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…
Love of the Prophet Cures Me حُبُّ النَّبِيِّ مِنْ الأَهْوَاءِ يَشْفِينِي Ḥubbu al-nabī min al-ahwā’ yashfīnī Love of the Prophet heals me from all base desires إِلَى المَعَالِي إِلَى الرِّضْوَانِ يَهْدِينِي Ilā al-maʿālī ilā al-riḍwān yahdīnī It guides me to the highest ranks and to Divine pleasure حُبُّ النَّبِيِّ هُوَ الإِيمَانُ يَصْحَبُهُ Ḥubbu al-nabī huwa al-īmān yaṣḥabuhu Love of the Prophet is faith itself that accompanies…
Shaykh Salih says in the intro to the print of this poem titled: The Gladdening of the Heart of the People of Love and Affection in the Praise of the Family of the Best of Mankind (also known as Ahlu Bayti 'l Mustafa): (مفرحة الفؤاد لاهل الحب والوداد في مدح آل بيت خير العباد) "Some of the brothers saw Sayyidah Fatimah (peace be upon her) in…
Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari mentions in vol 9 of the Friday Lessons: Allah has given the people of pure soul spiritual gifts in order that they see the secrets (asrar), and the people of those gifts, their souls speak with each other. When we enter the maqam of our master, Imam al-Husayn, we see a light like the sun. We asked the Imam: ‘What is this…
Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari said, “Shaykh Hamid al-Faqi used to give a lesson in the masjid of our Master al-Husayn. I was sitting in the gathering wearing a normal galabiyya and a hat (not his usual attire of the Azhari cloak and turban), and Shaykh al-Faqi was attacking the lovers of our Master al-Husayn. Due to my appearance, nobody knew that I was a scholar and…
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…