The Jafari Salutations : New

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The Ja'fari Salutations : New,
'Regarding the Prayer on the Best of Creation'
Bilingual - English/Arabic edition,
[A5] Paperback - 292 pages,
by Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari
Published by IGPublications.

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This text is a collection of approximately 400 unique Salawat composed by Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari, may Allah be pleased with him. Similar to the famous Dala'il al-Khayrat of Imam al-Jazuli, may Allah be pleased with him, 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 the Dala’il, the Salawat of Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari is an original text reflecting the knowledge, insight, and outpourings of the Shaykh.

This new bilingual edition contains an English transliteration and translation of each Salawat with voweled Arabic text, to allow English-speaking readers to better understand the meanings of these extraordinary prayers. The foreword to this edition is also in English.

Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi, 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.

Those who intend to read the Salawat regularly or daily may consider purchasing the beautiful leather PU illuminated edition, the compact and durable pocket edition of this text as well.

Shaykh Salih al-Jafari, may Allah have mercy upon him, was one of the most famous scholars of the Azhar, the Muslim world's premier institution of religious learning and its most authoritative voice, in the 20th Century. He was also the Imam of its mosque and a famous teacher and spiritual guide. He authored many works on Islamic jurisprudence and spirituality. He was born in 1910 in the Sudan; he arrived in Cairo at the age of twenty to study at al-Azhar, where he obtained the highest degree at the time - the Alimiyya.

Shaykh Salih taught in al-Azhar Mosque and in 1953 earned a PhD from the faculty of Shari a. He became the imam of al-Azhar Mosque and was known for his Friday lessons, which were popular and well-attended. he wa the founder of the Sufi order, al-Jafariyya al-Ahmadiyya al-Muhammadiyya, which is active in education and social work and has followers around the world. Shaykh al-Jafari wrote approximately fifteen works on various Islamic sciences, edited many others, and compased twelve volumes of petry. He died in Cairo in 1979.

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