General Istikhara

  Some of the shaykhs would encourage to make a general istikhara for the good of the day and what it brings. Below is the supplication of general istikhara by Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ، وَ أَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، و أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ العَظِيمِ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ، وَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ، وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الغُيُوبِ اللَّهُمَّ مَا عَلِمْتَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ كَلَامِي…

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Surah Ya-Sin: The Dua of Healing

Surah Ya-Sin: The Dua of Healing Al-Sayyid al-Shaykh Muhammad Salih b. Abd al-Ghani b. Salih al-Ja’fari Shaykh of the Ja’fariyya Ahmadiyya Muhammadiyya tariqa in Egypt and the Islamic World We saw Mawlana Shaykh Abd al-Ghani praying for his noble mother (the wife of Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari) when she was sick. He would encourage his family and the brothers to adopt this methodology to pray for those…

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HOW TO SEE THE PROPHET (ﷺ) IN ONE’S DREAMS

HOW TO SEE THE PROPHET (ﷺ) IN ONE'S DREAMS: Sayyiduna Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari was asked is there a specific supplication to see the Prophet (ﷺ) in your dreams. He answered: There is in the Ahmadiyya spiritual path a supplication to obtain this bounty and it is: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ الأَنْوَارِ الَّذِي هُوَ عَيْنُكَ لا غَيْرُكَ أَنْ تُرِينِي وَجْهَ نَبِيِّكَ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ…

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Prayers to Facilitate Ease

  Shaykh Salih speaking of the supplications: The Opener of Locks (Fatiha al-Aqfal) , The Supplication for Near Ease (Dawat al-Yusr al-Qarib), and the Procurement of Relief (Jalibat al-Faraj) states that he saw his shaykh, Sayyid Abd al-Aali the son of shaykh Ahmad b. Idris, in a dream. Shaykh Salih said to him, " Teach me a supplication which facilitates ease in ones' affairs." Shaykh Abd…

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