Dala’il al-Khayrat, the most celebrated manual of Blessings on the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) in history, was composed by the Sufi, wali, Muslim scholar of prophetic descent, and baraka of Marrakesh Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli (d. 870/1465). Born and raised among the Gazulah Berbers of the Sus region in southern Morocco, he studied the Qur’an and traditional Islamic knowledge before travelling to Fez, where he memorized the four-volume Mudawwana of Imam Malik and met scholars of his time such as Ahmad Zarruq, and Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah Amghar, who become his sheikh in the tariqa or Sufi path.
Amghar traced his spiritual lineage through only six masters to the great founder of their order Abul Hasan al-Shadhili and thence back to the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace). After initiating Jazuli into the way, he placed him in a khalwa or solitary retreat, where he remained invoking Allah for some fourteen years, and emerged tremendously changed. After a sojourn in the east and performing hajj, Jazuli himself was given permission to guide disciples as a sheikh of the tariqa.
Imam Ahmad al-Sawi relates that one day Jazuli went to perform his ablutions for the prescribed prayer from a nearby well but could not find any means to draw the water up. While thus perplexed, he was seen by a young girl who called out from high above, “You’re the one people praise so much, and you can’t even figure out how to get water out of a well?” So she came down and spat into the water, which welled up until it overflowed and spilled across the ground. Jazuli made his ablutions, and then turned to her and said, “I adjure you to tell me how you reached this rank.” She said, “By saying the Blessings upon him whom beasts lovingly followed as he walked through the wilds (Allah bless him and give him peace).” Jazuli thereupon vowed to compose the book of Blessings on the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) which came to be known as his Dala’il al-Khayrat or “Waymarks of Benefits.”
His spiritual path drew thousands of disciples who, aided by the popularity of his manual of Blessings on the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), had a tremendous effect on Moroccan society. He taught followers the Blessings upon the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), extinction of self in the love of Allah and His messenger, visiting the awliya or saints, disclaiming any strength or power, and total reliance upon Allah. He was told by the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) in a dream, “I am the splendor of the prophetic messengers, and you are the splendor of the awliya.” Many divine signs were vouchsafed to him, none more wondrous or unmistakable than the reception that met his famous work.
Its celebrity swept the Islamic World from North Africa to Indonesia. Scarcely a well-to-do home was without one, princes exchanged magnificently embellished copies of it, commoners treasured it. Pilgrims wore it at their side on the way to hajj, and a whole industry of hand-copyists sprang up in Mecca and Medina that throve for centuries. Everyone who read it found that baraka descended wherever it was recited, in accordance with the Divine command: “Verily Allah and His angels bless the Prophet: O you who believe, bless him and pray him peace” (Qur’an 33:56).
In the post-caliphal period of the present day, Imam Jazuli’s masterpiece has been eclipsed by the despiritualization of Islam by “reformers” who have affected all but the most traditional of Muslims. As the Moroccan hadith scholar ‘Abdullah al-Talidi wrote of the Dala’il al-Khayrat: “Millions of Muslims from East to West tried it and found its good, its baraka, 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—until Wahhabi ideas came to spread among them, suborning them and creating confused fears based on the opinions of Ibn Taymiya and the reviver of his path Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab of Najd. After this, Muslims slackened from reciting the Dala’il al-Khayrat, falling away from the Blessings upon the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) in particular, and from the remembrance of Allah in general” (al-Mutrib fi awliya’ al-Maghrib, 143–44).
Dua Dalail al-Khayrat
Transliteration: Bismillah hir rehman nir raheem. Alhamdulillahi rabbil aalamina hasbiyallahu waniymal wakeelu wala howla wala qouwata illa billahil alliyoul azeemi allahumma inni oubarrio min howli wa'qouati illa howlika wa'qouwatika allahumma inni attaqarrabu ilaika bis salayi alla sayeedina muhammadin abdika wa'nabbiyika wa'rasullika sayeedil mursalina Sallalaho Allihi wa'allihi wasallama wa'allihim ajmaenam tisallan
Transliteration: Li'amrika wa'tasdeekan laahu wa'mahabbatan feehi washouqan illahi wa'tayzeeman li'qaddreehi wa'liqunihi salallahou allihi wasallama ahllan lizalika fataqabalha minni bifazlika wajalni min ibadikas salihina wawaffiqni liqira'attiha allad dawami bijahihi indaka wasalalahou alla sayeedina muhammadioun wa'alihi washbihi ajmaeena astagfirrullahal azeema subhanallahi wal'hamdullilahi hasbiyallahou wanimal wakeel
Transliteration: Dua'aaun youqraou qablash shouroi, Bismillah hir rehman nir raheem. Allahuma munni allina bisafaail mayrifati wahab lana sahihal muaamalati bainana wabainaka allas sunnati waljama'atti wasiddqit tawaqulli allika wahusnas zanni bika wamnun allina biqulli maa yuqarribuna illika maqrunam bilafwi fid daraini yaa rabbal'alamine
Transliteration: Muqaddimah: Alhamdulillahi was'salatu was'salamu allaa sayeedina muhammadioun wa'alihi wasahbihi wasallim qalash shaikhul imamul waliyoul kabeerul kutbush shaheeru sultanul muqarabina waqutbu daa'eratil muhaqqiqeen wasayeedul aarifeen sahibul karamatiz zahirati walasraril bahira sayyeedi abbu abdillahi muhammad'dubbanu sulaimanal jazuliiyou
Transliteration: Razziallahu anhu alhamdullilahil lazi haddana li'imani wal'islam was'salatu was'salamu alla sayeedina muhammadin nabbiyahil lazis tanqazana bihi min ibadatil ousani walasnam wa'alla allihi wa'ashabihin nujbaaiil bararatil kiram wabada haza falgarazu fii hazil kitabi zikrus salati allal nabbiyi sal'lallahu allihi wasl'lama wafazailuha nazkuruha mahzufatal asanidi liyashala
Transliteration: Hifzuha allal qariee wahiya min ahamil muhimmati limay youreedul qurba mir rabbil arbab wasamiytuho bikitabi Dalailil'Khairati washawariqil anwari fi ziqris salati allal nabiyeel mukhtar ibtigain limarzatil'lahi ta'aalla wamahab'batan fii rasulihil kareemi sayeedina muhammadin sal'lallaho allihi wasallama taslima
Transliteration: Wal'lahol masoullo ayi yajaalana lisun'natihi mint tabiyeen walizatihil kamilati minal muhibbeen fainnaho alla zalika qadeer laa'ilaha gairoho wala khaira illa khairoho wahowa niymal mula wanimal naseer wala houla wala qouwata illa billahil alliyoul azeem fazquroni azkurkum washkuroli wala takforoun
Transliteration: Fazloun fii fazlis salaati allal nabbiyi sallalaho allihi wasalam qalallaho azza wajalla innallaha wamalai'katuho yousalouna alla'nabbiyi yaa'ayuhal lazina aamanu sallu allihi wasalimu taslima wayourwa anna rasoul'allahi sallallaho allihi wasal'lama ja'aa zata youmou wabushra turra fii wajhihi faqala innaho ja'aani jibreelu allihis salamu faqala lii amma
Transliteration: Tarza yaa muhammadu unlaa yousalli allika ahadoum min ummatika illa sallitu allihi ashra wala yousallimu allika ahadum min ummatika illa sallamtu allihi ashra waqala Sallalaho Allihi Wasallama inna oullan nasi biya aksaruhum alliya salat waqalla sallalaho allihi wasallama man salla alliya sallat allihil malaikatu madama yousalli alliya falyouqallil inda zalika awil'youkassir waqalla sallalaho allihi wasallama bihasbil maree minal bukhli
Transliteration: An uzkara indahou wala yousalli alliya waqala sallalaho allihi wasallama aksirous salata alliya youmal joomouat waqalla sallalaho allihi wasallma man salla alliya min oummati marratoun wahidatan qoutibat laaho ashroo hasanatioun wamouhiyat anho ashrou sayyiatioun waqalla sallalaho alihi wasallama man qalla hina yasmaoul azana wal'iqama allahumma rabba hazihid dawwatit taa'maati was'salatil qaimati aati muhammadnil wasilati walfazilata wad'darrajatar rafiaata
Transliteration: An uzkara indahou wala yousalli alliya waqala sallalaho allihi wasallama aksirous salata alliya youmal joomouat waqalla sallalaho allihi wasallma man salla alliya min oummati marratoun wahidatan qoutibat laaho ashroo hasanatioun wamouhiyat anho ashrou sayyiatioun waqalla sallalaho alihi wasallama man qalla hina yasmaoul azana wal'iqama allahumma rabba hazihid dawwatit taa'maati was'salatil qaimati aati muhammadnil wasilati walfazilata wad'darrajatar rafiaata
Transliteration: Wab'asho maqamam mahmoudanil lazi wa'attaho hallat lahou shafa'atti youmal qiyama waqalla sallalaho allihi wasallama man salla alliya fii kitabil lam tazalil malaikatou tousalli allihi maa damasmii fii zalikal kitab waqalla abbu sulimanad daraniyou man arada'anin yasalallaha hajataho falyouksir bis'salati allal nabbiyi sallalaho allihi wasallama summa yasalloullaha hajatahou walyakhtim bis'salati allal nabbiyi sallalaho allihi wasallama fainnallaha
Transliteration: Yaqbalous salwataini wahowa akramou min ayyin yadda'aa maa bainahuma warouviya anhou sallalahou allihi wasallama annahou qalla man salla alliya youmal joumouati miatta marratin goufirat lahou khatiatou samanina sanata wa'an abbi hourrirata razziyallaho anhou anna rasoullalahi sallalaho allihi wasallama qalla lilmusalli alliya noorou allas sirrati waman kana allas sirrati min ahllin noori lam yaqoom min ahliln naar waqalla sallalaho allihi wasallama man
Transliteration: Nasiyas sallata alliya faqad akhta tareekal jannati wa'innama arada bin'nisyanit tarka wa'izza kaanat tariqou youkhtiou tareekal jannati kaanal mus'salli allihi sallikan illal jannata waffi riwayati abdir rahmanib'ni aoufin raziallaho anho qalla qalla rasoulullahi sallalaho allihi wasallama jaa'anni jibreelo allihis salamu faqala yaa muhammadu laa yousalli allika ahhadom min ummatika illa salla allihi sabouna alfa malaqioun waman sallat allihil malaikkato kana min
Transliteration: Ahllil jannati waqalla sallalaho allihi wasallama aksaroukum alliya sallatan aksaroukum azwajan fil jannati waroviya anho sallalaho allihi wasallama annaho qalla man salla alliya sallatan tayzimanl lihaqqi khalaqal'laaho azzawa'jalla min zalikal qouli malakal laho janaho bilmashriqi walakharou bil'magribi warijlaho maqrora tani fil arzis sabi'aattis sulka waouno'qouho multaviyatoun tahtal arshi yaqullolahou azza wajalla lahoo salli alla abdi kama salla alla nabbiyi fahowa
Transliteration: Yousalli allihi illa youmil qiyamati warouviya anho sallalaho alihi wasallama annaho qalla layaridanna alliyal housa youmal qiyamati aqwamum maa aarifuhum illa bikasratis salati alliya waroviya anho sallalaho allihi wasallama annaho qalla man saalla alliya marratioun wahidatan sallalaho allihi ashra marra'atoun waman salla alliya ashra marratin sallalaho allihi mia'aata marratin sallalaho allihi alfa marratin waman salla alliya alfa marratin harramallaho
Transliteration: jasadaho allaln'nari wasab'bataho bilqoulis sabiti fil hayatid dunnia wafil akhhirati indal mas'aalati wa'adkhalahol jannata waja'at salwatuho alliya nooran laho youmal qiyamati allas sirati masirata khamsimiatti ammou wa'attahullaho biqulli salwatin sallaha alliya qasran fil jannati qalla zalika aoukasura waqalan nabbiyou sallalaho allihi wasalama maa min abdin salla alliya illa kharajatis salatu musriatam min fihi fala tabqa barrou wala bahrou wala sharqou wala garobun
Transliteration: illa wa'tamurrobihi wataqoulo ana salatu fulanin salla alla muhammadinil mukhtari khairi khalqillahi fala yabqa shaioun illa wasalla allihi wayoukhlaqo min tilkas salati tairoun laho sabouna alfa janahin fi qulli janahin sabouna alfa reeshatin fii qulli rishatin sabouna alfa rassin fii qulli rassin sabouna alfa wajhi fi qulli wajhin sabouna alfa famin fi qulli famin sabouna alfa lissaniy fi qulli lissaniy yousabhihoullaha taa'alla bisab'enna alfa
Transliteration: Luggatou wayaktoubol'llaho laho sawaba zalika qulli wa'aan alliyib ni abbi tallibin raziyallaho anho qalla qalla rasullollahi sallalaho allihi wasallama man salla alliya youmal joumuatti miatta marratin ja'aa youmil qiyamati wama'aho noorul lou'qusima zalikan nooro bainal khalki kullihim lawasi'aahum zukkira fi ba'azil akhbari maktubun alla sakil arshi manish'taqa illiye rahimtuho waman sa'aalanai atituho waman taqarraba illiya bis'salati alla habibi muhammadin gafartu laho zunobaho walou
Transliteration: Qanat misla zabadil bahri waroviya anm ba'azzis sahabati rizwanullahi allihim ajmaeenna annahu qalla maa mim majlisay yousalla fihi alla muhammadin sallalaho allihi wasallama illa qa'amat minho raaihatu tayyibatun hatta tabloga annanas samai fataqulol malaikatu haza majlisun sulliya fihi alla muhammadin sallalaho allihi wasallam zukira fii bayzil akhbari annal abdal mumina awilamatal muminata izza bada'an bis'salati alla muhammadin sallalaho allihi wasallama
Transliteration: Luggatou wayaktoubol'llaho laho sawaba zalika qulli wa'aan alliyib ni abbi tallibin raziyallaho anho qalla qalla rasullollahi sallalaho allihi wasallama man salla alliya youmal joumuatti miatta marratin ja'aa youmil qiyamati wama'aho noorul lou'qusima zalikan nooro bainal khalki kullihim lawasi'aahum zukkira fi ba'azil akhbari maktubun alla sakil arshi manish'taqa illiye rahimtuho waman sa'aalanai atituho waman taqarraba illiya bis'salati alla habibi muhammadin gafartu laho zunobaho walou
Transliteration: Qanat misla zabadil bahri waroviya anm ba'azzis sahabati rizwanullahi allihim ajmaeenna annahu qalla maa mim majlisay yousalla fihi alla muhammadin sallalaho allihi wasallama illa qa'amat minho raaihatu tayyibatun hatta tabloga annanas samai fataqulol malaikatu haza majlisun sulliya fihi alla muhammadin sallalaho allihi wasallam zukira fii bayzil akhbari annal abdal mumina awilamatal muminata izza bada'an bis'salati alla muhammadin sallalaho allihi wasallama
Transliteration: Futihat lahu abwabus samai was'suradiqatu hatta illal arshi fala yabqa malaqun fis samawati illa salla alla muhammadin sallalaho allihi wasallama wayastagfirona lizalikal abdi awil'amaati MasahAllaha waqala sallalaho allihi wasallama man asurat allihi hajatun falyouqsir bis'salati alliya fain'naha taqshiful hum'muma wal'gummuma wal qourooba watukaseerul arzaqa watukdil hawaa'ij wa'am badis saliheena annaho qalla kanna li jaroun nasakhun famata
Transliteration: Fara'aituhu fil manami faqultu lahu maa fa'aallalahu bika faqala gafarali faqultu lahu fabima zaa'lika faqala quntu izza katabtus ma muhammadin sallalaho allihi wasallama fi kitabin sallitu fa'atani rabbi mala aynur ra'aat wala ouzonun samiat wala khatara alla qalbi basharin wa'an annasin annahu qalla qalla rasulollahi sallalaho allihi wasallama laa youminu ahadoukum hatta akkuna ah'habba illihi min nafsihi wamalihi wawaladihi wawalidihi wan'nassi ajmaeen
Transliteration: Wafii hadeesi umara'anta ah'habbu illiya yaa Rasullalahi min qulli shai'in illa nafsil lati baina jan'baiya faqalla laho allihias sallatu was'sallamu laa taquno mu'meenan hatta akkuna ah'habba illika min nafsika faqalla oummarol lazza anzalla allikal kitaba la'anta ah'habbu illiya min nafsil latti baina janbaiya faqalla Rasullulahi sallalaho allihi wasallama alan'na yaa oummaro tamma immanuka waqilla li Rasullilahi sallalaho allihi wasallama matta akunu muminou waffi lafzin akh'harra muminan
Transliteration: Sadeekan qalla izza ahbabtal'llaha faqeella matta ouhibbu'llaha qalla izza ahbabta Rasullaho faqeella wa'matta ouhibbu Rasullaho qalla izzat'tabaata tareeqataho wastaamalta bisunnatihi wa'ahbabta bihubbihi wa'abgazta bibugzihi wa walita biwalayatihi wa'aadayta biaddawatihi wayatafawatun nassu fil imani alla qadri tafawotihmi fii mahabbati wayat'tafawatuna fil kufri alla qaddri tafawotihmi fii bugzi aalla laa immana liman laa mahabbata laho alla laa immana
Transliteration: limal laa mahabbata laho alla laa immana limal laa mahabbata laho waqeela li Rasullilahi sallalaho allihi wasallama narra muninayi yakh'shaou wamuminal laa yakhshaou mas'sababu fii zalika faqalla mawo wajada li imanihi hallawatan khasha'aa wamal lam yajeedha lam yakhsha faqeela bima tujadu aou bima tunalo watuktasabu qalla bisidqil hubbi fillahi faqeela wabima youjadu hubbullahi aou bima youktasabu faqalla bihubbi Rasullihi faltamisu rizza'allahi warizza'aa rasullihi
Transliteration: Fii hubbihima waqeela li Rasullilahi sallalaho allihi wasallama man allu muhammadinl lazzina oumirrna bihubbihim waikramihi walbururi bihim faqalla ahlus saffai walwaffai man ammana bi wa'ahklasa faqeela laho wamma alla matuhum faqalla issaru mahabbati alla qulli mahbubou washtiqallol battini biziqri badda zikrilla waffi oukhra allamatuhum idmanu zikri waliksaru minas'salati alliya waqeela li Rasullilahi allihi wasallama minal qaveeyou
Transliteration: Fill imani bika faqalla man am'mana bi wallam yarani fainnaho muminum bii alla shouqim minho wasidqeen fii mahabbati wa'allamatu zalika minho annaho yawaddo rouyatti bijammiee maa yamliku waffi ukhra mi'ilarzi zahaban zalikal munimu bii haqqan walmukhlisu fii mahabbati sidqa waqeela li Rasullilahi sallalaho allihi wasallama arra'aita sallatal musallina allika mimman qabba anka wamai yatti baddaka maa halohomma inddaka
Transliteration: Faqalla asmaou sallata ahlli mahabbati wa'aarifuhum watourazu alliya sallatu gayrihim arza
Transliteration: Hazihi Siffatul Rouzattil Mubbarakatil latti duffina fiha Rasullolahi sallalaho allihi wasallama wasahibaho abbu bakrou wa'ummaro razzyallaho anhumma hakazza zakkaraho urwatubnuz zubairi razziyallaho ta'aalla anhumma qalla dufina rasullolahi sallalaho allihi wasallama fis sahwatti waduffina abbu bakrir razziyallahu anho khalfa rasullillahi sallalaho allihi wasallama waduffina ummarubnul khattabi razziyallaho anhu inda rijly abbi bakroun wa
Transliteration: Bakiyatis sahwatush sharkiyatu farigatan fiha mouziou qabrainy youqalo laho wallaho aa'alamo anna issabna maryama allihis sallamu youdfanu fihi wakazalika ja'aa fil khabari arr Rasullilahi sallalaho allihi wasallama waqalat ayeshau raziyallaho anha ra'aitu sllasata aqmarin suqutan fii hujrati faqasastu rouyaya alla abbi bakri faqalla lii yaa ayeshatu liyoudfananna fii baitika salasatun hum khairu ahlil arzi fallmma tuwaffiya rasullollahi sallalaho allihi wasallama waduffina fii
Transliteration: Baiti qalla li abbu bakrin hazza wahidum min akmariki wahowa khairohum sallalaho allihi wa'alla allihi wasallama kaseera
