Portal to the Tijani Sufi Path (Tijaniya, Tijaniyya, Tidjaniya)

The Concealed Pole, Mawlana Shaykh, Abil Abbas Sidi Ahmed b. Mohammed Tijani al-Hassani

قال سيدنا رضي الله تعالى عنه: "أخبرني سيد الوجود صلى الله عليه وسلم بأني أنا القطب المكتوم والبرزخ المختوم مشافَهةً يقَظةً لا مناما."

In the history of Islam, there are numerous Sufi types. The universality of Sufi tradition balks at any attempt to reduce it to a signal, controllable pattern. Over the last centuries of the time, however, there has emerged a unique type of Sufi Shaykh who embodies in his person all the ranks of saints, all the secrets of saints, all the meanings of saints; for he is himself their seal whose feet are above their necks, for he is himself the cosmos that supplies them over the whole span of the history of the world. As the Holy Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) knew that he was a prophet when Adam was between water and clay, this Sufi knew style="font-style: normal">...Continue

The Concealed Pole: a Chronology

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... Continue Reading

The Tijani Narratives

Within the context of profoundly spiritualising revival of Tijani Sufism that the Ahmedi Mohammedi Ibrahimi Tijani Path was leveraged in the life and career of the Shaykh, al-Allama, al-Faqih, al-Qadi, Abul Abbas )...Continue Reading

litanies & Invocations

The Blessed Mohammedian Litany: Quiddity of the Ahmediya Tijaniya Path

The obligatory litanies (al-awrad al-lazima) of this Tariqa Ahmediya Mohammediya Ibrahimiya Hanifiya Tijaniya are the Daily Wird, the Daily Office (wadhifa) and the Haylala of Fridays (“La ilaha illa-llah”; There is no God but Allah). The supreme Khalifa Sidi Abul Hassan...[More]

Prayer of Salat al-Fatih: The Matchless Sapphire

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 ...[More]

From the Arcane Pearls 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)...[More]

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Conditions of the Tijaniya Path

One of the most important steps taken by Sidna Shaykh was that he did not consider Sufism limited to a certain group of people. The Shaykh usually repeated, “Impeller of rapture (saiq as-sa'ada) drives communities to this Presence, the divine clout (sarif al-ilahi), meanwhile, strays others from (arriving into) it.” Sidna Shaykh left his door open...[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 Spiritual Path), or Tariqa al-Mohammediya...[More]

Councils

1. Says Ibrahim the son of al-Haj Abdellah, our glowing moon. 2. Having started with the Name of Allah and Praise, All of it to Allah the Possessor of great Blessings and Glory. 3. An advice from me to my brothers, adhere to the path of Tijaniya. 4. A path of pure grace and satisfaction, founded and established...[More]

COMPANIONS OF Mawlana Shaykh

Allama Shaykh Sidi Ahmed Skirej RA

Companions of the Concealed Pole Mawlana Shaykh Tijani

For nearly fifty years Sidna Shaykh Abul Abbas Mawlana Ahmed ibn Mohammed Tijani Hassani was the main active propagator of the doctrine. From his Fez headquarters, he organised the born-global Tijaniya Sufi order, which spread in easts and wests in his blessed lifetime. During the same period, some of Sidna Shaykh's appointed khalifas had...[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...[More]