Excellence and Secrets Of The Night Vigil Volume I Picture Oil lamp ...

Many books were written on this topic. Habib Umar bin Salim bin Hafiz
booklet Awrad of the Ba’alwi Guided by the Essence of Prophetic
Traditions [Khulasal Maddan Nabawiyah fi Awrab al Ba`alawi] which
itself is a complete compilation of the deeds of the righteous
predecessor [salaful sallah] of the Tariqa Bani Alawi is a good guide.
In his introduction, Habib Umar said that these routine [awrad] is part
of the practices of the Prophet s.a.w. and adopted as part of the deeds of
Tariqah Bani Ba’alawi. They are recited by those who tread its path to
Allah S.W.T. These are only few of the many recitations for routine of
worship [awrad] that is contain in “The Ways of the Worshippers”
[Wasilatil Ibadah] and “The Easy Path (to Allah)” [Tariqatas Suhalat]
by Imam Abdullah bin Alawi bin Muhammad al-Haddad; “Shortest
Path (for those seeking to be close to Allah)” [Al Masaluk al-Qarib] by
Habib Tahir bin Hussain bin Tahir; “The Path (to Allah) of the Rightly
Guided” [Sabilil Muhtadin] by Abdullah bin Alwi Alatas; “A Fountain
of Happiness” [Munba’ak alsaadat] and “A Collection (for those who
wish to reach the) Gracious Thrones” [Majmuk al-la’tiffah al-arshi’at]
by Habib Ali bin Muhammad Alhabshie; Al Fathul illah and others.
The recital for the Night Vigil is reproduced in Appendix I and in a right
to left format for convenience in reading in the Arabic language.
Today, the worshippers demand references and religious subject matters
sometimes become very academic and lost some of its spirituality. In
variably we have to include references but here we are trying to balance
the content.
The inspiration of this book came after we completed [khatam] the
reading of “Syarah Ratib Imam Alhadad” by Habib Alwi bin Ahmad bin
Hassan alHaddad, a great grand son of the Imam, which provides
detailed narration, tafsir and references for this book.
LR 6 - Introduction