Shaykh Jazuli’s Introduction

 

 

 

      

                                                                                        

          Maqam of Imam Jazuli
His full name was Abu Abdullah Muhammad, son of Suleiman, son of Abi Bakr Al-
Jazuli Al-Simlali and was a descendant of Prophet Muhammad, praise and veneration be
upon him, via his grandson Hasan, son of Ali, may Allah be pleased with them.
Al Jazuli belonged to the Berber tribe of Jazula that settled in the Sus area of Morocco
which lies between the Atlantic ocean and the Atlas mountains.
The date of his death is uncertain, however it occurred between the years 869-873 AH as
he offered an obligatory prayer.
In the Encyclopedia of Islam, 1957 Leiden, it is reported that seventy-seven years after
his death his body was exhumed for reburial in Marrakesh and that his body had not
decomposed.

And if you see your ego controlling you,
And it comes to lead you into the Fire of Desires,
Banish its desires by continuous blessing,
There is nothing to compare with Dalail-i Hayrat
Be steadfast in your reading of Dalail-i Hayrat.
Read it to obtain your wishes,
Lights appear and blaze thereby,
O my brethren, it is never to be abandoned.
Shaykh Jazuli’s Introduction
The Shaykh, the Imam, the Great Saint, the Renowned Pillar, the Sultan of Those who
are Near, and the Pillar of the Truthful, the Master of the Gnostics, the Possessor of Clear
Miracles and Abundant Secrets, Sayyidi Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Suleyman Al-
Jazuli, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
Praise be to Allah who has guided us to belief and to Islam, and blessings and peace be
upon Muhammad, His Prophet who has delivered us from worshipping statues and idols.
The subject of this Book is the remembrance to ask for blessings upon the Prophet, may
Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace, and its benefits. We mention the
traditions without the chains of transmission in order to make it easier for the reader to
memorize them, this being one of the important essentials for whosoever seeks the
nearness of the Lord of lords.
I have named this Book “Guide to Good Deeds and and the Brilliant Burst of Light
in the Remembrance of Blessings on the Chosen Prophet”, desiring the pleasure of
Allah, the Exalted and love for His noble messenger, Muhammad, may abundant
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him.
Allah is the One responsible for enabling us to follow his way, and letting us love those
who are perfect, for He is Able to do this. There is no god except He, and there is no
good except His good, and He is the Best Protector and Best Helper, and there is neither
help nor power except through Allah the High, the Mighty.
The benefit of requesting praise upon the prophet, may Allah praise and venerate him and
grant him peace is: Allah, the Mighty, the Sublime said: “Allah and His angels praise and
venerate the Prophet. Believers, praise and venerate him and pronounce peace upon him
in abundance." Koran Chapter 33:56

And it is related that the messenger of Allah, may Allah praise and venerate him and
grant him peace, came to us with visible signs of good tidings upon his face. He said:
"Indeed, Gabriel, peace be upon him, said to me: ‘Are you not pleased, O Muhammad,
that whenever one of your nation asks Allah to praise you, Allah will praise him tenfold,
and that whenever one of your nation asks Allah to grant you peace, Allah will grant
peace tenfold.’"
And he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace: "The nearest
person to me is the one who asks for blessings upon me the most.”
And he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace: "Whosoever asks
for blessings upon me, angels will praise him for long as he asks, no matter whether the
time is short or long."
And he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace: "A person is
considered a miser if, when I am mentioned in his presence, he fails to supplicate for
blessings upon me."
And he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace: "Supplicate for
more blessings upon me on Friday.”
And he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace: "Whosoever of my
nation asks for blessings upon me once, ten good deeds are written down for him and ten
sins are erased."
And he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace: "Whosoever hears
the call to prayer and says, ‘O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and this established prayer,
grant Muhammad the nearest station, the pre-eminence, the exalted rank and raise him to
the most praised station which You have promised him,’1 my intercession for him will be
binding on the Day of Resurrection."
And he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace: “For whosoever
asks for blessings upon me in a Book, the angels praise him for as long as my name is in
that Book.”
And Abu Suleiman Ad-Darani said: "Whosoever wishes to request something from
Allah, let him increase his asking for blessings upon the prophet, may Allah praise and
venerate him and grant him peace, and then he may ask Allah about his affair and then
seal his request by once more asking for blessings upon the prophet, may Allah praise
and venerate him and grant him peace, because Allah will accept the two requests for
blessings upon the prophet and this is more noble than whatever he asks for in between.”
1 A transliterated version of this dua: “Allahumma Rabba hadhihi da’wati tamma, wa salatil qa’ima, ati
Muhammadan al-wasilata wal fadilata wa darajatir rafi’atal ‘Aliyya, wab’athhu ya Rabbi al-maqamal
mahmudal ladhi wa’adtahu, warzuqna shafa’atahu yawmal qiyama, innaka la tukhliful mi’ad. (Wa
zawwajna manal huril ‘ayn.)” [Ed.]

And it is related that he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace:
"Whosoever asks Allah one hundred times to praise me on a Friday will be forgiven the
sins of eighty years.”
And Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "The Messenger of Allah, may
Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace, said, ‘For whosoever asks for
blessings upon me there is a light on the Bridge (over Hell), and the people of light on the
Bridge will not be among the People of the Fire.”
And he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace: "Whosoever
deliberately neglects to ask for blessings upon me has strayed from the path to the
Garden, because the route to the Garden is barred to the neglectful, whereas it is open for
whosoever asks for blessings upon me.”
It is related by Abdur Rahman ibn Awf, may Allah be pleased with him, that Prophet
Muhammad, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace said: "Gabriel,
peace be upon be him, said, “O Muhammad, whenever anyone of your nation asks for
blessings upon you, seventy thousands angels praise him, and whosoever is blessed by
angels is one of the people of the Garden.”
And he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace: "The more you ask
for the blessings upon me, the more you will have in the Garden."
It is related that he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace:
"Whenever someone asks for blessings upon me, extolling my right, Allah, the Mighty,
the Sublime creates from His Words an angel with wings that stretch from the east to the
west, and with feet that are connected to the nearest part of the seventh earth and a bowed
neck beneath the Throne. Allah, the Mighty, the Sublime says to him, “Bless My
worshipper as he asks for blessings upon My Prophet” and thereupon the angel will
praise him until the Day of Resurrection."
It is related that he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace: "There
will come to my pool on the Day of Resurrection nations whom I will only recognize on
account of their frequent asking for blessings upon me.”
It is related that he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace:
"Whosoever supplicates to Allah for blessings upon me, Allah will praise him ten times,
and whosoever supplicates for blessings upon me ten times, Allah will praise him one
hundred times, and whosoever supplicates to Allah for blessings upon me one hundred
times Allah will praise him one thousand times, and whosoever supplicates to Allah for
blessings upon me one thousand times, Allah will prohibit the Fire to touch his body. His
word on any matter will be made to endure in this world and the next, and he will enter
the Garden on the Day of Resurrection at his request because his supplication for
blessings upon me will be a light for him on the Bridge (over Hell); a light which is
visible at a distance of five hundred years, and for every blessing he supplicated for me
Allah will grant him a palace in the Garden, regardless of how many.”

And Prophet Muhammad, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace said:
"Whenever a worshipper supplicates for blessings upon me, his request leaves him
swiftly and passes over land and sea, through east and west, saying: ‘i am the blessing
upon Muhammad, the chosen one, the best of the creation of Allah, supplicated for by so
and so’ and everything supplicates for blessings upon me. A bird is created from these
blessings with seventy thousand wings, each of which has seventy thousand feathers.
Each feather has seventy thousand heads with seventy thousands faces. Each face has
seventy thousands mouths and in every mouth there are seventy thousand tongues. Each
tongue glorifies Allah, the Exalted in seventy thousand languages and Allah will then
write for him the reward for all of that."
Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "The Messenger of Allah, may
Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace, said, ‘For whosoever asks Allah to
praise me one hundred times on a Friday, a light will come for him on the Day of
Resurrection, a light which, if it were to be divided among them, would be enough for the
whole of creation’.”
It is mentioned in the good tidings: "It is written on the leg of the Throne ‘Whosoever
yearns for Me, I am merciful to him. Whosoever asks Me, I will grant him his wish.
Whosoever draws near to Me, by asking for blessings upon My Beloved Muhammad, I
will forgive him, even if his sins were as plentiful as the foam on the surface of the
ocean’.”
And it is related by one of the companions, may Allah be pleased with them, "A beautiful
fragrance rises that reaches the clouds in the sky when a gathering supplicates for
blessings upon Muhammad, praise and veneration be upon him, and the angels say, ‘This
is a gathering in which blessings upon Muhammad, may Allah praise and venerate him
and grant him peace, are being requested’.”
Other reports mention that, "The gates of the heavens are opened for a believing
worshipper, male or female, who begins by asking for blessings upon Muhammad, and
the pavilions are opened as far as the Throne, and all the angels praise Muhammad, may
Allah praise and venerate him, and ask for forgiveness for that worshipper for as long as
Allah wishes.”
And he said, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace, "Whosoever is
troubled by any matter should increase his asking for blessings upon me, and his
anxieties, sorrows and concerns will be removed, and his provision will increase and his
needs will be satisfied.”
And one of the righteous said, "A neigbor of mine who was a scribe, died. I saw him in a
vision and asked him how Allah had treated him. He replied, ‘He has forgiven me’. I
asked, ‘For what reason did He forgive you?’ and he replied, ‘Whenever I wrote the
name of Muhammad, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace, in a Book,
I asked Allah to praise him and for this my Lord has given me what no eye has ever seen,
no ear has ever heard and what no mortal has ever imagined’.”

And it is related from Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, that he (Prophet
Muhammad), may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace, said, "None of you
truly believe until I am dearer to him than his own self, his wealth, his children, his
parents and all other people.”
And it is related in the quotation of Omar, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said to
Prophet Muhammad, may Allah praise and venerate him, "You are dearer to me, O
Messenger of Allah, than everything I possess except my own self which is within me.”
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace,
replied: "You will not be a believer until I am dearer to you than your own self." Omar
replied, "By Him who revealed to you the Book, you are dearer to me than my own self.”
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah praise and venerate him, replied, "Omar, now your
faith is complete.”
And it was asked of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah praise and venerate him and
grant him peace. "When will I attain belief?" (In another version, "When will I attain true
belief?") He replied, “When you love Allah." It was said, “And when will I love Allah?"
He answered, “When you love His Messenger." Then it was asked, “And when will I
love His Messenger?" He replied, "When you follow his path, adhere to his way, love
what he loves and hate what he hates, befriend whom he befriends and oppose whom he
opposes – and people will be distinguished, one from another, in their disbelief according
to their hatred of me.”
Can there be belief for those who have no love for him?
Can there be belief for those who have no love for him?
Can there be belief for those who have no love for him?
It was said to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him
peace, “We see believers who are humble and believers who are not humble. What is the
reason for this?" He replied, “It is because one finds his faith adorned with humility
whereas the other does not.” It was said, "How can we find such faith, or obtain it, or
earn it?" He replied, “By sincerely loving Allah.” It was asked, “How can the love of
Allah be found or earned?" He replied, “By loving His Messenger.” So seek the pleasure
of Allah and the pleasure of His Messenger by loving them.”
And it was said to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant
him peace, "Who are the family of Muhammad whom we are ordered to love and honor,
and treat with reverence?" He replied, “The people of purity and fidelity, who sincerely
believe in me.” It was said, “What are their signs?" He answered, “The traces of my love
are on every lover and their inner life is busy with remembering me and remembering
Allah" (In another version the words are, “Their signs are being addicted to remembering
me and constantly asking for blessings upon me.”)

It was said to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him
peace, “Who is he that is strong in his love for you?" He replied, “The one who believes
in me without seeing me, for he is a believer in me through yearning and is sincere in his
love for me. A sign of this is that he desires a vision of me more than anything he owns
(in another version it reads, “…than all the gold in the world") This is a true believer in
me, whose love for me is true and sincere.”
It was said to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him
peace, “Are you aware of those who ask for blessings upon you who are not present and
will come after you? What is their status?" He replied, “I hear the blessings of the people
who love me and I know them, as well as the blessings invoked by those who are not
present.”

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
There are five different ways to read Dalail-i Hayrat:
1. All together in one sitting
2. In two halves, divided over two days
3. In three thirds, over three days
4. In four quarters, over four days
5. In eight sections (hisb), over one week.
If you wish to recite this as part of a wird, you should begin recitation on a Monday, and
say one Hizb (section) each day. If you miss a day, you may make it up the next day if
you like, but it is also okay to pick up with the hizb for that day and continue.
The sections marked “Before Salawat” and “After Salawat” on the following pages are to
be recited every day before and after each hizb or section. It is also traditional to recite
the Asma ul-Husna (saying “jalla jallallahu” after each name) and the Names of the
Prophet (sws) before beginning a new recitation of Dalail-i Hayrat.
Example:
One hizb a day method:
1. Say the section “To Be Recited Before Beginning Salawat”
2. Recite the Asma ul-Husna
3. Recite the Names of the Prophet (sws)
4. Recite the first hisb, beginning where it says “1st hisb – Monday starts here”
and stopping where it says “Monday ends here”
5. Close with the section “To Be Recited After Making Salawat”
The next day (Tuesday) I could say #1 above and then skip #2 and #3 and go
directly to the second hisb, and so on for the rest of the week. Then on the following
Monday, I would say #1, recite the final, 8th hisb, and then I would have the option to say
the 1st hisb immediately to open the next week OR I could proceed to #5 and then start
over again from the beginning 1,2,3 etc…
If you are reciting one khatam, or halves, thirds, or quarters, you would follow the
same basic