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Sani — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:34:29 +0000

Actually, when at Badr he saw the shuhada badr in all celestial splendor and was moved to prematurely recite the couplets Sheikh Ahmad Tijani (RA) prepared for him to be read by the tomb of the Prophet (SAW) due to ecstatic state he entered viewing the Shuhada Badr in all glory promised to them by Allah (SAW).

Comment on Shaykh Tidjani Cisse by npartee

npartee — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:14:46 +0000

In reply to sulaiman. Walaikum salaam. I'm a Muslimah beloved, unless you were giving the greetings to our beloved Cheikh Tidjani Cisse...

Comment on THE SEAL OF THE SAINTS & THE CONCEALED QUTB–SHAYKH AHMAD IBN MUHAMMAD AL-TIJANI (RA) by Namaiaduwa

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Comment on Shaykh al-Islam Ibrahim Niasse by Umar Faruoq

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Comment on Shaykh Tijani Cisse: New Imam of the Fayda Tijaniyya by Muhammed Baye Cisse

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sulaiman — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 15:16:52 +0000

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abdulwakeel — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:48:07 +0000

Alhamdulilah, I am realy happy for these post. Though many xtian too read this bible and they see the truth there but they are confused whom to ask to explain it better for them and when they go to their pastors they mislead people or saying that : u can’t understand this word except u are with holy spirit. Which spirit again after which the message was clearly stated. Anyway may almighty Allah guide us all.

Comment on Sheik Al Islam El Hadji Ibrahima Niass Biography by Adebimpe Saheed

Adebimpe Saheed — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:53:30 +0000

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Comment on Sheik Al Islam El Hadji Ibrahima Niass Biography by Ambali moshood

Ambali moshood — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:10:46 +0000

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npartee — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:38:02 +0000

In reply to TOURE ALHADAR. Wa laikum salaam beloved Toure AlHadar

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Comment on Shaykh Tijani Cisse: New Imam of the Fayda Tijaniyya by Moshood alameen cisse

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Comment on Sheik Al Islam El Hadji Ibrahima Niass Biography by Moshood alameen cisse

Moshood alameen cisse — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:06:28 +0000

Sheik ibrahim anta mublargu sirri

Comment on Sheik Al Islam El Hadji Ibrahima Niass Biography by musa

musa — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:30:24 +0000

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Comment on Sheik Al Islam El Hadji Ibrahima Niass Biography by Onimisi abduljafaru

Onimisi abduljafaru — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 20:59:07 +0000

I love sheikh ibrahim niasse. I pray that oneday allah swt will enriched me with knowledge

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tijjani rabiu nigeria — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:00:44 +0000

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Comment on Shaykh Tidjani Cisse by Hakeeb Olanrewaju Salam

Hakeeb Olanrewaju Salam — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:51:09 +0000

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Hakeeb Olanrewaju Salam — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:46:57 +0000

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Comment on Sheik Al Islam El Hadji Ibrahima Niass Biography by Adamu A kasimu

Adamu A kasimu — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:32:31 +0000

We must have to thank Allah subhanahu wa taala for giving us Baba Nyass. Allahu akbar

Comment on Sheik Al Islam El Hadji Ibrahima Niass Biography by Adamu A kasimu

Adamu A kasimu — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:29:19 +0000

We must have to thank Allah subhanahu wa taala for giving us Baba Nyass.

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toyyib ajagbe — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 16:07:18 +0000

Salam alaikum,. Been trying to get bughyatul mustafidh in English if available, kitab al-jami of Muhammad Al miseries, then kashful Albas and fi riyadh Tafsir both of sheikh alhajj Ibrahim niasse.? ( English version) . Thanks

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ismail opeyemi — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:41:57 +0000

NIYASS BABA GBOGBO WA

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ismail opeyemi — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:37:11 +0000

i like this informative site, then for those who have little knowledge about sheik, will able to have more understanding about him. Niyass, Nuur of the world…….

Comment on Sheik Al Islam El Hadji Ibrahima Niass Biography by Sherifat

Sherifat — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:37:29 +0000

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Comment on Sheik Al Islam El Hadji Ibrahima Niass Biography by Abubakar manaja zambk

Abubakar manaja zambk — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 11:55:18 +0000

Alhaji ibrahim inyass,no one like him.bcs if u observe prophet muhammad s .a. w example is stat from beg Allah is one,prophet muhammad is one,wl Abul abass is only one.

Comment on Sheik Al Islam El Hadji Ibrahima Niass Biography by Abubakar manaja zambk

Abubakar manaja zambk — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 11:30:59 +0000

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Auwal Adam — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:17:55 +0000

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Comment on Sheik Al Islam El Hadji Ibrahima Niass Biography by Salihu halima

Salihu halima — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:42:34 +0000

Baba shehul islam maulana gausi!

Comment on Sheik Al Islam El Hadji Ibrahima Niass Biography by Haruna Ibrahim Abdullahi

Haruna Ibrahim Abdullahi — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:08:10 +0000

Sincerely,the great scholar, the aducative, the sience,and God fearer, has did alot as far as islam concern. He worship Allah subhanahu wata’ala with sincerety, he teaches his followers to worship Allah(s.w.t) alone and to obey our Truthworthy prophet MUHAMMAD S.A.W. And imphasis on those that are condeming Tijjani, Let them search and read his biography. Shekh Ibrahim said “if all his teaches and sayings contradict withHadith

Comment on Shaykh Tijani Cisse: New Imam of the Fayda Tijaniyya by npartee

npartee — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 19:19:52 +0000

In reply to fakhruddeen sani Ahmad atijani. Amiin

Comment on Shaykh Tijani Cisse: New Imam of the Fayda Tijaniyya by fakhruddeen sani Ahmad atijani

fakhruddeen sani Ahmad atijani — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:00:32 +0000

May Allah SWT grand us the favour to be true sheikh followers ahlu tarigh tijdaniya May Allah blesss us All amin

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npartee — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:17:32 +0000

In reply to hasan mansur. Wa laikum salaam beloved .... al humdulillah May Allah grant was is needed and remove what is not Amiin

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Hassan cise ibrahim — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 06:15:43 +0000

Shiekh ibrahim inyas r.t.a is a gift from allah and is majesty is uncomperable to the whole world.

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abdullateef — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:30:11 +0000

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Comment on Sheik Al Islam El Hadji Ibrahima Niass Biography by hamisdow219

hamisdow219 — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:49:08 +0000

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
REMARKABLE LIFE OF SHEIKH
IBRAHIM NIASSE (RTA)
His father’s name was Shaykh
Abdullahi Niasse and was one
of the greatest scholars of the
Sene-gambian region in the
early 20th century. He initially
engaged in arms struggle
against the French colonialist
before settling down to become
a farmer. He was the first Sene-
gambian Islamic tijani scholar to
obtain unlimited license of
authorization (ijaza mutlaqa)
which was granted to him by
Shaykh Ahmad sukayrij (RTA) in
Fez. His initial jihad activities
against the French colonialists
and his rising fame and
popularity greatly alarmed the
French who exiled him to
Gambia in 1900 along with his
students after burning down
his mosque and library in
Tauba, the village he founded
earlier. He later returned to
settle down in Kaolack probably
with the help of his friend’s
mediation with the then French
authorities’ al-hajj Malik Sy. He
was blessed to have received
many favours and gifts from
Allah (SWT) and was among the
respected and well-versed Tijani
scholars of his time. For
instance, he was given the
original copy of Jawahirul
Ma’ani in Shaykh Ali Harazimi’s
(the closest disciple of Shaykh
Ahmad Tijani) own hand
writing as well as the prayer
rosary of Shaykh Ahmad Tijjani
(RTA) by the head muqadam of
the Fez zawiyya Sidi Arabi bin
Muhibb. He also use to have the
waking vision of Shaykh Ahmad
Tijani (RTA) where in one of
their encounters prayed to Allah
(SWT) for one of his children to
become the Ghawth al-zaman
(leader of all saints for the
age) . Before leaving the
zawiyya, he saw a vision of his
young son Ibrahim in the
courtyard and knew that his
prayers had been answered.
HIS BIRTH
Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (RTA)
was born in Taiba located in
present day Senegal on the
November 8th 1900 which was
equivalent to 15 Rajab 1320 AH
to Shaykh Abdullahi Niasse and
Sayyada Aishatu. The month
that she conceived the Shaykh,
she dreamt of standing in a
high place and saw the moon
came down upon her. She
narrated the dream to her
husband who advised her to
keep it secret.
EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE
The Shaykh (RTA) said “I learned
Quran and hadith from my
father and received my first
ijaza from my father, then from
Shaykh Aburrahman bin al-hajj
al-alawi then from Shaykh
Ahmad Sukayrij who himself
had eraned some 600 different
ijaza from different shuyukhs”.
Shaykh Ahmad Sukayrij stated
that “the one to whom I gave
authorization in all these chains
of transmission was the Khalifa
al-hajj Ibrahim Niasse.” The
young Shaykh was brought up
in an atmosphere of religious
training and learning and by the
age of 20, he started preaching
and teaching Islam due to his
academic brilliance and
mastering of almost all fields of
Islamic sciences.
An important event in his early
life was the foretelling of his
great spiritual position of the
Sahibul Fayda (Inheritor of the
spiritual flood) by the
Mauritanian Shaykh, Abdullahi
wuld al-Hajj (RTA) a great
Islamic scholar and Tijani saint
who was among those who
sought for the spiritual station
of Sahibul Fayda (Inheritor of
the spiritual flood), a very lofty
spiritual position foretold by
Shaykh Ahmad Tijjani (RTA) who
said “ A fayda will overwhelm
my companions to the point
that people will enter our path
in multitudes. This Fayda will
come at a time when mankind
will be in a state of utmost
difficulties .” The clarity of the
matter came to Shaykh
Abdullahi wuld al-Hajj (RTA)
when he discovered that Allah
has already granted it to Shaykh
Ibrahim Niasse (RTA) in a vision
just when he was about to
declare the lofty spiritual
position for himself. After series
of eventful occurrences he was
able to locate the home of the
then young Ibrahim through
spiritual guidance. Upon seeing
him, he remarked “Allahu akbar,
by Allah this is the Sahibul Fayda
great saints have so longingly
sought”. He ordered the
Shaykh’s father to keep the
matter secret until such a time
Allah wills the affair to be public.
Upon returning home Shaykh
Abdullahi Chinguiti informed his
children and admonished them
to hearken to the Shaykh’s call
when Allah has made the matter
open to all.
EARLY PREACHING AND
ACTIVITIES WITHIN SENEGAL
After the death of Shaykh
Ibrahim’s father, Shaykh
Abdullahi wuld al-Hajj returned
to Kaolack to offer his
condolences to the family. He
chose to be accommodated in
Shaykh Ibrahim’s room which
provided him with the
opportunity for the guest to
give his host the glad tidings of
his spiritual position and
transfer privileged Tijani secrets
to the young Shaykh. He was
however warned not to disclose
his status to anyone until news
has reached him of his own
death which the young shaykh
complied with. Four years after
the incident, the soul of Shaykh
Abdullahi passed on to his
Creator an event which made
the Shaykh declared during the
Maulud of the Prophet in 1929
(Salla lahu alaihi wa sallam) that
he is the spiritual inheritor and
Khalifa of Shaykh Ahmad Tijani
(RTA): the Sahibul Faydatu
Tijjaniyya . His eldest brother
and Khalifa of their late father
asked whether the Shaykh
Ibrahim was well to which he
responded in the affirmative. He
(his brother and khalifa of their
father) then declared that the
jinns have affected Ibrahim and
that people should assist in
exorcizing Ibrahim’s jinns. The
Shaykh insisted he is sound in
body and mind and said all he
said was with authority.
The khalifa denied him
outright and instructed his
students to do likewise. Shaykh
Ibrahim continued to call people
to Allah and teaching them all
forms of Islamic sciences and
tasawwuf. He met stiff
resistance and decided to
relocate to Kossi a village
founded by his father where he
continued his Islamic and
spiritual mission. He attracted
large followers from all parts of
Africa who had come to drink
from his ocean of knowledge
and spiritual illuminations. The
enmity other Islamic scholars
had for him was so great that
when he came back to his
home town in Kaolack, he was
stoned and stopped from
praying inside his father’s
mosque.
MIGRATION AND
COMMENCEMENT OF
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
After much opposition and
oppression, Shaykh Ibrahim
decided to migrate away from
Kaolack and find his own
settlement due to the difficulties
he and his students were
experiencing in carrying out
their religious and other daily
activities. On a fateful morning
after the fajr prayers, he
informed his students and all
those who wish to follow him
to leave Kaolack. After obtaining
permission from the colonial
officers governing Kaolack
administrative area, he
migrated about 3 miles east of
kaolack and camped by a big
tree which was to become his
home till date. His town is now
called Madinatu Kaolack. Since
the newly founded abode
provided an atmosphere of
security and peace he wanted
for his students and himself, he
focused his attention to fulfill
the rites of hajj pilgrimage
which he did later the same
year.
Upon returning back from the
pilgrimage, he started the
project of building his own
mosque, converting people to
Islam, educating the Muslims
and revival of the sunnah of the
Prophet (salla lahu alaihi wa
sallam) through the proper
understanding of fiqh, Iman
and helping them attain the
perfect state of Ihsan through
the tariqa Muhammadiyya
Tijaniyya which he had become
its spiritual inheritor and
Khalifa. These activities were
not only confided within
Senegal but throughout North
and West African regions. His
style, methodology and spiritual
zeal had made all and sundry
flock to him to quench their
thirst from the overflowing
flood of knowledge,
illuminations, secrets,
understanding and perfect state
of Ihsan from Shaykh Ibrahim
and the tariqa.
His distractors were greatly
alarmed and disturbed by his
success and progress in calling
people towards Allah and
upliftment of Islam in the
surrounding regions and
beyond which eclipsed their
combined efforts and make
them look like amateurs. They
connived against him by lying to
the French administrator of the
region named Bulus that he
was trying to build an army of
supporters to rebel against the
French colonialist, a claim the
Shaykh dispelled and was
allowed to continue to with his
teaching and preaching.
GLOBAL IMPACT
Shaykh Ibrahim (RTA) has
traveled vastly throughout the
world in order to spread Islam.
To him goes primarily the credit
of turning Senegal into a Muslim
majority country. In Ghana
alone, he converted no fewer
than 8 thousand Christians and
pagans to Islam. It is not
surprising therefore that he
was feared as a “terror” by
Christian missionaries in West
Africa. It is because of men like
the Shaykh, his disciples,
students and followers that
islam is today spreading in
Africa in the face of other other
religions and resurgent
paganism. He has swept the
Muslim lands he had visited
with such a spiritual force
through the tariqa Tijaniyya that
multitude of Muslims have now
tasted the rare sweetness of
pure tawhid and monotheism
in an unprecedented manner
never before seen in Africa
since the time of the early
Muslim generation. A clear and
unmistaken example is in
Nigeria where the frequent
proclamation of “lailaha illa
lahu” has dominated the sky
lines with an intense love of the
holy Prophet (salla lahu alaihi
wa sallam).
He was not only an erudite and
versatile scholar but also a
prolific writer who has written
over 70 books on various
subjects including fiqh (muslim
canon law), arabic language
and grammar, Islamic ethics,
tasawwuf (Islamic mysticism),
seerat (life of the noble Prophet
salla lahu alaihi wa sallam), tafsir
(Quranic exegesis) among many
other Islamic disciplines which
he treated with admirable
competence and excellence. He
was a poet of the highest order
composing some eight
anthologies. Due to his
immense knowledge and
understanding of Islam, he was
awarded the title of Shaykhul
Islam by the eminent head of
the al-Azhar University Cairo
Egypt Muhammad Mahmud
Shaltut. This title is only given to
Islamic scholars who have
attained a level of competence
and mastery in at least 25
disciplines in Islam.
He advocated for mass
education for both males and
females. In reference to this, the
shaykh said in a speech that
“women should compete with
men in knowledge”. It is
because of this that women of
the path are found to be well
versed in quran and hadith.
Suffice to say that all his female
children have memorized the
entire Quran and are Islamic
scholars in their own rights
who engage in continuous
education of women and
children throughout sub-sahara
Africa. He also established a
zawiyya (Islamic study centre) in
his hometown of kaolack which
has now developed into an
institute that is affiliated with
Al-azhar University in Cairo
through which thousands of
students all over the world
attend to complete their studies.
This scholarly act was imitated
by his disciple who established
many of these zawiyyas all over
Africa, a consequent of which
literacy has been improved. At a
time when the Muslim world
were still rejecting the recitation
of Quran over the radio and
other electronic gadgets such
as loudspeakers, he issued a
fatwa that not only is it allowed
but compulsory for Muslims to
embrace these inventions
because they promote piety and
helps to spread Islam. He was
among the first West African
Islamic scholars to write a book
explaining the rules of
pilgrimage to Makkah for those
traveling by plane.
Not only did the Shaykh
emphasize on Islamic
knowledge, he also encouraged
western education as is evident
in the speech he gave for the
maulud at kaolack in 1386 AH
where he addressed the muslim
youth saying “Go ahead and be
vanguard in all things for the
future of nations is based on its
youth and make every efforts to
seek and do your best to
acquire knowledge not only
Islamic knowledge and
mathematics but also be part of
and co-operate with those
whose zeal is to discover the
unknown and unseen things of
this world (by that he meant
sciences).”
Shaykh Ibrahim was a
distinguished and highly
honoured member and official
of global Islamic organisations
such as the Muta’amarul alamil
Islami (Islamic World Congress)
in Karachi Pakistan for which he
was vice president and
Majma’ul Buhuthil islamiyya
(Academy of Islamic Studies) in
Egypt for which he was a highly
respected contributor. He was a
co-founder of the Muslim World
League, and a member of
General Islamic Conference for
Jerusalem, Association of
Islamic Universities based in
Morocco and High Islamic
Council in Algeria (Majlisul a’ala li
shu’unil Islamiyyah). He
attended various Islamic
international conventions
whose central theme was
mostly on da’awah (call to
Islam). Contrary to the claims of
distractors and scoffers who try
to taint the tariqa as being
bid’ah, to the shaykh (RTA) goes
the full credit of reviving a
neglected sunnah of placing the
hands over the chest while
praying in salat for which he
wrote the book “Raf’al malam”.
He even went through the
troubles of snapping a picture
of himself praying with his
hands over the chest to confirm
to the sub-saharan muslim
population that this is the right
way thereby setting an example
that got wide acceptance till this
day (the strategy of a picture
was used to visually show
people that this sunnah practice
was indeed endorsed and
advocated by the Shaykh as
television was not a luxury
enjoyed by millions of Africans
then). By doing this he revived a
long neglected sunnah of the
Prophet (salla lahu alaihi was
sallam)
He contributed towards socio-
political stability in countries he
had visited with his methods
and preaching of tolerance and
mutual respect. For example, he
sowed seeds of love and
understanding as well as
cementing trust among various
tribes through promoting inter-
tribal marriages in Nigeria and
international marriages in other
West African countries. A very
significant number of inter-
tribal marriages (if not majority)
between the Hausa-Yoruba are
found among those of the
tariqa. Other examples are
marriages between Morrocan-
Senegalese, Algerian-Senegalese
etc. He preached religious
tolerance and peaceful co-
existence with people of other
faiths. It is worthy of note that
in addition for advocating for
the welfare of muslims in
countries he visited, he also
gave advises to Christian leaders
towards ensuring political
stability and peace as was the
case with Kwame Nkrumah
(former president of Ghana),
General Yakubu Gowon (former
military president of Nigeria),
Leopold Singore (former
president of Senegal).
The Shaykh had great disdain
for oppression and
transgression prompting him to
write several treatises on the
plight of the colonized people
world-wide. In one of his
famous pro-freedom treatise Al
Ifriqiyya lil Ifriqiyyin (Africa to
the Africans), he accurately
predicted that Africans will rule
Africans (alluding to the end of
colonialism) before his life
comes to an end. Indeed, very
shortly after the publication of
this treatise (within few
months), there was a massive
galore of independence granted
to many African countries
around the 1960s. He caught
global attention because of this
treatise especially among the
middle-eastern leaders who
invited him for discourses and
advice on several occasions. A
well-known visit was the one he
had with President Jamal
Abdunasser of Egypt and King
Faisal of Saudi Arabia. (The
responsibility for publishing this
treatise was given to one of the
closest confidante of Sheikh
Ibrahim Niasse (RA) in person
of Shaikh Sani Awwalu (RA). See
the full treatise which has a
written authorization of Sheikh
Ibrahim (RA) himself to Sheikh
Muhammadu Sani Awwalu
under “tijaniyya books”).
Shaykh Ibrahim (RTA) was
recognised internationally for
his unprecedented efforts.
Among the numerous awards
given to him for his exceptional
service to humanity include:
1. Medallion of the Throne
(Morocco)
2. Medallion of the Republic
of Tunisia
3. Medallion of Nigeria
4. Legion d’Honneur (France)
5. Medal of Merit of the
society of Ancient Warriors
(France)
6. Grand Croix (Senegal)
7. Honorary doctorate
degree from Libya

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