allah. The Quran is preserved and…
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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…
Excerpt from the Diwan of Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari concerning the Prayer on the Prophet (ﷺ): If conditions of the day depress you - then spend the pre-dawn time sending prayers on Muhammad Allah, the Lord of the throne, will pray 10 times – on the slave who sends a prayer on Muhammad And if he sends 100 prayers Allah recompenses with a…
Shaykh Salih advises the murid in his book, The Urgent Provision for the Idle Souls: When your nafs speaks to you and says to you that you are better than your brothers or that you know the unseen or that you are a shaykh, know that this is delusion and do not turn to it, and be humble towards your brothers. As Shaykh Abu Madyan said,…
Our master, Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari says in his book, The Urgent Provision for the Idle Souls: O Murid, it is incumbent on you to continually, always, and perpetually look to the love of the Prophet ﷺ in your heart, and to weigh it with the scale of the Quran and the Sunnah. Do you love him ﷺ more than your own soul, your children, or your…
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…
Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Ja’fari said: "All that you want or need, whatever it is, if you want Allah, Sublime and Exalted is He, to listen to you and your supplications, then it must go through the door of “Allahumma salli ‘ala Sayyidina Muhammad”. This is for all your wants and needs! This is our aqida and this is our belief." There was a man who…
Our master and shaykh of tariqa, Shaykh Saliḥ al-Ja’fari said: “Know that every shaykh of ṭariqa has remedies in his awrad for his murids, who are traversing his path; and in them are vitamins that strengthen and nourish [the murid]; and in them is a healing balm; and in them is that which guides the soul and strengthens the spirit. Whoever wants arrival, know, there is…