The recitation of ‘Salawtun Tayyibatun’ and Qasida Madad. These were recited in Noorul Islam Mosque, Bury, UK after the weekly Khatm-e-Khwajagan.
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‘Salawatun Tayyibatun’ was wrote by the great Imam of al-Azhar, Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari ق. He was born in Dongola, Sudan in 1910. Shaykh Salih ق was a descendant of Imam al-Husayn عليه السلام.
He moved to Cairo, Egypt in 1930 to study in the prestigious Islamic university, al-Azhar. He mostly studied the Hadith of the Prophet ﷺ and the Tafsir of the Qur’an. Residing in the Azhar for 49 years, he was known most for his Friday lectures he would give after Jummah. Some sources say that around a thousand people would listen to his Friday lectures.
He was a part of the Tariqah Muhammadiyyah of Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris ق. He took the Tariqah from Shaykh Muhammad al-Sharif ق. Shaykh Salih ق summarised his Tariqah in these lines of poetry:
‘My path is the Qur'an, knowledge and piety,
and praise for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ,
the one who abolishes misguidance.’
Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari ق passed away in 1979, at the age of 69. He was buried in a mosque dedicated to him, in the Garden where he would study books in his youth. The Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari mosque is 670m away from the Al-Hussein Mosque, where the blessed head of Imam al-Husayn عليه السلام is buried and also where Shaykh Salih ق would regularly visit and meditate.
He was succeeded by his son, Shaykh Abd al-Ghani al-Ja’fari ق who passed away in 2012. The current Master of the Order is Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Ja’fari. May Allah ﷻ have mercy on him and his son and raise their rank.
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