Dalail ul-Khairat

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 al-Jazuli’s famed religiosity and was bewildered on why al-Jazuli could not find pure water. The girl then spat 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 The Pride of creation The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah Almighty be upon Him and His family).

Al-Jazuli then moved east to Medina where he would recite the whole of the Dalail ul-Khairat twice daily at Prophet Muhammad’s (peace and blessings of Allah Almighty be upon Him and His family) grave in Al-Masjid an-Nabawi. TheDalail ul-Khairat has since been seen as a testament of love and passionate longing forProphet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah Almighty be upon Him and His family).