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…
THE SPECIALTY OF MONDAY (YAWM AL ITHNAIN) ‘The Second Day’ Among the remarks of Sidina Shaykh Ahmad Tijani (may Allah be well pleased with him): “I meditated on the reason of the specialty of Monday (yawm al ithnain-the second day) with its relationship with the Chieftain of Existence (SAW) and…
According to Shaykh Hassan Cisse: It is said, “The service (khidma) of the disciple (murīd) is his ladder to attain his aspirations.” Saydī Ali did not attain his position with Shaykh Ibrāhīm only because the Shaykh loved him, that’s not the only reason Shaykh Ibrāhīm gave him everything. Saydī Ali…
In a forthright letter documented in the Jawâhir al -Rasâ’il, Shaykh Ibrâhîm (RA) writes: ‘And may you know that the Shaykh (al-Tijânî), may Allâh be pleased with him, mentioned a Fayda that would appear in the latter days. And some of the people of Kashf from the disciples of Shaykh…
The community of Ibrāhīm Niasse articulated specific guidelines for disciple conduct. The most important was purity of intention. The Arabic word murīd (disciple, aspirant) connotes one who desires. The Sufi murīd was thus conceived as one who ardently desired to know God. This intention should remain central to the disciple’s…
The Ahmedi Muhammadi Ibrahimi Hanifi dimensions of the Tijaniya Path By Shaykh al-Hajj Omar ibn Said al-Futi (d. 1279/1864) Kitab Rima’h al-Hizb al-Rahim ala Nuhur Hizb ar-Rajim ﷽ You should know that the full name of this Spiritual Path of ours comprises several (adjectival) names, arranged in this order al-Ahmediya…
From Shaykh Ahmad Tijani ﷽ Shaykh Ahmad Tijani in answering someone who asked about his Isnad said: “As for the Isnad of our Tariqa, it goes back to the Prophet (Pbuh), also the Isnad with the Wird and Hisbul-Sayfi is from the Prophet (pbuh). As for Musabba-Ashara, I accepted it…
Discourses of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse: ﷽ All thanks and praise belongs to Allah, Who said in His Wise Book “O you who believe! If you help Allah, He will help you and make your foothold firm.” Q (47:7). May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon the one who…
This letter, written in Rabīʿ al-Thānī of the Hijri year 1354 (July, 1935), was originally addressed to Shaykh Ibrāhīm’s Mauritanian disciple “Shaykhān” Manna Abba. ﷽ ‘As for what you mentioned concerning the spiritual arrival of the aspirants (wuṣūl al-murīdīn), may Allāh be praised for the Muslim community’s increase in faith.…
This is a letter Shaykh Ibrahim (r.a.a.) wrote to one of his key Muqaddams, Saydi Ali Cisse, ordering him to deliver a message about service (khidmah) to the disciples (murids) with him. ﷽ Al-Hamdu Lillah, to Allah Alone, and may two kinds of salaam be upon the one after whom…
