The Antidote in Knowing the Rights of the Chosen Prophet"

Praise be to Allah who is alone in possessing His most splendid Name, and is the Owner of unconquerable might. Praise be to Allah who is Unique having the highest Names, the Owner of tremendous might, having neither beginning nor end. He is apparent... [More]

The Moroccan Kingdom and Arabia  

The Muslim Holy Places of Macca and Madina have attracted an ever increasing number of Maghribis and Andalusians throughout the ages. Despite their politi­cal independence (from the Eastern Caliphate), the Maghrib... [More]

The Moroccan King/Saint Relationship

The fate of Moroccan Sufism has since the Idrissid era, been closely connected to remarkable individuals whose achievements were praised in hagiographical literature. The authority of the Idrissids is linked to a specifically Mohammedian tradition of leadership in accounts detailing...[More]

Sealness of Special Mohammedian Sainthood

Know (may Allah be pleased and well-satisfied with you) that Sidna Shaykh Abul Abbas Ahmed ibn Mohammed Tijani al-Hassani (may Allah overflow on us from his ocean with the best of spectacles)... [More]

Concept of Revitalization (tajdid) in Islam

“Man”, noted Ibn Khaldun cautions in his Muqaddima, "should not trust the suggestion that his minds makes, that it is able to comprehend all existing things and their causes and to know all the details of existence. Such a suggestion of...[More]

Pan Ties of Moroccan Qadiri-Shadhili Orders

The Qadiriya Sufi Order, so named after Shaykh Moulay Abdellqadir Jilani (d. 561/1166), occupies a pre-eminent place in Moroccan Sufism. Although its organisational structure came into prominence several decades after the death of the Shaykh...[More] 

Litanies: The Supremacy of Salat al-Fatih Prayer

Sidi al-Qadi Iyyad Sabti (may Allah be pleased with him) (d. 544/1129) said in Kitab Shifa bita'rif huquq al-Mustapha (The Antidote in knowing the rights of Chosen Prophet)...[More]

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Morocco: The Hub of Sufism par Excellence

The Sharifian Kingdom of Morocco has long been one of the most important crucibles of Islamic mysticism. Moroccan religious and intellectual movements often created ebb tides of intellectual and cultural influence that flowed toward the Muslim East. The wide geographical extent of the Tijaniya, the Shadhiliya and the Idrissiya Sufi orders underscores the importance of this lacuna. Instead of been merely imitative, many of the doctrines and institutions that were created such as the al-Qarawiyyine of Fez had profound effect on the Maghrib and the rest of the Islamic world. The foundation of Sufism in Morocco came, of course, from the East, as did Islam. Yet the unusual type of Islam in Morocco...Continue Reading


Hagiography bank
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Sidi Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi  (d. 636/1221)

At the beginning of the fifteenth century, the Shadhiliya brotherhood was closely associated with political and intellectual elites of North Africa. This was to be expected, since Sidi Abul Hassan Shadhili (d. 656/1241), Sidi Abul Abbas al-Mursi (d. 686/1271)... [More]

Sidi Abdellah al-Ghazwani (d. 935/1520)  

At the Sidi Abu Mohammed Abdellah al-Ghazwani (d. 935/1520), the successor of Sidi Abdellaziz Al-Tabba’a (d. 914/1499) as Shaykh al-jama'a of the Jazouliya and one of Marrakech' Sab'atu Rijal Saints, was born among the Banu Ghazwan tribal segment... [More]

Sidi Mohammed al-‘Hajuji (d. 1371/1952)
The second-generation Tijani awakening that took place at the beginning of the twentieth century Morocco at the hand of unique muqaddams, which paralleled simultaneously parallel Tijani movements in the Maghreb, West Africa and... [More]