The letter was written in his (Shaykh Ahmad Tijani) handwriting. The text is as follows:
“I ask, from the grace of our Master the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and give him peace) that he guarantee for me entrance into Paradise, without any reckoning or punishment in the very first group; for me and all of my forefathers in Islam, from both my mother and father’s side, as well as all of the children of my male and female ancestors until my 11th grandfather and 11th grandmother, and all of those who descend from them from their time until the death of our Master ‘Isa b. Maryam, from among all of the males and females, the young and the hold; and for all of those who have been generous with me with any physical or spiritual favor the weight of a mustard seed or more, and whoever has benefited me with any physical or spiritual benefit the weight of a mustard seed or more, from the time that I exited the womb of my mother until my death; and also all of those who have been my Shaykhs in knowledge, the Qur’an, remembrance or secrets; and whoever did not show me enmity from among all of those.As for those who show me enmity or hate me, then no. And I also ask this for all of those who love me and do not show me any enmity, and whoever befriends me or takes me as a Shaykh or takes any invocation from me, and anyone who visits me, everyone who renders me any service, or fulfilled any need of mine or supplicated for me. I ask all of this for all of the aforementioned from the time that I exited the womb of my mother until my death; as well as for their father’s mothers, children, wives and their wives’ parents, as well as those who nursed me, their children, parents, the parents of their spouses. I ask that our Master, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and give him peace) guarantee for me, and for all of those I mentioned that we should die while I, and everyone living among them, are upon faith and Islam, and that Allah should safeguard us and all of them from all of His punishments, retributions, His threats and intimidation, His frightening, and every evil from death until we are settled in Paradise and that all of our past and future sins and theirs be forgiven us; and that all of our wrongs and their wrongs, and that of our followers and theirs, be repaid from the treasures of the grace of Allah, and not from our good deeds; and that Allah (Honored and Exalted) should keep me safe from all of His assessments, interrogations, questions- small or large on the Day of Judgment; and that Allah should shade me and all of them in the shade of His Throne on the Day of Judgment; and that my Lord should reward me and every one of those who I mentioned in a manner quicker than the blinking of an eye on the wings of the angels; and that Allah should give me to drink, and all of them, from the pool of our Master Muhammad (may Allah bless him and give him peace) on the Day of Judgment; and that my Lord cause all of them as well as me to enter Paradise without any reckoning or punishment. And that my Lord should cause me and all of them to be settled in Paradise in the ‘Illiyin of the Garden of Paradise in the Garden of Eden. And I ask our Master, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and give him peace) by Allah that he guarantee me and all of those who have mentioned in this letter all of that which I have sought from Allah for them and me in this letter, by His generosity, all of it being with a guarantee that will cause all of that which I sought from Allah in this letter to reach me and all those who I have mentioned here in this letter.”
He (Rasullulah) responded (may Allah bless him and give him peace) with his honored words:
“I have guaranteed for you everything that is in this letter with a guarantee that will never deviate from you or them until you and all those you mention come to be my neighbors in the highest part of the ‘Illiyin. And I have guaranteed for you all of what you sought from us with a guarantee that will not be broken upon you. Peace.”