Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq was a master of fiqh and had great knowledge of Sufism. One of the most significant moments in his life was his meeting with the great scholar and Sufi from Fes, Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq (d. More reliable sources state that he wrote it a while after defending Tangier against the Portuguese in 840/1437. According to some sources, it was in this room where he composed Dalail ul Khairat, although others have stated that it was compiled from books in the Qarawiyyin library. Many people, to this day, visit his student lodging in Madrasat as-Saffarin in Fes. He lived in Madrasat al-Halfawiyyin (present-day Madrasat as-Saffarin). For his studies, he travelled to Fes due to the political environment and lack of resources in his hometown. He spent a great part of his life in rural Morocco. He was from the Berber tribe of Jazula in the Sus region in the south of Morocco. Imam al-Jazuli was born around the year 807/1404. He was descendant of the Prophet ﷺ through his noble grandson Imam Hasan I. He was renowned for his prophetic character and his tremendous proximity to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. His full name was Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli al-Simlali al-Hasani. Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli, the perfected Axial Saint of the 15th century (9 th century Hijri) was a man of spiritual states and divine inspiration. About the Author of Dalail al-Khayrat Background and Early Life The people of spiritual insight have recognised that it is an exclusive and exalted book, overflowing with the secrets of refinement and spirituality. It is one of those rare books that has become so popular that the number of printed copies remains unknown. For over 300 years in the Haramain of Makkah and Madinah, Dalail al-Khayrat was recited in daily gatherings after the Asr prayer. Millions of Muslims in the East and the West throughout the generations have eagerly recited it either in solitude in their homes or communally in mosques and Sufi lodges. It is by far the most popular and universally-acclaimed collection of prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ and has been observed as a litany throughout the Muslim world for over five hundred years. A manuscript of Dalail al-Khayrat from the late 18th century
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