Muqaddams
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Forsaking the Visitation of Other Shaykhs, Living or Deceased [Part 1]
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On the Prohibition of Visiting Living and Deceased Saints in the Tijani Path and in All Sufi Paths Some people who are ignorant of the conditions of the Tijani Path hold the view that visiting saints—whose visitation was prohibited by our master Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani (Allah be pleased with him) for those in his path, Continue reading
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Sitting with the Haters
Sidi al-Tayyib b. Ahmad al-Sufyani (Allah have mercy upon him) recorded in al-Ifada al-Ahmadiyya that Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani (Allah be pleased with him) said: “Sitting with those who harbor rancor brings a poison that slowly spreads into its companion.” Sidi al-Tayyib b. Ahmad al-Sufyani commented: And from the meaning of this is the saying: Choose Continue reading
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Shaykh ‘Ali Daqar and the Tijani Path in Syria
The Imam of the Syrian lands, master of spiritual, scholarly, and armed revolutions that shook the entire region, as noted by the Syrian writer and historian Shaykh ‘Ali al-Tantawi, reached a level of fame and prominence unmatched by his contemporaries or those who came after him. His influence and goodness spread throughout all the Syrian Continue reading
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Keys to the Prophetic Presence
This is what Shaykh Ahmad al-Hadi al-Hasani al-Tijani—may Allah preserve him—wrote some time ago in response to a question sent to him from the Western Sudan by a descendant of noble lineages, the son of imams and warriors, the upright young scholar, al-Sayyid Muhammad Salih Sakhu al-Sarkuli al-Tijani. May Allah admit us and him into Continue reading
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Clinging to the Path
From the letters of Shaykh Ahmad Sukayrij To our brothers in the Tijani path who reside on Jabal Bu-Makhlad—may God keep you safe and under His protection. Peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you, along with the greetings and spiritual gifts that flow by the grace of our master, may God be pleased with him Continue reading
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Moderation in Audible Dhikr
Shaykh Muhammad al-Nazifi al-Tijani said in al-Durra al-Kharida: “It is thus required, for a gathering such as this [the wazifa], that the dhikr (remembrance) be recited aloud — the least of it being that one hears himself and those near to him [hear him]. As for the most, there is no prescribed limit. What is Continue reading
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The Driver of Felicity (Sa’iq al-Sa’ada)
Shaykh Ahmad Sukayrij al-Khazraji al-Tijani (God be pleased with him) said: And verily, the driver of felicity [Sa’iq al-Sa’ada] drives toward this sacred presence whomever is destined to be among its people; and the Divine repeller turns away from it whomever is not numbered among the company of its folk — those regarded with the Continue reading
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On Not Being a “Mashhur-Maximalist” in Fiqh
After answering a legal question about a traveler offering the Jumu’a sermon and prayer, Shaykh Idris al-‘Iraqi (God have mercy upon him) advised the reader to not be a “mashur-maximalist” in this age of dissolution: And there is no harm in adopting a weak opinion—much less one that is practiced in the schools of the Continue reading
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Salat al-Fatih is Muhammadan Tawajjuh
Ṣalāt al-Fātiḥ is not merely an ordinary formula of prayer upon the Prophet (God bless him and give him peace). It is a luminous chain bestowed by God upon the Hidden Pole (al-Qutb al-Maktūm), Shaykh Aḥmad al-Tijānī (God be pleased with him) through Divine inspiration and spiritual authorization from the Messenger of God (God bless Continue reading
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Over Attachment to the Spiritual Books of Other Masters
The disciple of Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani (God be pleased with him) is cautioned from doing, saying, or harboring anything in his heart that would constitute a veering toward another Shaykh (and, necessarily, away from Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani). One form of this is getting caught up in Sufi books from Shaykhs of other paths, to the Continue reading
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Foundations for Not Visiting the Living or Deceased Shaykhs of Other Paths
Shaykh Muhammad al-Hafiz al-Tijani (d. 1978 CE) said in his work Fasl al-Maqal concerning the matters that sever one’s connection to Sayyiduna al-Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani (God be pleased with him): Said our master Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ʿArabī—may God sanctify his secret—in al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya, in the one hundred and eighty-first chapter, concerning the knowledge of the Continue reading
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Eschewing Affectation
Said the esteemed Shaykh and master, “the Bukhari of the Tariqa,” Sidi al-‘Arabi b. al-Sa’ih (God be pleased with him), in Bughyat al-Mustafid: “In sum, dealings that depend upon recompense are not of the manners of the righteous, but of the habits of the wicked. Nor is it hidden that this courtesy enters into what Continue reading
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Distance from God Due to One’s Devotions?
The meaning of ghurūr (self-deception) is to hold a conviction about something contrary to its true reality. Thus, the person who is deceived is the one who believes that the spiritual openings he attains come from the virtue or power of a certain remembrance (dhikr) or practice. He then expends all his energy and lifetime Continue reading
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