The Salawat of Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari (Illuminated Leather PU Edition) - Arabic Only
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About The Book
This text is a collection of approximately 400 unique salawat composed by Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari. Similar to the famousDala'il al-Khayratof Imam al-Jazuli, the text is arranged into seven chapters, with one chapter for each day of the week. However, rather than a collection of traditional salawat like theDala’il, the Salawat of Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari is an original text reflecting the knowledge, insight, and outpourings of the Shaykh.
Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari was a master of the sacred sciences, and one of the most respected scholars of the Ahl al-Sunnah w'al Jama'at of his generation. However, although he served as Imam of al-Azhar for many years, he is perhaps better known in the West today as one of the the foremost Arabic poets of the past century. These salawat are extremely beautiful, and the reader cannot help but notice their extreme beauty and eloquence. Even those who read Arabic at a beginner-level will benefit, while those who read and speak Arabic fluently will perceive many subtleties of the text’s language, composition, and meanings.
Throughout Egypt, Sudan, east Africa, southeast Asia, and elsewhere, thousands of people recite each day's portion of the Salawat of Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari consistently. These salawat have continued to become ever more widely known and more beloved in the years since the Shaykh death, may God have mercy on him. It's possible to imagine that, in time, the Salawat of Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari may become as famous and widely known as Imam al-Jazuli's collection.
This premium leather PU edition ofThe Salawat of Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fariis designed to present the text with dignity, honor, and adornment befitting its lofty status. With its leather PU-bound hardcover, inlaid cover design, beautifully ornamented page borders, and gold illumination throughout the text, this is certain to be one of the most beautiful books on any shelf.
Those who intend to read the salawat regularly or daily may consider purchasing the compact and durablepocket editionof this text as well.
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Salih al-Jafari: Salih al-Jafari (1328-1399 AH / 1910-1979 CE) was a scholar, teacher, and Sufi guide whose life was bound to al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo for nearly half a century. He was born in 1910 in Dongola, in northern Sudan, where he memorized the Qurʾan and grounded himself in Maliki fiqh and the foundational sciences before journeying to Egypt around 1930 to study at al-Azhar. He settled in Cairo for the rest of his life. After teaching at the mosque informally for over a decade, he was officially appointed a teacher in 1946 by the Grand Shaykh of al-Azhar, and he continued instructing there until his death in 1979, more than forty years in all. In his later years he served as imam of the Azhar Mosque and became one of its most celebrated orators, his Friday lessons after the prayer drawing crowds of hundreds. His teaching joined Qurʾanic commentary, hadith, and jurisprudence with the cultivation of the heart. Spiritually he followed the way of Ahmad ibn Idris, the Tariqa Muhammadiyya, a method of teachings and litanies rather than a formal order; after his passing the Jaʿfariyya Ahmadiyya Muhammadiyya order was established in his name and spread across Egypt, Sudan, and beyond. A sayyid descended from the Prophet through al-Husayn, he is remembered through his Qurʾanic teaching and his devotional poetry and salawat, including his Burda al-Hasaniyya wa'l-Husayniyya in praise of the Prophet's family.
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