Dala'il al-Khayrat

Dala'il al-Khayrat  is a famous collection of prayers for Islamic prophet Muhammad, which was written by the Moroccan Sunni Sufi and Islamic Scholar Muhammad al-Jazuli (died 1465).

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 blessing, and its benefit for centuries and over generations, and witnessed its unbelievable spiritual blessings and light.
The legend behind the origin of the Dala’il al-Khayrat are 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 al-Jazuli's famed religiosity and was bewildered on why al-Jazuli could 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 the Prophet Muhammad.

So today after the maghrib prayers,some of the brothers here at the centre gather together and recite the entire book,we sat from maghrib until esha and recited it and by Allah as i was reading it,i could feel all my problems and stresses be alleviated.subhanAllah it was a beautiful and calming feeling,i thought to myself why i wasn't doing this more regularly.

It was just yesterday i was thinking about my father and i wondering how he manages to always look so calm and collected through all the adversities that face him and now i know he accomplishes that,well it must be because he recites the Dala'il al-Khayrat daily,there wasn't a day that went by that my beloved father never recited it.How silly i am for not following these things that father who was in front of me all my life.
I love you Abba for the sake of Allah and His beloved prophet (peace be upon him.).
Mummy jaan,i love you too.