Brown Skin?

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…

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Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari and the Rain Some students were sitting in the courtyard of the noble Azhar mosque, waiting for the lesson of their teacher, Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari. Suddenly, it began to rain a lot and they were getting wet. Shaykh Salih came to the courtyard and said to those gathered, “Is there not a wali amongst us who can call on Allah with regards to…

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