Those who walk on Earth and souls fly in air

'How wondrous it is that there are those who walk on the Earth and yet their bodies and souls soar and fly in the air with the angels. {Those of you who believe, and are granted knowledge, Allah elevates by several degrees} (58:11).... Whoever acquires understanding of the religion gains a wing. If he acts upon what he knows, he gains another wing. Now he can soar with those wings in the skies of elevation like the noble angels.' - Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari

The Secrets Of La IlahIlallah

The number of letters in (La ilaha illa Allah) is twelve, an allusion to the number of the months in each year. Allah (most high) said: {the number of months with Allah is twelve months...} (9:36). So whoever says the Word of Tawhid has filled his twelve months with reward, and his days will bear witness to him for goodness as per the hadith: 'Every day calls out: O son of Adam, I am a new creation, and I am a witness over your actions.' From these twelve, four are for the letters of Allah's Greatest Name, 'Allah.' This is an allusion to His (most high)'s saying: {...among them, four are sacred} (9:36). - Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari

The Sanad Miracle Of Shaykh Syed Salih Al-Jafri(rahimahumullah)

Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari (may Allah be pleased with him), though he was the Imam of the Noble Azhar Mosque, did not always lead the Friday Prayers. Very often the great Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali (may Allah have mercy on him) would lead the Prayers and give the Friday Khutba, and then Shaykh Salih would start his famous Friday Lesson after the Prayers, as he usually did. Shaykh al-Ghazali had a reformist and rationalistic approach to the religion, and on one Friday, he dedicated his khutba to this one topic: that scholars should no longer mention the chains of transmission of the hadith that they are quoting in their lessons or books. He argued that most people today did not know most of the names in the chains of transmission, let alone have the mental ability to analyze the chain. Therefore, he argued, a scholar should simply say the hadith, and in which hadith collection it could be found, and whether he believed it to be authentic or not. After the prayers, Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari stood up on his chair to begin his Friday Lesson as usual. He would start every lesson with certain verses of the Qur’an and the following, “[I teach you] Through a connected chain to the scholars of the noble Azhar and others, in Qur’anic recitations, Hadith, and Qur’anic exegesis, may Allah most high be pleased with them and benefit us and you by them and by their knowledge. Amen.” This time, however, Shaykh Salih began reciting one of his chains of transmission, scholar by scholar, all the way until Imam al-Bukhari, and from him, all the way until the Follower who narrated it, and then the Companion, and then the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). Among those attending the lesson was Shaykh Muhammad Ismail al-Nimr, a Shaykh from the Bayyumi Tariqa, who founded a branch and organization within that Tariqa called The Lovers of the Muhammadan Purity (Ahbab al-Safaa’ al-Muhammadi). This Shaykh was a man of spiritual unveiling, and this is what he said: When the Shaykh began reciting his chain of transmission, every time he mentioned a scholar, the soul of this scholar would appear next to him! Scholar by scholar, came to join him, and each one shone with more light than the one mentioned before him, as the Shaykh was getting closer and closer to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)! Finally the Shaykh reached the level of the Followers of the Followers, and then the Followers, and then the Companion, and each of them appeared with an even more powerful light than the one before. Finally he mentioned the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), and suddenly the Messenger of Allah appeared with such a great force of light that I thought I was going to melt!

In his bookAsrar al-Siyam)The Secrets of Fasting(, the Azhari imam, Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari, writes:

They have mentioned that the Abdal have four characteristics: 1( Silence 2( Hunger 3( Seclusion 4( Wakefulness. Now Silence is brought about by Hunger, and so is Wakefulness. And what remains is Seclusion, which is its fruit, because it is brought about by the lights ofdhikr, for they cause one to find intimacy and comfort in the company of Allah )al-uns billah( and a lack of it in the company of all other than Him )al-wahsha ‘an siwah(. So Hunger is the basis for the )other( three, and it happens while Fasting. It has also been said that the medicine for a heart when it hardens is five things: 1( Emptying the stomach 2( Reciting the Qur’an 3( Being up before dawn, supplicating and crying 4( Tahajjud prayers at night 5( Keeping the company of the people of good and righteousness The four after emptying the stomach cannot all be done )completely( except through emptying the stomach, so it is also a basis for them, and emptying of the stomach happens while Fasting. Therefore, the station of the Abdal, and the removal of the heart’s hardness are achieved through the emptiness of the stomach, which, as is known, happens during Fasting. How great are the benefits of this Fast, and how many are its blessings upon mankind, so in it }let the competitors compete!{ )83:26(

Mankind has Two Origins

Mankind has two origins, earth and spirit. Whoever gravitates to the ground and follows his desires, returns to his earthly origin. Whoever purifies himself and illuminates himself with the lights of knowledge and action )upon that knowledge(, returns to his spiritual origin. - Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari

Best Rememberance (Zikr)

Al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'The best remembrance of Allah is in the presence of what was forbidden by Allah.' The best remembrance (dhikr) is not to repeat 'La ilaha illa Allah, la ilaha illa Allah' with your tongue only. True dhikr is when your nafs speaks to you about committing a sin, and you remember that Allah is with you, looking at you. This thought that comes into your heart is better than the world and all that is in it. - Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari

The Wonders of the Qur'an

Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari says that a scholar from Dongola related to him how Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿĀli used to give lessons every morning and night like his father Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris. He used to teach according to the way of the Moroccans, which was to have a reciter who would recite a verse to him, and then he would explain it. One time, the reciter, ʿAbdullāh Klamsid, recited to him the verse, {Exalted is He Who made the constellations in the heavens and made therein a sun and a shining moon} (25:61), and the shaykh explained it. The next day, a scholar asked the reciter to repeat the same verse to see if the Shaykh could give a new commentary on it. The Shaykh is said to have given a new and excellent explanation. When the third day came, it was Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿĀli himself who recited the same verse and then proceeded to give a new commentary on it that astounded the listeners. Shaykh Klamsid kissed his hand and began to cry. Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿĀli said to him, "What makes you cry, our brother shaykh Abdallah?" He said, "My master, I cry because you came to our town when I was already old, and I wish that I was still a strong young man so that I could receive this knowledge." The Shaykh replied, "If I stayed with you as long as Noah stayed with his people I would have given you a new explanation every day." - Reassurance for the Seeker, pp. 39-40.