The Concealed Pole, Mawlana Shaykh, Abil Abbas Sidi Ahmed b. Mohammed Tijani al-Hassani
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قال
سيدنا رضي
الله تعالى عنه:
"أخبرني
سيد الوجود صلى الله عليه وسلم بأني أنا
القطب المكتوم والبرزخ المختوم مشافَهةً
يقَظةً لا مناما."
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"He had a whitish face with reddish tones and his white hair gained over his black one. Such state has genuinely pleased him as he always wished to meet his Lord on this state... His close companions were competing in getting his hair remnants during haircuts, and warmly greeting the barber who had the honour to be so close to him... He used to wear a camel hair-made dress in some occasions while in other occasions he wore a cotton-gown arranged through his neck and not lied upon his shoulders, putting the other end of the gown upon his head when he does not want to see people’s faces especially during the passage of women attending preaching sessions. The colour of his mantle (barnus) was a white one. He also possessed another camel-hair woven one. His turban was according to trustworthy sources from the well-known lamtayyeb type. The clothing is a rarity now...Continue Reading
the tijaniya Path: One Shaykh, one wird, one zawiya
Hagiography,
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Concealed Pole,
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Conditions,
Khatmiya,
Dimensions,
Awrad,
Ashab,
In the words of his Greatest Beloved and Successor and Representative, Mawlana Abul Hassan Ali Harazem (d. 1218/1803 in Badr, Medina)
: "Know that our Shaykh is the great Imam the understandable sea, the one with the higher signs, the clear worship, the saintly realities, the Mohammedian lights, the Divine secrets, the knowledge of the guided ones, the holder of the learned ‘flags, the Imam of the trustworthy ones, the cave of the clear heart’s holders, the Qibla (direction) of the determined ones, the Zamzam of the arrived ones’ secret, the renewer of the Path’s concepts after its occultation... Continue ReadingThe Shaykh, al-Allama, al-Faqih, al-Qadi, Abul Abbas Sidi Ahmed b. al-Iyyachi Skirej al-Khazraji al-Fasi have said: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful. Peace and Blessings be upon our Holy Prophet Sidna Mohammed, his Household and Companions. Praise to Almighty Allah who made the coronation of acceptance to the special servants of His Presence and had entered from His Door the ones that sided with truthfulness of servitude. They are the men, the most knowledgeable towards their Lord they have full of hope. They sat on the care’s chairs, surrounded ...Continue Reading
The Sparkled Bridegroom in the Sealness of the Sultan Sayyidi Abil Abbas Tijani
"The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) told me that I am the Concealed Pole (al-Qutb al-Maktum) and the Sealed Isthmus (al-Barzakh al-Makhtum) in the state of wakefulness and not in state of sleep." - Mawlana al-Khatm Sayyidi Abul Aabas Ahmed Tijani (may Allah be pleased with him)
. According to Sufi tradition, the invisible hierarchy of sainthood consists of the 40 abdal (substitutes; for when any of them dies another is elected by God from the rank and file of the saints), seven awtad (stakes, or props, of faith), three nuqaba' (leaders; one who introduces people to his master), headed’... [More]the tijaniya Path: documentary
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Concealed Pole,
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Conditions,
Khatmiya,
Dimensions,
Awrad,
Ashab,
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Allama Sidi Ahmed b. Abdellah Skiredj The author of the first extensive French and English translation of Jawahir al-Maani is of course the Allama Sidi Ahmed ibn Abdellah Skirej al-Fasi. Release of the fully revised French translation from the Arabic original is about to be made available on the markets. |
the tijaniya Path: One Shaykh, one wird, one zawiya
Hagiography,
The
Concealed Pole,
Narratives,
Conditions,
Khatmiya,
Dimensions,
Awrad,
Ashab,
“Our Tariqa was particularized by Allah of a characteristic which places it above all the paths, and whose language cannot be understood, so that the truths of this cannot be known. If ever the veil which is covering this Tariqa was to be raised, the greatest of the poles (Aqtab) would have wished for it just as the shepherd of the desert areas wish for the clouds of rain. Pay attention! Do not let yourself be deluded because all of the paths come from it. It is the source of all the paths from the beginning of creation, till the blowing of the trumpet on the last day. Our Tariqa is hidden except from the Master of Existence (peace and blessing be upon him), for He knows...[More]
Conditions of the Tijaniya Path
The great opening of Sidna Shaykh Abil Abbas Sidi Ahmed Tijani (may Allah be pleased with him) given to him by Allah , thanks to the intervention of his grandfather the Holy Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), started at Tlemcen, and was crowned, at Chellala, and at Abi Samghroune in the Eastern Sahara. That is where the Holy Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) allowed Sidna Shaykh Tijani to inculcate in his Mohammedian Wird to those who require it, without any pre-conditions, apart from submission to the precepts and concepts of Islam, the approval to recite the WIRD, and the...[More]
The Ahmedi Mohammedi Ibrahimi 'Hanifi dimensions of the Tijaniya Path
You should know that the full name of this Spiritual Path of ours comprises several (adjectival) names, arranged in this order al-Ahmediya al-Mohammediya al-Ibrahimiya al-Hanifiya Tijaniya. If you wish, you may call it,
Tariqa al-Ahmediya (the Ahmedi Path), or, Tariqa al-Mohammediya (the Mohammedan Path), or,the tijaniya Path:
Remembrances and InvocationsHagiography,
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Concealed Pole,
Narratives,
Conditions,
Khatmiya,
Dimensions,
Awrad,
Ashab,
In 1196/1781, the Concealed Pole, the Known Mohammedian Seal, Sidna Shaykh Abil Abbas Ahmed ibn Mohammed Tijani (1150/1735 -1230/1815) announced that his Grandfather, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) authorised him in a daylight vision (yaqadatan; while he was awake) to establish his own order, the Tariqa Ahmediya Mohammediya Ibrahimiya Hanifiya Tijaniya, and not use any of the chains of authority of teacher-to-disciple that were the main stay of all the Sufi orders. The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) had granted him permission to initiate mankind into the order during a period when he had fled from contact with...[More]
The Prayer of Salat al-Fatih: The Matchless Sapphire
"The lives of all the people have been spent in futility, except the lives of the practisers of Salat al Fatih, for they have gained both worldly and otherworldly profit." - Sidna Shaykh Abil Abbas Tijani (may Allah be pleased with him). In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious the Ever Merciful. Praise be to Allah who said in His Glorious Book, "Allah and His angels call down blessings on the Prophet. O you who believe! Call down blessings on him and ask for complete peace and safety for him." (Quran 33:56) Oh Allah send benedictions upon our Lord Mohammad, the opening of what had been closed...[More]
From the Asrar of the Tijani Path
Chapter Four of "Jawahir al-Maani wa-Bulugh al-Amani fi Fayd Shaykh Sidi Abil Abbas at-Tijani” (Gems of Indications and Attainment of Aspirations in the Overflowings of Sidi Abil Abbas Tijani) of the Holy Liaison and Noble Khalifa Sidi Abul Hassan Ali Harazem Berrada al-Fasi (d. 1212/1797) presents the litanies and prayers and supplications of Sidna Shaykh Abil Abbas Tijani (may Allah be pleased with him) in explicit terms. Opening and arrival to the Divine Presence however is only reached through the obligatory litanies of the Tijani order;...[More]
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Helsinki - Saturday, Rajab 29, 1431/ July 11, 2010 17:12 PM |
The
Erudite Scholar Abil Abbas Sidi Ahmed Skirej al-Fasi, may Allah be pleased with
him, documents in his own handwriting under this image in this manner: “In
the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful. Let one who comes upon
this knows that this image is for the Bukhari of the Path, the Protégé of the
Goer and the Comer, the Scholar and Righteous Friend, the Renowned Pole and
Advisor, Sidi Mohammed al-Arabi ibn Sayeh, the Sharqawi in lineage, the Tijani
in path and drinking place. And he is one of the Grandest Figures and Greatest
Cavaliers of the Tijani Path. And I, the world’s poorest men to his Lord, the
Judge of Settat, Ahmed ibn al-Haj al-‘Iyyachi Skirej, hereby bear witness of
the authenticity of this....Continue
Reading
Allama Gannun's Book "Tijani Women Companions"
Helsinki
- Saturday, Rajab 29, 1431/ July 11, 2010 18:22 PM |
102 Tijani Women Companions: Lalla
Aicha Sanusiya, Lalla
Mabrouka, Lalla
Moubaraka, Lalla
Tahira Sharqaiya, Lalla
Aicha Sharqawiya, Lalla
Frouh Taziya, Lalla
Shanyoura, Lalla
Maryam Sukayrijiya, Lalla
Shaqruna
From the Companions of Sidna Shaykh Abil Abbas Ahmed Tijani
The Erudite Scholar Sidi Ahmed Sukayraj al-Fasi, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “My Master and Lord, Sidi Ahmed al-Abdellawi, may Allah be well pleased with him, related to me that some of the Khalwatis met with some of the Tijanis and they spoke to each other regarding the opening (fath) and its people. Then, one of the Khalwatis said to one of the Tijanis, “We accept from you that the Greatest Shaykh Sidi Ahmed Tijani is a “virile stallion” (fahlun yulaqqih)- meaning that he had arrived at the station of opening (fath), training...[More]
Tijani
Chains and Ramifications
Since the goal of the mystic path is the transcending of the ego, it cannot be embarked upon without grace (tawfiq); nor can it be followed without the help of a spiritual master, who has himself traversed it, and without the spiritual education (tarbiya) by eye-glance (nadra), aspiration (himma) and state ('hal) which he confers on the disciple. Sufism therefore rests on unbroken spiritual succession which goes back, from master to master, to its origin in the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him)...[More]
Clearing the Confusion between the Difference of the 'Shaykh' and the 'Muqaddam'
"Dawud There
are 165,000 veils (‘hujub) between the individual and the Sacred
Presence (Hadrat al-Quds); 167,000 stations (maqams) between
sainthood (wilaya) and gnosis (ma’arifa), 148.000 stations
between gnosis and Poleship
(Qutbaniya)" - Sidna
Shaykh Abil Abbas Tijani (may Allah be pleased with him)
Quest for the Contemporary Sufi Guide: Challenges, Veils and Limitation of Sufi Books
"Dawud was a maker of coats of mail and shields, Adam was a farmer, Nuh a carpenter, Idriss a tailor, and Musa a shepherd." (Hadith) “Sufism is the obedience of the (divine) Command and the avoidance of Illegality outwardly and inwardly on the account of God's Satisfaction, not on your account.” (Sidna Shaykh Abil Abbas Tijani) "Three things of the prophetic traditions that should be left out in this period of time: donkey-riding, provisions-hoarding; and ring-wearing." (Sidi Ahmed Zarruq, d. 899/1484)
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