When to read the Awrad: "The main point with regards to the awrad and the salawat is to be consistent in reading them daily. The perfect time to read them, as we heard from our Mashayekh, is after Fajr prayer, so that you start your day with the blessings contained within the awrad and salawat, which showers down upon the one who recites them. It…
Of the salawat of our master Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris is this formula for removing forgetfulness. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَ سَلِّمْ وَ بَارِكْ عَلَى مَوْلَانَا مُحَمَّدٍ النُّورِ المُذْهِبِ لِلنِّسْيَانِ بِنُورِهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ فِي كُلِّ لَمْحَةٍ وَنَفَسٍ عَدَدَ مَا وَسِعَهُ عِلْمُكَ (١٠٠) O Allah send prayers, peace, and blessings on our master Muhammad and on his family; the light which removes forgetfulness by his light, in every…
Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari commenting on the lines from the Salat al-Azeemiyya: ...and join him with me, just as You joined the spirit with the soul, outwardly and inwardly, in wakefulness and in sleep and make him, O Lord, a soul for my body in every aspect... Join, in my essence, between his perfect attributes ﷺ and my deficient egotistical attributes, like you joined between the perfect…
After mentioning the best method of sending blessings on the Prophet ﷺ see: The Magnificent Bequest Shaykh Salih mentions the spiritual ascent and result of devoting oneself to the Prophet ﷺ. "Know that he ﷺ is the goal and highest aim which causes the arrival to the Divine witnessing, which is beyond comprehension and what is perceptible through the senses. By his light ﷺ and by arrival…
Great Advice from Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari, may Allah be pleased with him: “You must act upon this advice which is more precious than gold and silver, and will make you race ahead of the horse riders in the race track, and that will, by the permission of Allah Most High, take you to what you desire, to what no eye has seen nor ear heard, nor…
Shaykh Abdul Ghani al-Ja'fari speaking in the introduction to Salawat al-Ja'fariyya, These good and pure ṣalawāt which our Shaykh and master, Ṣāliḥ al-Jaʿfarī wrote, are an expression of spiritual meetings which took place between our Shaykh and al-Mustafa ﷺ, for they are either a reception of and rejoicing in the Muṣṭāfawiyyan (Muḥammadan ﷺ) presence, or benedictions in praise and gratitude of this meeting. I…
Our master Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari says concerning the (salawat) prayer on the Prophet ﷺ : The prayer on the Prophet ﷺ will teach you manners (adab) with the Creator سبحانه وتعالى. In his life he ﷺ said, “I have been sent only as a teacher.” And after his passing to The Highest Companion the prayer on him ﷺ teaches you the manners with his Lord…
THE PROPHET ﷺ RECOGNIZES THE ONE WHO SENDS SALAWAT Regarding Salawat on the Prophet ﷺ: Allah shows it to the Prophet ﷺ, the Prophet ﷺ recognizes it, and he also recognizes the person who sent it! Hadith relates: "Indeed, the closest of you to me on the Day of Judgement from any land, will be the one amongst you who sends the most salawat upon me…
ON SALAWAT ON THE PROPHET ﷺ Allah Most High commanded you to send blessings onto His Prophet ﷺ, so what have you done so far, O believer, regarding this divine command? Indeed, if you send one salawat upon him, Allah will send ten blessings onto you. Allahumma salli 'ala sayyidina Muhammadin wa 'ala Alihi wa Sahbihi wa sallim! Send salawat upon him ﷺ;…
The closest of paths to the vision of the Prophet ﷺ Adab for the Salat al-Azeemiyya To perfect one’s wudu with concern for the fada’il (virtuous acts) and using the miswak Pray 2 rakat. In the first rakah recite al-Fatiha and al-Nasr and the second rakah al-Fatiha and al-Ikhlas After finishing the 2 rakat, bring to mind one’s sins with the intention of…