Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari (may Allah be pleased with him), though he was the Imam of the Noble Azhar Mosque, did not always lead the Friday Prayers. Very often the great Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali (may Allah have mercy on him) would lead the Prayers and give the Friday Khutba, and then Shaykh Salih would start his famous Friday Lesson after the Prayers, as he usually did.…
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 Salih al-Ja'fari describing the blessed Isra and Miraaj. This chapter is taken from his book, 'al-Aqmar al-Nuraniyya' - The Luminous Moons, which we endeavour to publish in a beautiful bilingual (Arabic-English) edition very soon (2021) inshaAllah. English translation available via captions.
The resplendent moon of the age, Sayyidi Shaykh Abd al-Ghani said: إن تلاميذ الشيخ صالح هم كرامته الكبرى The [committed] students of Shaykh Salih are his greatest miracle. Fom the science of Tasawwuf and indeed the Prophetic Sunnah, we know that knowledge is of the greatest legacy for a person to pass on. It is well known that great Shaykhs have bequeathed…