Dala'il al-Khayrat

Dala'il al-Khayrat
Dala'il al-Khayrat or Dalaail u'l Khayraat Wa Shawaariq u'l Anwaar Fee Zikri's Salaat Alan Nabiyyi'l Mukhtaar (meaning the Waymarks of Benefits and the Brilliant Burst of Sunshine in the Remembrance of Blessings on the Chosen Prophet) is a famous collection of prayers for Islamic prophet Muhammad, which was written by the Moroccan Sufi and Islamic Scholar Muhammad al-Jazuli (died 1465). It is popular in parts of the Islamic world amongst traditional Muslims - specifically North Africa, the Levant, Turkey, the Caucasus and the South Asia and is divided into sections for daily recitation. Moroccan hadith scholar Abdullah al-Talidi wrote of the Dalail al-Khayrat: Millions of Muslims from East to West tried it and found its good, its blessing, and its benefit for centuries and over generations, and witnessed its unbelievable spiritual blessings and light. Muslims avidly recited it, alone and in groups, in homes and mosques, utterly spending themselves in the Blessings on the Most Beloved and praising him.[1]" The Dalail al-Khayrat is the first major book in Islamic history which compiled litanies of peace and blessings upon Muhammad. It is also the most popular and most universally acclaimed collection of litanies asking God to bless him. Among some Sunni religious orders, most notably the Shadhili-Jazuli order, its recitation is a daily practice. In others however, its recitation is a purely voluntary daily practice. The work begins with the ninety nine names of God, and then the a collection of over one hundred names of the Prophet Muhammad.[2] The legend behind the origin of the Dalail al-Khayrat claims that Imam al-Jazuli once awoke late for his morning prayers and began to look in vain for pure water to perform ritual ablutions. In the midst of his search al-Jazuli encountered a young girl who was aware of The opening page from a seveneenth century copy of Dala'il al-Khayrat from the Walters Art al-Jazuli's famed religiosity and was bewildered on why al-Jazuli could Museum. not find pure water. The girl then spit into a well which miraculously overflowed with pure sweet water for al-Jazuli to perform ablutions. Consequent to performing prayer, al-Jazuli inquired to the means by which the girl achieved such a high spiritual station. The girl replied it was simply by "Making constant prayer for God to bless the best of creation by the number of breaths and heartbeats." Al-Jazuli then resolved to write a work collecting litanies of prayers asking God to bless and show mercy and kindness to Muhammad. Al-Jazuli then moved East to Medina where he would recite the whole of the Dalail al-Khayrat twice daily at the Muhammad's grave in al-Masjid al-Nabawi. The Dala'il Khayrat has since been seen as a testament of love and passionate longing for Muhammad.

A fifteenth century copy of Dala'il al-Khayrat from the Chester Beatty Library.

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Many of exegesis were written on the Dala'il Khayrat - most notably by the scholar Yusuf an-Nabhani in his work "Afdal al-Salawat," and 'Abd al-Majid al-Sharnubi al-Azhari's "Sharh Dala'il Khayrat."

References
[1] The Story of Dala'il al-Khayrat (http:/ / www. dalail. co. uk/ dalail. htm) [2] Dala'il Khayrat: An Appreciation by Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad (IQRA.net) (http:/ / www. iqra. net/ Salawaat/ dalaail/ index. html) A detail from a fifteenth century manuscript of Dalail Khayrat showing Al-Masjid an-Nabawi and Haram Ash-Sharif.

External links
Delai'l-i Hayrat transliteration and English translation in PDF format at Osmanli Naks-i'Bendi Hakkani Muslim Sufi Order (http://www.naksibendi.org/books.html) Read/Download Dalail ul Khairat Shareef (http://www.rehmani.net/library/Dalail-ul-Khairat/index.php) Mp3 Audio Recitation (http://www.naksibendi.org/hayrat.html) of Delai'l-i Hayrat, also from Osmanli Naks-i'Bendis. English translation of Dala'il al-Khayrat (http://bewley.virtualave.net/dalail1.html) The Story of Dalail al-Khayrat (http://www.dalail.co.uk/dalail.htm) (by Sheikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller) An Appreciation by Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad (http://www.iqra.net/Salawaat/dalaail/index.html) Dalail English/Arabic Text and Audio (http://www.dalail.org/index.html)

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