"He spent 36 years in khalwa
“of Salat al Fatihi”. Some people spent 20 years in his house and did not see
him!"
Shaykh Muhammad Mahi was born in
1921 in Segou (Central Mali) in a famous Sherifian family. His grandfather
Shayk Sidi Ibrahim Sherif known as Nioro Karamoko (the Shaykh of Nioro [his
native village nearby Segou]) is considered at least in Segou as the greatest
saint after Shaykh Umar Futi in Mali.
Shaykh Mahi's grandfather the
Wali of Nioro (city in Mali) adopted the Sanusiya Tariqa till his arrest by the
French in the 1940's and deportation to Ivory Coast. While in prison he
received the daylight vision of Shaykh Ahmad Tijani in broad day light who told
him to take the Tariqa Tijaniya. He was later released and sent back to Segou
and to Niaro under tight French surveillance where he spent the rest of his
life.
Niaro Karamoko used to say that
whenever he saw the prophet (SA) he was with Shayk Ahmad Tijani( R.A) and that
he never saw the later without Shaykh Umar behind him bearing his prayer mat.
His grandson Shaykh Muhammad Mahi
would grow to be his inheritor and leader of his grandfathers students.
It is one of his famous saying
namely that a Godly man can be in a market full of people but not be distracted
due to his direct witnessing of Allah (SW), that inspired Shayk Muhammad Mahi
to find out how this is possible. As Shayk Mahi would say later on that none of
the books he read nor the devotions he made could achieve his ambition.
Then he decided to leave hundreds
of Koran students he was in charge of to search for the truth. At
the age of 30 he left Mali for Madinah. He wept so much at the blessed tomb of
the prophet (SA) that when he left the mosque someone called him and told him
that the knowledge he wants, he can found only in Kano (Nigeria).
Shayk Mahi headed to Kano and met
with Osman Kano, a khalifa of Shaykh Ibrahim Niass. That's where he got the
tarbiyya and came back to Mali.
Six months later he went to
Medina Baye-Kaolack, Senegal. When Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse saw him coming, he
told his Khalifa Sidi Ali Cissé that:
“This is a man you have never
seen a like of and you will never see such. If he has not come to me I would
have gone for him! Today I can affirm without any doubt that my mission as the
bearer of the Fayda will be a success.”
In another occasion, people
complained to Shayk Ibrahim Niass that his guest (Shaykh Muhammad Mahi) never
attends the wazifa, on which he replied: “this my guest has the same noor
(light) I have, but the difference is I can bear mine, while he cannot!”.
Shaykh Mahi spent two years in
kaolack and was appointed by Shayk Ibrahim Niass as his khalifah in Mali. He is
the only khalifah appointed by Shaykh Niass himself in Mali.
He and his students bought a new
land and built a house for him where he settled and never came out for 36 years
except on few rare occasions!
Shaykh Mahi is known in kaolack
as the man of khalwa (Spiritual Retreat), for he spent 36 years in Khalwa. Some
people spent 20 years in his house and have not seen him! Shayk Mahi himself
didn't know where his home was when once he went to the capital city and on the
way back his car was broke down. Someone accepted to drop at least one of the passengers.
When arrived at Segou he was dropped few hundred yards from his house. This was
a strange experience for he hasn't been familiar with the area of his house in
so long he didnt know where to find his home. So he kindly asked a beggar to
show him the house of "Shayk Mahi"!
In few years time, people ran to
him in such a way that has never been seen in Mali. His own house constantly
guested more than 500 men and women students for more than 30
years and up to now this is continuining. Shaykh Mahi brought more than 200,000
people into the tariqa and knowledge of Allah.
For example three of his khalifas had more than 200 Muqqadems each and Shaykh
Mahi had more than 50 Khalifas in Mali, Burkina fasso, Ivory Coast, Sierra
leone, Guinea Konakry.
Shaykh Muhammad Mahi is known to
have said that he can't sleep if he thinks that there are still some people who
don't have marifa. Thanks to him hundred of thousands of muslims have got true
gnosis. Shaykh Mahi is the first muslim in Mali to celebrate publicly Mawlid
with all night long preaches. Now Mawlid is more celebrated in Mali than eids.
In fact, Mawlid is the only occasion during which Shaykh Mahi would publicly
preach from his spiritual retreat room using a microphone and never come out.
He received twice the visit of Shaykh Ibrahim Niass in Segou and was married to
one of his blessed daughter, Sayida Zainab Niass and had many blessed
offsprings through her.
Shaykh Mahi passed away in 1992.
His tomb is in the mosque he built in his house. His son Mohamed Mounir Mahi
Haidara has been appointed as his khalif.
May Allah sanctify their secrets,
and grant us his barakah....ameen!!!
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SHAIKH HASSAN DEM: THE BASTION OF ISLAMIC
SCHOLARSHIP
(AL-HASAN B. MUHAMMAD al-Füti
al-Kawlakhi, called al-Hasan
Dem, d. c. 1989)
Culled from:
Arabic Literature of Africa (ALA) Vol.
IV: The Writings of Western Sudanic Africa (pgs. 306 & 307), Compiled by
Prof. John O. Hunwick
A disciple of Shaikh Ibrahim
Niyas of Futanke origin, he lived in the Niassene zawiya at Madina Kaolack for several decades and visited
Nigeria where his writings were published.
His writings/publications:
1. Kashf
al-ghita ‘an al-fikr al-safi fi ma‘rifat usul al-deen
al-islaamii wa-ma‘rifat usul al-Tijaniyya
4. Nayl
al-maraam fı su’aal al-hajj Uba Ringim fi ’l-manaam
Uba Ringim mentioned in the title is a well-known
Tijani merchant ofKano.
Written 5 Rabi‘ I 1398/13 February 1978.
Publ. Kano, 1397.
5. Usl al-‘ilm wa’l-tariqa al-Tijaniyya wa-fadaa’il mawlana al-shaykh
Ahmad al-Tijani sahib al-maziyya
Publ. n.p., 1409/ 1989 (copy in UBMIA/TIJ, 127).
Al-Ḥasan b.
Muḥammad Dem (d. 1409/1989), a
Futanke from the region of Podor in Fouta Toro, the bastion of Islamic
scholarship in the wider Senegambia area.He became a pillar of the community and
expanded his teaching activity to include medicine, the curing of mental
patients being his field of expertise (Seeseman, 2010).
Shaykh Hassan Dem was born in Sinthiou Dangthé in Podor, in
1920. His name is HASSAN DEM, son of SAMBA MUSA, son of ALI.
His grandfather ALI came from the village of FUMMI HARIDIMMUBI. He then moved
and settled in the river coast, in the Mauritanian side. There, he perfectly
learned the Holy Quran and became a hâfiz (memorizer of the whole Quran). After
that, he returned back and settled in Hallaybé and next in harelâhu. He also
was one of the people of haleybé who founded that village.
SHAYKH HASSAN DEM’s Mother, Fatoumata Kelly, is daughter of Ilimân Bôyil b.
Ilimân Umar b. Abdul Tafsir b. Tafsir Umar Kelly. This latter was celebrated as
a saint who accomplished many miracles.
His Childhood
and the Miracle of the River
Shaykh Hassan Dem grew up in Sinthiou Dangthé in his tender
age. When he was seven, he moved to his grandfather, Ilimân Bôyil, where he
started learning the Quran, which was usual by that time. He had his uncle El
Hadj Abdul kelly as a master. But for some reason, he had to stop his studies
despite the strong will he had for learning.
One midday, on his way to the Gourel village near Jullûm, he walked alongside
the river that flows between those two villages and which was completely dry by
that time of the day.
He had a glance into a hole in the course
of river, and he found flowing a milky liquid. He got close and took three sips
from it with his hands. The liquid was delicious and sweet like honey. He
wanted to take a fourth sip, but the water vanished mysteriously. He was so
astonished by what happened that he went back to tell his grand-fatherMûsà Kelly, considered as a saint,
about what he just witnessed.
His grand-father interpreted the incident and told him: Go and seek knowledge.
You’ll acquire it without any trouble! Hence, Hassan Dem decided to resume his
studies by the Strength and the Power of Allah. He asked for permission of his
mother to leave, one morning and dawn. She gave him permission, recited the
Sura 97 of the Quran three times and blowed her recitation on her breast. She
then asked Hassan to suckle it. After he did, she said: You may leave in peace.
God’s gaze will never abandon you. He went out of his land light hearted in the
pursuit of science, very happy and confident with the blessing of his saintly
parents.
Education with Shaykh
Sa-îd Chu-arâ
Shaykh Hassan Dem first moved to Kanel where he met a very
prominent scholar, an expert in Islamic Sciences, a virtuous, a perfect saint
celebrated asThierno
Sa-îd Chu-arâ. He stayed with him and studied in his school for
fourteen (14) years. He learned many disciplines of Islamic sciences: Islamic
law (sharî-a), arabic literature (adab), Arabic morphology and grammar (sarf
and nahwu), the foundation of laws (furûh), etymology (ma-âni and bayân), logic
(mantiq), rhetoric.
Shaykh Hassan Dem served him with devotion and Thierno
Sa-îd Chu-arâ in turn had deep love and respect for him. He
used to gaze at him earnestly, after which he’d say: I have great hopes that
you will attain the gnosis/spiritual opening (al fath) and that you will be a
Waliyy (Saint) and attain Divine proximity (al- wusûl).
He never stopped pronouncing such words since he witnessed Hassan’s tremendous
attraction towards knowledge seeking and his serious care in Allah’s
worshiping. Finally, he received from his Shaykh the sciences and secrets of
the Shaykh Ahmed Tijânî’s Path.
Shaykh Sa-îd Chu-arâ was astonished by the skills of Shaykh
Hassan Dem, especially by his great ease/swiftness in learning. He awarded him
the supreme rank in the Tijâniyya Path. He became a muqaddam mutlaq in the
Tijâniyya path, which is one of the most advanced disciples whom are entitled
to initiate people in the path and provide spiritual education. The Shaykh also
gave him some of his ultimate secrets.
Published
Works:
(1) Mawrid al-ridha fî al-salât ala al-nabiy:(The beverage source in the blessing
upon the prophet).
(2) Miftaah al-wusûl ilâ hadhrat al-rasûl (The Key for Attainment of the Prophet’s
Holy Presence).
(3) Nûr al-kamal fî mash-had al-rijâl (The Light of
Completeness in witnessing of the Great ones.
(4) Nayl al-marâm fî su-âl al-haj ubâ rin-guim (Achieving the desires through
the inquiries of El-Hâj Ubâ Ringim.
He wrote
many other unpublished notes
Circumstances
of the meeting with Shaykh Ibrahim Niyâs
One day, Shaykh Hassan Dem’s master and Shaykh went on pilgrimage
to Mecca to accomplish the fifth and last pillar of Islam. He passed away on
his way back. Hassan Dem fell in deep sadness when the dreadful news reached
him. He spent the first night after hearing the news in total lost, wondering
where, when and how he would be able to find another master as excellent as his
master in the sciences, blessed characters, religion, and sincerity towards
God. A master who would guide him to his goals achievement.
He ended up sleeping in that state and he had a dream of a
saint whose name is Sherif Muhamed al-Mukhtar. He was given three handfuls of
millet by the Shaykh who asked him to eat it each time; which he did. The first
handful of millet tasted like sugar to him. When he was given the third
handful, Shaykh Hassan Dem told himself: why won’t this great saint pray for me
instead of giving me some millet. He finally said: Oh Shaykh, pray for me! He
was answered: What do you desire? and replied: knowledge, especially knowledge
of God (ma’rifa). Then, the Shaykh begun to pray and recite words that Hassan
could not hear. Then, he spat on the millet in Shaykh Hassan’s hands until it
became wet and white of spittle. Hassan ate it like that.
As soon as Sherif Muhtar left, he saw Thierno Sa-îd Chu-arâ in that same dream,
as a young man, wearing green clothes. He asked him while smiling: did you see
Sherif Muhamed al-Mukhtar? Hassan answered affirmatively. He asked again: did
he pray for you? Shaykh Hassan replied yes again. He then told him: I also pray
to God to make you realise all your goals. He added: take the path to the West.
Hassan asked him for details. He replied: Go to Kaolack and find there the
master (Cheikh
Ibrahim Niyâs), for there is no one equal to him in the
experiential knowledge of God (ma’rifa) & Sciences on Earth!
When he woke up, Shaykh Hassan addressed a letter to Al-Hâj
Ibrahim Niyâs. He simply wrote on the back of the envelope: El-Hâj Ibrahim
Niyâs, Kaolack, Senegal. He had no idea who it was and had never heard that
name before. Shaykh Ibrahim Niyâs responded to him to his utmost surprise and
sent him the litanies or zikr to recite before their meeting. He announced him
many glad tidings yet come that Allah made him realize afterwards.
Shaykh Hassan Dem left Fouta for
Kaolack [in 1947] to meet with the perfect Master, the Shaykh, the holder of
the divine floods (al-faydha) and the divine light, the holder of the Tijâniyya Path flag, the Caliph
of Shaykh Ahmed Tîjâniyya, Sheikh al-Islam Ibrahim Niyâs b. El-Hâdj Abdallah Niyâs.
He stayed with him and was
his companion for over twenty eight years. He obtained from this supreme
master, divine knowledge and lights; and many other things that saves a pilgrim
from any further researches. He served him the best he could, both by the pen
and the rosary. Especially, he was mostly devoted to accomplish spiritual
retirements (khalwa and rayâdât) for him. During these khalwa, he kept praying to God for the
Shaykh with special and secret formulas.
He first performed the spiritual
retirement, in his mosque, for eight days, celebrated as the special among the
greatest (khâssatul ulyâ), the next one which lasted seventy two days
celebrated as the greatest and saintful khalwa (khalwatus samdâniya al-kubrâ).
Afterwards, he served the Shaykhs with forty days khalwa many times and
during the seven years he entered those retirements so many times that it became
familiar to him as the meadowlands are to the camels. He obtained so many
secrets from it and had so extraordinary visions that neither his tongue nor
his pen could express. God awarded him the great triumph/spiritual illumination
(al-fath al-akbar) and poured on him the divine knowledges, gnosis, secrets,
light, floods and flavors. Praise be to Allah.
In the great favours, Allah made him
understand the deep meanings of the Quran. He was hearing and understanding the
hidden meanings of the prophet’s PBUH – sayings and those of the sufis – the
mystiques of Islam – as he was the one who pronounced them. Praise be to God
for this tremendous light instilled into his heart. This little man, the sinner
(*), became by the graciousness of ALLAH, the one who walks in the depths of
gems oceans, in the exterior law (sharî-a), in the path (tarîqa) and the
reality (haqîqa).
As ultimate achievements, Shaykh Ibrahim awarded him the absolute
authorisation in the Tijaniyya Path (ijâza mutlaqa shâmila). Shaykh Ibrahim Niyâs himself received
fifty authorisations, twenty-five of them being absolute ones. The absolute authorisation
Shaykh Ibrahim confered to Shaykh Hassan Dem conveyed to him (linkage to) all
of those (fifty authorisations). Praise be to ALLAH for Shaykh Hassan Dem only served accomplished and
perfect Shaykhs!
Shaykh Hassan Dem then begun to visit different lands out of
Senegal and used to give speeches in these journeys that lasted for many years.
He first went to Mali and Burkina-Faso, then to Ghana. He visited many towns
and villages. He held one hundred and twenty nine (129, the numerical weight of
the divine name of Allah: Latîf) lessons in which he spoke about the exterior
law (charî-a), the Tijâniyya Path(tarîqa) and reality (haqîqa). Over five
thousands of people embraced the Tijâniyya Path during those journeys. He
returned back to Senegal at the end of that year.
Yet, before the end of that same year, he went to Fez and
performed the spiritual visit to the tomb of his supreme master, Shaykh Ahmad
Tijânî, the founder and master of the tijâniyya Path. He visited the graves of
twenty eight companions of Shaykh Ahmad Tijânî, buried in many different places:
Fèz, Meknes, Musâwa and Casablanca. He prayed for every one of those saints of
Marocco each one on their own graves.
He also accomplished a spiritual visit to some otherShaykh Ahmad Tijânî’scompanions in Tunis, Egypt and in
Arabia(Hijâz). He was acquainted with their names and life stories. He was
astonished that the people of Maroc did not know the location of their graves.
Yet he was not able to visit the graves of other great Tijâni saints, but he
met them in the visit he made toCheikh
Ibrâhim Rayyâhiin
Tunis and by his infinite power, the Lord made their souls present so that the
Shaykh Hassan Dem could offer them his blessings and prayers.
He also visited the spiritual center (zâwiyya) ofShaykh al-Arabî in Rabat, where he
held four speeches. He also addressed a speech in Casablanca, fifty nine (59) times
in Nigeria (Kano and other lands). In total, he gave two hundred and one
speeches in this long journey that led him in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and
Nigeria, followed by many people.
Those people were fascinated by the beauty of Hassan’s words
so that they literally felt the growth of their hearts as if they were drunk
from the wine of the speeches. It was the pleasure flowing from the divine sciences
and from the sufi expressions that made them enter into a trance and embrace
the Tijâniyya Path.
During this journey, a great number of people embraced the
sûfi path of Tijâniyya. In Cairo, he met MuhamedAl-Hâfez b. Abdul al-latif. He
granted him a absolute authorisation certificate in the Tijâniyya from his own
twenty absolute authorisations. May ALLAH reward his fathers and grandfathers
for his course in this path of the elects.
SHEIKH HASSANE DEM’S RESPONSE TO A
QUESTION BY CHEIKHANY
By:
Seydou Ousmane Baye
http://sdmi.sn/thierno/lessons.php
Cheikhany
Thierno had asked him to bring clarification on a hadith that the angels do not
enter a house where there is a dog. Thierno through his response, symbolized
the dog as the baseness (of the heart/mind) such as gambling, power obsession,
not spending time on the spiritual/for worship, anger, etc. The “angel”
symbolizes “knowledge” and the “heart” of man is “home”. Therefore, no one can
be a repository of knowledge, while he indulges in these (temporal) enjoyments
until he disposes of his heart all feelings of baseness and temporal
influences.
As said Imam Ahmad Ibn Abdul-Hamid Al Ghazali said in his book Ihya Ulumu Din:
"A heart full of evil actions such as wickedness, the avarice and anger is
like an abscess filled chip. If left untreated, it may become infected and
affect the rest of the body. "
Extracted from the works of Shk Hassan Dem
http://sdmi.sn/thierno/works.php
TARBIYYA & TAZKIYYA ACCORDING
TO THE FAYDA TIJANIYYA
By: THIERNO HASSAN DEM AL-FUTI (ra) in
"Kashif al-Ghita" (The Lifting of the Veils)
{Interpreted from the Arabic by Muhammad Abdullahi
al-Tijani al-Ibrahimi}
The purpose of Tarbiyya, or spiritual
training, in the Tariqa Tijaniyya is Tazkiyya. Without the proper Tarbiyya
there is no hope of purifying the lower-self or ego (nafs).
According to our Shaykh, the Arif Billah
Thierno al-Hajj Hassan Dem al-Futi (ra), a great scholar and a Khalifa of
Mawlana Shaykh al-Islam Ibrahim Niasse (ra):
"As for Tarbiyya, it is the purification
(tazkiyya) of the nafs and its rectification. This is what is meant by the term
'tarbiyya'.
Many people do not realize that this tarbiyya
is something which every human being needs.
A man is a murabbi in his home, as he properly
educates and trains his family and his children. A ruler or head of state is a
murabbi in his country, training the citizens in his land.
A shaykh is a murabbi of his students &
disciples, training them by commanding the egos purification and its
rectification.
This (purification) is what has been commanded
in the Holy Qur'an and Hadith and this is what is meant by the term 'tarbiyya'.
It is impossible for anyone to discharge the
rights (huquq) of Allah, in reality, until the nafs has been purified and
rectified.
Without purification (tazkiyya) it is
impossible. The Messenger of Allah (saw) has mentioned this in a authentic
narration reported in the Sahih of al-Bukhari:
'Beware! There is a piece of flesh in the body
if it becomes good (purified) the whole body becomes good, but if it is corrupt
the whole body is corrupt. It is the heart.' So, this piece of flesh has been
identified as the heart, which is the place or abode of passionate lusts and
lower desires (hawa). To attempt its purification is very, very arduous and
difficult. This is why it has been ordered to wage war against these 'hawa'.
Jihad is of two types: The struggle against
the unbelievers and the struggle against the lower desires. The Jihad against
the kufar is finished at the point he says, 'There is no god but Allah'. They enter
into the sanctity of this Noble Kalima and thereby saves himself, his children,
his property and attains complete freedom within Islam from the moment he says
'There is no god but Allah'.
The Prophet (saw) said, 'I have been ordered
(by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the
right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle, and
offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they perform
that, then they save their lives and property from me, except for the Islamic
laws and then their reckoning will be done by Allah."(Sahih al-Bukhari)
This is the extent of jihad with the
unbelievers, but it is not sufficient for the purification of the nafs because many
people say the Kalima with their tongues while faith (Iman) has not yet entered
into their hearts!
In the illuminated city of the Prophet—Medina al-Munawwara--there
were over 300 hypocrites living there! They said 'La ilaha il Allah' with him, they
prayed with him, they fasted with him, they gave charity with him, they
performed the pilgrimage with him, etc., but they only did these things out of
fear of the sword and not due to true faith.
However, the Sacred Law (Shari'a) does not investigate
into peoples state of heart, as its rulings are only concerned with the outward
state of people. This is why after returning from the Battle of Tabuk, the
Messenger of Allah (saw) said, 'We have returned from Jihad al-Asghar to Jihad
al-Akbar.’ The companions asked: ‘What is Jihad al-Akbar, O Messenger of
Allah?’ He answered: ‘The Jihad of someone against his lower desires!’
This is something truly amazing! The struggle against
ones own lower desires (hawa) is more difficult than the struggle against
unbelievers, which may involve extreme hunger, thirst or even the possibility
of losing ones physical life!
For this reason the ego (nafs) has been
likened to a wild animal, the lower desires (hawa) has been likened to a leash,
Satan has been likened to the one walking the wild animal, and the Dunya has
been likened to its pasture field of grazing.
But when a person comes to a Shaykh, they are in
effect giving the reins of the leash over to him."
-THIERNO HASSAN DEM AL-FUTI (ra) in
"Kashif al-Ghita" (The Lifting of the Veils)
{Interpreted from the Arabic by Muhammad Abdullahi
al-Tijani al-Ibrahimi}
ELIMINATE YOUR VEILS
ﻧﻔﺴﻚﺣﺠﺎﺑﻚﻭﻋﻤﻠﻚﺣﺠﺎﺑﻚﻭﻣﻌﺮﻓﺘﻚﺣﺠﺎﺑﻚ ﻭﺃﺳﻤﺎﺅﻙﺣﺠﺎﺑﻚ
Your ego is your veil. Your job or actions is
your veil. Your knowledge is your veil. Your name is your veil
ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺠﻮﺑﻮﻥﻫﻢﺍﻟﺬﻳﻦﻻﻳﻌﺮﻓﻮﻥﺍﻟﺤﻖ
Those who are veiled do not know the Real
ﻓﺄﺧﺮﺝﻣﻦﻗﻠﺒﻚﻛﻞﺷﺊ
So remove everything [besides ALLAH] from your
heart
Interpreted from the Arabic by Muhammad H.
Abdullahi
The Gnostic Sages or Knowers of ALLAH do not
make Takfir [to accuse someone of disbelief] of any of the people who say
'There is no god but ALLAH and Muhammad is the Messenger of ALLAH'; even if
they steal, commit fornication, drink alcohol, are ignorant or have no
understanding of Islamic
Jurisprudence.
Interpreted from the Arabic by Muhammad H.
Abdullahi
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1. It'haful muhtaaj bi tarfat al hajj fi salvation alaa saahibi taaj....by Shaikh Abubakar Atiku
7. Mataalib al abd fii salaat alaa afdal mash'had....by Seyyid Hussein ibn Ilyas al-harazimi.
8. 'Awaa-idu l barakat fi fawaaidul waraqaat min hadrat Mawlana al-Arif billah Shaykh Aliyyu Harazim
9. Jihazu Sarih of Sheu Gibrima
10. Hizbu suwar al maneehi....by Sheu Gibrima
11. Nataij safar....by Sheu Gibrima
12. Itbaau tazyeel....by Sheu Gibrima
13. Sidratul muntaha....by Sheu Gibrima
14. Tazyeel wa tahaqeeb....by Sheu Gibrima
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NEW BOOKS AVAILABLE
1. Sayyida Fatimat Zahara (The Rose): The Beloved Daughter of the Holy Prophet (SAW) - (by Sayyid Ahmad Bello As-Suufi Harazimi)
2. Sheikh Ahmad Tijani and his Spiritual Path (Tariqat) - (by Sayyid Ahmad Bello As-Suufi Harazimi)
3.Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse's Annual Mawlid Nabiyy Lectures at Senegal - Arabic text & English Translation.
4. Selected Prayer Poems (Qasaa'id) of Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse from Kanzul Masun - Arabic, Transliteration & English Translation.
5. Jawahir Rasail (A Collection of Priceless Expositions via Letters "Letters 1 to 10"): Diamond Sparkles - Arabic text, English Translation and Commentary by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse
6. Tahniah (Congratulatory Ode) of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse to the Prophet Muhammad (Part 1) – Selected, Transliterated & Translated by Alhaji Abdul-Quadri Okeneye
5. Handbook for Every Tijaniyyat - (Compiled by Sayyid Ahmad Bello As-Suufi Harazimi)
Other available books
1. Tafsir al-Jalalayn...warsh 2. Quran...written in warsh style with hausa leather pouch 3. Quran....very old (500years old) handwritten manuscript...written in warsh with hausa leather pouch
4. Diya at-Ta’wil fi Ma’ani at-Tanzil (hafs)...Published copy the tafsir by Abdullahi bin Fodio 5. Shifaa Qadi Iyadh (warsh)
And many other books are available
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CLASSICAL QUR'ANIC CALLIGRAPHY & MANUSCRIPTS (Available for order)
1. Qur’an (warsh) - Handwritten, with Barnawi/Kanawi calligraphic style (neatly wrapped in a leather skin-bag)
2. Qur’an (warsh) - Handwritten (Over centuries old manuscript, loosely bounded in leather case)
3. Qur’an (warsh) - Electronic print
4. Dalail al-khayrat (warsh) - Electronic print
5. Shifaa of Qadhi Iyadh (warsh) - Electronic print
6. Fii Riyadh Tafsir of Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse (7volumes)
7. Majmuu’at at-ta‘areef bi Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse (7volumes)
1. Dala'ilu l khairat of Shaikh Sulaiman Jazuli (Arabic text, Translation, Transliteration by Imam Marooph Raji)
4. Hizbu Suwar al Manee'hi – ‘Arabic (composed like Hizbu Sayfi)’ (by Shk. Muhammad Gibrima)
5. Sidratul Muntaha ad-daa'een– ‘Arabic’ (by Muhammad Gibrima)
6. Jihazu Sarih – ‘Arabic prayer book on Salatul fat’hi’ (by Shk. Muhammad Gibrima)
7. Tibbul faa'ihi – ‘Arabic prayer book on Salatul fat’hi’ (by Shk. Abdul-Waahid Nazeefii)
8. Nataa'ij Safar – ‘Arabic prayer book on Salatul fat’hi’ (by Shaikh Muhammad Gibrima)
9. Itbaau Tazyeel – ‘Arabic prayer book on Salatul fat’hi’ (by Shaikh Muhammad Gibrima)
10. Sirrul Jaleel fii l Khawaas 'Hasbunallahu wa ni'mal Wakeel (by Shaikh Abul Hassan Shadhili)
11. Afdalu Salawaat ala Sayyidi Saadaat – ‘Arabic collection of Salat upon the Prophet’ (Shaikh Yusuf ibn Ismaa'eel an-Nabahani)
12. Kanzul Masun wa luuluu l Maknuun – ‘Arabic collection of prayers written by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse. Compiled by Imam Hassan Cisse’.
13. Ahzab wa Awrad (Litanies) of Shaikh Ahmad Tijani
1. Vessel of Spiritual Flood, Translation of Goran Faydah by Shaykh Balarabe Haroon Jega - (Translated by Khalifah Awwal Baba Taofiq)
2. Rihlat Konakriyah (A trip to Conakry), Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse - (Translated by Khalifah Awwal Baba Taofiq)
3. Shariah and Haqeeqah: In the Light of the Qur'an and the Prophetic Traditions (Compiled by Khalifah Awwal Baba Taofiq)
4. The Icon of Mystics: Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse Al-Kawlakhy (Compiled by Khalifah Awwal Baba Taofiq)
5. Kano Conferences (Majlis Kano) and the khutba titled (Hadiqat al-Anwar fii ma ihtawa alayhi qawaaid al-Islam minal hikam wal asrar) - (Translated by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)
6. Katsina and Kaduna Conferences (Jadhbul ahbab ila hadrat Rabbil arbab) and Mecca Conference - (Translated by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)
7. A Brief Biography of the Shaykh al-Islam Ibrahim Niasse (Compiled by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)
8. Risalat at-Tawbah (Epistle of Repentance) of Shaykh Ibrahim Niyass al-Kawlakhi" – (Translation & Commentary by Dr. Razzaq Solagberu)
9. Islamic Law of Inheritance, by Sayyid Ali ibn Abubakar al-Muthanna ibn Abdullah Niasse (Translated by Dr. Sulaiman Shittu)
10. Muassasah Nasr al-'ilm Int. (AAII) Magazines No. 13, 14 & 15 (with Articles like Outline of Life of Sufi Heros & Heroines like Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse, Shaikh Abdus-Salam Oniwiridi Pakata, Shaikh Muhammad Bello Eleha, Shaikh Ahmad Rufa'i Nda Salati, and others...this magazines also features other interesting Articles).
11. Numerous “English” Sufism & Tijaniyyah Tariqah E-books/Journals/Articles (soft copies - to be sent via email)
12. Numerous “Arabic” Sufism & Tijaniyyah Tariqah E-books/Journals/Articles (soft copies - to be sent via email)
