SHAYKH MUHAMMAD AL-HASAN IBN AHMAD AL-KHADIM

(A Teacher of Generations of Ulama & A Mujaddid of Traditional Islamic Sciences in Our Age)

By: Ustadh Mustafa Briggs

Shaykh Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Khadim is one of the senior ulema of Mauritania. Extremely pious and humble, the shaykh is a master in every field of the Islamic sciences, without exception, and one of the leading scholars in Mauritania at the moment.

He is probably most famous in the West for being the Shaykh that Hamza Yusuf took ijaza from for his book, Purification of the Heart, as it was based on his commentary on the poem of Shaykh Muhammad Mawlud. Shaykh Muhammad Hassan has written commentaries on most of his books as well as having having written books on fiqh, usul al-fiqh, usul al-hadith and tasawwuf.

Among his published works is a commentary on the Alfiyyah of Imam Suyuti in usul al-hadith, a commentary on the Nadhm of Jam’ al-Jawami’ of Imam Suyuti in usul al-fiqh, a commentary on the Nadhm al-Kaffaf, which was a versification of The Risala of Ibn Abi Zayd with additions, and a commentary on Ibn Ashir in Maliki fiqh, as well as commentary on Qurratul Absar in Seerah, and numerous books on Tassawuff.

I was blessed to visit him in his village of Taysir, which is a couple of hundred kilometers away from the capital, where he spends his time teaching hundreds of students, who study the traditional West African Mahdara style, memorizing everything they study. The Shaykh also gifted me copies of over 20 of his books from his personal library, as well as the greatest gift of all, his advice and prayers.

 

SHAYKH MUHAMMAD AL-HASAN IBN AHMAD AL-KHADIM

(One of the Senior Ulema of Mauritania)

By: Mustafa Briggs

Alhamdulilah I’m back in Mauritania, a country that I have been visiting and spending time in for nearly a decade, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to return to Taysir, one of the most prominent teaching villages in Mauritania, and spend time with Shaykh Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Khadim, the founder and Shaykh of the village and one of the senior scholars of Mauritania, just before he left for Tunisia for an eye operation.

The Shaykh is a humble and devout man, and a master of all fields of Islamic sciences, without exception. He has published over 30 works, including books on Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Usul al-Hadith, and Tasawwuf. Among his published works are Commentaries on the Alfiyyah of Imam Suyuti (Rahimahullah) in Usul al-Hadith, the Nazm of Jam’ al-Jawami’ of Imam Suyuti (rahimahullah) in Usul al-Fiqh, the Nazm of al-Kafaf in Maliki Fiqh, (which is a Versification of the Risala of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani with extra information) and numerous books on Tasawwuf.

He  is also a senior Sufi shaykh of the Tijani tariqah and very strict in following the Sunnah and wary of bid’ah (innovation). He is busy teaching and writing most of the time, he teaches from 11am to sunset with a break at around noon time.

Shaykh Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Khadim is also the scholar who granted Hamza Yusuf ijaza (permission to teach and transmit knowledge) for the famous book "Purification of the Heart." Shaykh Hamza Yusuf expressed his gratitude to him in the acknowledgments, stating,...

"I also thank the eminent scholar and spiritual master, Shaykh Muhammad Hasan ould al-Khadim, for giving me license to teach and translate the poem and whose outstanding commentary on it was my constant companion during the classes and remains so today”.

I am praying for the Shaykh’s health and that Allah grant him a long life, as he remains a pillar and benefit to the Ummah and one of the unique scholars of the age, and I ask you all to do the same 🤲🏿

SHAYKH MUHAMMAD AL-HASAN IBN AHMAD AL-KHADIM 

(A Teacher of Generations of Ulama & A Mujaddid of Traditional Islamic Sciences in Our Age)

HAD THE HONOUR of visiting one of the greatest living scholars of Mauritania Shaykh Muhammad al-Hasan bin Ahmad al-Khadīm in his desert village of Tayseer.

The Shaykh is over 85 and a teacher of generations of Ulama. He is considered a Mujaddid of traditional Islamic sciences in our age. 

It was a blessed meeting. We greeted him, sat in his class, sought his advice, requested his Duas & obtained his books.

 

 في زيارة العلامة المجدد محمد الحسن ولد الخديم  

By: Imām Fakhruddin Owaisi

SHAYKH IBRĀHĪM NIASSE LITERARY COLLECTION: 50 VOLUMES

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1. Majmū'at at-Ta'areef bi-sh Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse (Radiya-llahu to 'anhu) wa Faydatihi wa Muqaddamīhi [An Encyclopedic Biographical Collection of (the Life & Times of) Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse, his Spiritual Flood and his Representatives/Deputies] (Collected by Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Abdullah al-Jayjūbī) - Arabic [9 Volumes]

2. Āfāqu-sh Shi'ir 'Inda-sh Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse [An Encyclopedic Collection of Poems of Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse] (Collected by Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Abdullah al-Jayjūbī) Arabic [6 Volumes]

3. Mawsū‘at al-Athār an-Nathriyya li-Sāhib al-Fayda at-Tijānī ‘Ash-Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse al-Kawlakhī (Collection of Prose Writings of the Harbinger of the Tijānī Divine Flood, Baye Niasse) [Compiled by Sīdī Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Jayjūbī] — 10 Volumes 

4. Fī Riyādh at-Tafsīr lil Qur’ān al-Karīm (In the Meadows of Tafsir/Exegesis for the Noble Quran) - by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (Compiled by Muhammad ibn Abdullah Jayjubi at-Tijānī) —Arabic (NEW EDITION [10 Volumes])

5. Fī Riyādh at-Tafsīr lil Qur’ān al-Karīm (In the Meadows of Tafsir/Exegesis for the Noble Quran) - by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (Compiled by Muhammad ibn Abdullah Jayjubi at-Tijānī) —Arabic (TWO OLD EDITIONS AVAILABLE [10 Volumes])

6. Lubbu-l Lubbi Fī Shar'h Manzūmat Rūhu-l Adab Limā Hawā Min Hikam wa Adab [The Essential Core: A Commentary on the Poem entitled "Ruh al-Adab (The Spirit of Good Morals)" — Arabic [5 Volumes]. Poet (Author): Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse. Commentator: Sīdī Mūsā Dutse

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SŪFĪ BOOKS (ENGLISH & ARABIC COLLECTION)

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SECTION A: ENGLISH COLLECTION

1. Who is this Shaikh “Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse Al-Kaolacky” [by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq]

 2. Handbook for every Tijaniyyat [by Shaikh Ahmad Bello As-Suufi Harazimi]

3. The Qualities and Uses of Zamzam Water (A Scientific & Islamic Exploration) by Abdul-Quadir Adeniyi Okeneye

4. Who is Shaykh Jamiu Bulala (by Ustaz Olanipekun Shittu Tunde)

5. Understanding the Concept of Will-Making in Islam (Fee Manzoori-l-Islam) by Abdul-Quadir Adeniyi Okeneye

 

6. Vessel of Spiritual Flood, Translation of Goran Faydah by Shaykh Balarabe Haroon Jega 

(Hausa-Ajami text & English translation [by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq]

7. Risalat at-Tawbah (Epistle of Repentance) of Shaykh Ibrahim Niyass al-Kawlakhi" - (Translation & Commentary by Dr. Razzaq Solagberu)

8. Qasida al-Hamziyya (Panegyric which contains the Biography & History of Prophet Muḥammad) by Shaykh Muhammad Būsayrī [Translation & Commentary by Ibrahim Jafaru] - Arabic & English

9. Sufism “The Orthodox Path” (At-Tasawwuf “Minhāj al-Qawīm”) [Arabic text & English translations ], by Oseni Aliu Olalekan

10. Facts about Sufism (by Sayyid Ismaheel Abdulrauf)

11. Understanding Sufism: Transcripts of Lectures on Tasawwuf (by Olanipekun Shittu Tunde)

12. Kashif al-ilbas 'an Fayda al-khatm Abi'l Abbas (The Removal of Confusion Concerning the Flood of the Saintly Seal Ahmad al-Tijani), by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse

13. The Icon of Mystics: Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse Al-Kawlakhy [by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq]

14. Shariah and Haqeeqah: In the Light of the Qur'an and the Prophetic Traditions [by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq]

15. Al-Yāqūtatu-l Fareeda Fī Tariqatu-t Tijāniyyah (The Unique Ruby in the Tijānīya Spiritual Path) — *Arabic Text, English Translation & Commentary* (Written by Sheikh Abdul-Wāhid Muhammad Nazifi. Translated by Jafaru Ibrahim)

16. An Epistle to the World. The Translation of Ayuhā-l Walad (Dear Beloved Son) [Imām Ghazālī] Translated by Abdul-Qadir Okeneye

17. The Prophetic Path (Tariqat al-Nubuwa) — by Abdul-Rashid Ayinla

18. Tahniat (Congratulatory Ode) of Shaikh Ibrahim Niass - *Arabic, English Translation & Transliteration* of Majmuu' Qasaid al-Mawlid of Baye) - (Translated by Al-Hajj Abdul-Quadir Okeneye)

19. *Softcopy* of Numerous Sufi Literature (Arabic & English) - (To be sent via Googledrive)

20. *PDF* Selected Letters of Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani (25 Letters) & Selected Letters of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (30 Letters) - *Softcopies* (PDF)[Translated by Ustadh Talut Dawud (Translator of Jawāhir Al Ma'ānī, Kanzul Masūn and other important Books of the Tarīqa)]

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SECTION B: ARABIC COLLECTION

33. Kashif al-ilbas 'an Fayda al-khatm Abi'l Abbas (The Removal of Confusion Concerning the Flood of the Saintly Seal Ahmad al-Tijani), by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse

34. Jawāhir ar-Rasā’il al-hāwī ba’ad al-‘ulūm wasīlat al-wasā’il: Collection of Speeches, Lectures & Letters of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (Compiled by Shaykha Ahmad Abū-l Fat'hi al-Yarwāwī)

35. Dalā’ilu l Khayrāt - Collection of prayers upon the Prophet  (by Shaikh Sulaiman Jazūlī) - Arabic:  in Hafs Arabic (big size)

36. Mawridu-r Ridā fi-s Salāt 'alā-n Nabiyyi-l Murtadā (Shaykh Hassan Dem)

37. Hizbu Suwar al-Maneehi [Great Protection Prayer] (Composed by Shaykh Gibrīma Nguru)

38. Kanzul Masūn - Collections of Prayers/­Supplications (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse) - Arabic

39. Duā'u Ghayatu-l Maqsudatu-l Kubrā (Collected by Shaykh Ahmad Balogun al-Ilāwī)

40. Tadhyeel wa Ta'aqeeb an-Natā'ij wa As'alat al-Hawā'ij fī-s Salāt 'alā-s Sayyid al-Wujūd wa 'alami-sh Shuhūd, by Shaykh Muhammad Gibrīma

41. Jaami'u Salawaat alaa Nabiyy (Sheikh Aliyyu Harazim, Kano)

42. Al-Majmū'u min Da'awatayn (Ad-Da'awat al-Mustajābāt & Sidrat al-Muntahā ad-Dā'een), by Shaykh Muhammad Gibrīma

43.Al-Bayān wa-t Tabyīn ‘anni-t Tijāniyyati wa-t Tijāniyyīn (A Defense & Clarifications on the Tarīqa Tijānīyya & the Tijaniyyas) [by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse]

44. Al-Yāqūtatu-l Fareeda Fī Tariqatu-t Tijāniyyah (The Unique Ruby in the Tijānīya Spiritual Path) — *Arabic Text, English Translation & Commentary* (Written by Sheikh Abdul-Wāhid Muhammad Nazifi. Translated by Jafaru Ibrahim)

45. Itbaau Tazyeel fi-s Salāt ‘alā-s Sayyidi-l Jaleel [Alayhi wa ‘alā Ālihi-s Salāt mina-llahi-l Jaleel] (by Shehu Gibrīma Nguru)

46. Matrab as-Sāmi‘een an-Nāzireeb fi Manāqib ash-Shaykh al-Hajj ‘Abdullah ibn Sayyid Muhammad wa Ābā'ihi at Tayyibeen at-Tāhireen [by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse]

47. Diwan Khatab Minbariyya (Shaykha Abdur-Raheem ibn Muhammad)

48. Jihāzu Sārih wa Sā’ihi wa Sābih wal ‘Ākiful Fālihu fī Tawajuhāt bi-Salātul Fātih by Shaykh Muhammad Gibrima Ad-Dāghirī - *Arabic*

49. Al-Burdat al-madeehi(Shaikh Buusayri)

50. Sa'ādat ad-darayni fī Salāt alā Sayyid al-Kaunayn by Shaykh 

Yūsuf an-Nabahānī

51. Natā'ij al-Asfār fī-s Salāt alā-n Nabiyy al-Mukhtār, by Shaykh Ahmad ibn Aliyyu al-Yarwāwī (Abu-l Fat'h)

52. Diwan Fat'hu-r Rahmān fi Mad'hi Sayyid al-Akwān, by Shaykh Ahmad ibn Aliyyu al-Yarwāwī (Abu-l Fat'h)

53. Ahzāb wa Awrād (Collection of Prayers/Liturgies and Litanies) of Shaikh Ahmad at-Tijani - Arabic

54. Jawāhir al-Ma’ānī wa Bulūgh al-Amānī fī Fayd Sīdi Abī-l ‘Abbās at-Tijānī (Jewels of Meanings and the Attainment of Aspirations in the Spiritual Flood of Abu l Abbas Tijānī) by Sīdī ‘Aliyyu Harāzim Berrada - Arabic [Single Vol 1/2]

55. Fī Riyādh at-Tafsīr lil Qur’ān al-Karīm (In the Meadows of Tafsir/Exegesis for the Noble Quran) - by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (Compiled by Muhammad ibn Abdullah Jayjubi at-Tijānī) —Arabic [6 Volumes]: OLD & NEW EDITION Available

 

56. Fatihu Rabānī fīmā yahtāju ilayhi l Murīd at-Tijānī, by Muhammad ibn Abdullah at-Tijānī

57. Sa’ādat al-Anām bi Aqwāl Shaykh al-Islām

58. Tabsirat al-Anām fī anna-l ‘Ilma Huwa-l -Imām [by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse]

59. Raf’u-l Malām ‘Aman Rafa’a wa Qabada Iqtidā bi-Sayyid al-Anām [by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse]

60. Nujūm al-Hudā fī kawni Nabiyyinā afdala man da’ā ilā llahi wa hadā [by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse]

61. Tanbīhu-l adhkiyā’ fī kawn Ash-Shaykh At-Tijānī Khātim al-Awliyyā [by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse]

62. *Majmū’ Rihlāt Ash-Shaykh Ibrāhīm* [Ar-Rihlat al-Hijaziyya al-ūlā, Nayl al-Mafāz al-awd ilā-l Hijāz, Ar-Rihlat al-Kanāriyya wal Kumāshiyya, Ar-Rihlat al-Kunākriyya] [by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse]

63. Al-‘Ishrīniyya (Dīwān al-Wasā’il al-Mutaqabala fī mad’hi-n Nabiyyi) [by Wazīr Abdur-Rahmān al-Fāzāzī & Imām AbūBakr al-Muhīb]

64. Majmu’ Qasā’id al-Mawlid an-Nabawī (Collection of Poetry of Prophet's Birth) [Compiled by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse]

65. Tafsīr al-Qur'ān al-'Azīm "lil-Imāmayn Al-Jalālayni" (by Imām Jalālu-Deen Al-Muhalī &  Imām Jalālu-Deen As-Suyūtī) [Warsh  Scripts - 2 Vols]

66. Rūh ul-Bayān fī Tafsīr ul-Qur'ān (10 Volumes Sūfī Tafsīr/Quranic Exegesis) [by Shaikh Ismā'īl al-Haqqī al-Barūsī]

67. Matāliu l Masaraat bi-jalā'i Dalāilu-l Khayrāt by Imām Muhammad al-Mahdī Ibn Yūsuf al-Fāsī

68. Al-Iqtibās min 'Ulūm Ash-Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse (Quotations from the Body of Knowledge of Shaykh Ibrahim  Niasse), by Mallam Sukayrij ibn Shaykh 'Abduwa Koki [Kano] - Arabic

69. Lubbu-l Lubbi Fī Shar'h Manzūmat Rūhu-l Adab Limā Hawā Min Hikam wa Adab [The Essential Core: A Commentary on the Poem entitled "Ruh al-Adab (The Spirit of Good Morals)" — Arabic [5 Volumes]. Poet (Author): Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse. Commentator: Sīdī Mūsā Dutse

70. Diyā'u ta'aweel fī Ma'ānī-t Tanzeel [Tafsīr/Qur'ān Exegesis by Sheu Abdullah Fodiyo (4 Volumes)]

71. Āfāqu-sh Shi'ir  'Inda-sh Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse [An Encyclopedic Collection of Poems of Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse] (Collected by Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Abdullah al-Jayjūbī) Arabic [9 Volumes]

72. Majmū'at at-Ta'areef bi-sh Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse (Radiya-llahu 'anhu) wa Faydatihi wa Muqaddamīhi [An Encyclopedic Biographical Collection of (the Life & Times of) Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse, his Spiritual Flood and his Representatives/Deputies] (Collected by Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Abdullah al-Jayjūbī) - Arabic [9 Volumes]

73. Ziyādat al-Jawāhir min yawāqīt al-fāzin durari hikamin (Addendum to the Epistles of Baye Niasse) [Compiled by Shaykh Ahmad Abul Fathi] (Arabic)

74. Mawsū‘at al-Athār an-Nathriyya li-Sāhib al-Fayda at-Tijānī ‘Ash-Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse al-Kawlakhī (Collection of Prose Writings of the Harbinger of the Tijānī Divine Flood, Baye Niasse) [Compiled by Sīdī Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Jayjūbī] — 10 Volumes

75. Dawāwīn as-Sitt (Six Anthologies) on Prophetic Eulogy (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

76. Raf’u-l Malām ‘aman rafa’a wa qabada iqtidā bi-Sayyid al-Anām (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

77. Nujūm al-Hudā fī kawni Nabiyyinā afdala man da’ā ilā llahi wa hadā (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

 

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SHAYKH MUHAMDI “BADDI” IBN SIDINA {KNOWN AS HASSAN AL-TARIQ}

[Author of Tahniyat ar-Rabii' Mawlid Poem & Closest Confidant of Shaykh Muhammad al-Hafiz (the Founding Figure of the Tijaniyya in Mauritania)]

By: Professor Rüdiger Seesemann (Germany)

In: The Shurafa and the Blacksmith: The Role of the Idaw 'Ali of Mauritania in the Career of the Senegalese Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (1900-75). Published in: {The Transmission of Learning in Islamic Africa (2004) - [Chapter 3, pgs 72-98], Edited by Dr. Scott S. Resse}

AND

The Divine Flood: Ibrāhīm Niasse and the Roots of a Twentieth-Century Sufi Revival (2011)

Muhamdi Baddi b. Sidina (d. 1264/1847-1848)...had his license from his father-in-law Muhammad al-Hafiz b. al-Mukhtar al-'Alawi (d. 1248/1831-1832), who was initiated by Ahmad al-Tijani in Fez in the year 1800.

The early spread of the Tijaniyya in Mauritania and the Western Sudan was essentially the work of Muhammad al-Hafiz (from whom the branch derived its name) and his successors. Virtually all nineteenth-century West African Tijani leaders received their original appointments from Hafizi scholars.

In a letter from 1934, Niasse referred to the Hafizi chain as “the highest and the most treasured.”

When Muhammad al-Hafiz passed away, his succession was shared by his eldest son Ahmaddu, known as Manna (d. 1325/1907-1908), and his closest confidant and brother-in-law Muhamdi Baddi b. Sidina, known as Hassan al-Tariq (b. 1202/1787-1788, d. 1264/1847-1248).

The epithet Hassan al-Tariq is an allusion to Hassan b. Thabit, a companion of the Prophet known for his beautiful praise poetry (panegyric). Muhamdi Baddi was also a celebrated poet, whose verses continue to be memorized and recited among the Idaw 'Ali.

In the course of the fierce controversies over the teachings of Ahmad al-Tijani that evolved among Mauritanian scholars as early as the first half of the nineteenth century, Baddi composed several poems in defense of his Sufi order that earned him the nickname Hassan al-Tariq (the Tijaniyya order's Hassan).

In addition, he managed to establish himself as one of the three major leaders within the Hafiziyya branch of the Tijaniyya, the other two being Ahmaddu ibn Muhammad al-Hafiz, also known as Abba, and Mawlud Fal.

The head of the Baddi lineage (in the third generation) was Ahmad’s son Muhammad al-Amin (d. 1383/1963-1964).

Muhammad al-Hafiz, the founding figure of the Tijaniyya in Mauritania, had chosen Muhamdi Baddi’s sister Fatima bt. Sidina, known as Hututu, as one of the ten deputies he was allowed to appoint according to his ijaza from Ahmad al-Tijani.


MONTH OF APRIL: MONTH OF MAWLID AN-NABIYY (BIRTH OF THE PROPHET) - {20th of April, 570 AD}

Poem authored by:
Baddi bin Sidina (known as 'Hassan al-tariq' or the Hassan of the Tariqa Tijaniya)

In: His mawlid poem called 'Tania'.

Poem translation extracted from ongoing Translation of the Tania by:
Mustafa Okon-Briggs

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أهلا بشهر العجم......ابريل شهر الكرم

أكرم بأرض الحرم ..... مولد خير مرسل

Meaning;
Welcome to the non-Arabic month,.....April the month of nobility,

When the Holy Land was ennobled,......with the birth of the best of messengers

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أهلا بشهر نيسان ..... مولد خير إنسان

قدوة أهل الإحسان ..... والكامل المكمل

Meaning;
Welcome to the month of Nissan (April),.......the (time of the) birth of the best of all men,

the role-model of the people of excellence (Ihsan),.......and the complete one who makes others complete



Note;

These couplets where written by the Mauritanian Tijani Scholar and poet Baddi bin Sidina in his mawlid poem 'Tania'.

Baddi was also known as 'Hassan al-tariq' or the Hassan of the Tariqa Tijaniya in reference to Hassan ibn Thabit, the poet of the prophet who defended Islam and praised the prophet with his poetry.

This poem was recited during mawlid season by Sheikh al-Islam Ibrahim Niasse and makes reference to the fact that the prophet saws was born on the 20th of April in the Gregorian calendar.

In accordance with this, Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse established a mawlud at his house in Dakar every 20th of April, a tradition which is still upheld by his family until this day.

The practice is also continued by one of Sheikh Ibrahims muqaddams in Mauritania Sheikh Ould khayri who organises a mawlid in his village of Boubacare every 20th of April.

TAH'NIAT AR-RABEE'HI (GREETING OF [THE SEASON OF MAWLID] RABEE'HU-L-AWWAL)

Translated by: Khalifa (Dr.) Awwal Baba-Taofiq

In His Book:
The Icon of Mystics: Shaykh Ibrahim Niass Al-Kawlakhy

The following is an extract from the Tah'niah;

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ﻳﺎ ﺭﺑﻨﺎ ﺻﻞ ﻋﻠﻰ *** ﺧﻴﺮ ﺍﻷﻧﺎﻡ ﻣﻦ ﻋﻼ

ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﺴﻤﻮﺍﺕ ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻰ *** ﺑﺈﺫﻥ ﺭﺑﻪ ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻲ

Yaa Rabbanaa salli alaa *** khayri-l-anaam man 'alaa

'alaa-s-samaawaati l 'ulaa *** bi-idhni Rabihi-l-'ulaa

Oh our Lord! Bless the *** best of mankind, who is high-up...

more than the high heaven *** with the leave of his Lord, the Exalted.
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ﺗﻬﻨﺌﺔ ﺍﻟﺮﺑﻴﻊ *** ﺑﻤﺪﺣﺔ ﺍﻟﺸﻔﻴﻊ

ﺑﺎﻟﻤﻨﻄﻖ ﺍﻟﺒﺪﻳﻊ *** ﺃﺑﻐﻲ ﺑﻬﺎ ﻣﺆﻣﻠﻲ

Tah'niatu-r-Rabee'hi *** bi-mid'hati-sh-
shafee'hi

Bil Mantiqi-l-badee'hi *** abgii bihaa mu'amalii

Greeting of the season (of Rabiu-l-Awwal) *** with eulogy of the supreme intercessor (Muhammad)..

(made up of) rhetorical expression *** by it, I seek for my aspiration.
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ﺃﻫﻼ ﺑﺸﻬﺮ ﺍﻟﻤﻮﻟﺪ *** ﺷﻬﺮ ﺍﻟﻌﻼ ﻭﺍﻟﺴﺆﺩﺩ

ﺷﻬﺮ ﺍﻟﻨﺒﻲ ﺃﺣﻤﺪ *** ﺷﻬﺮ ﺭﺑﻴﻊ ﺍﻷﻭﻝ

Ahlaan bi shahri-l-mawlidi *** shahru-l-'ulaa wa-s-su'dadi

Shahru-n-Nabiyyi Ahmadin *** shahru
Rabee'hi-l-Awwali

Welcome to the month of birthday (of the Prophet) *** the month of greatness and leadership...

the month of Prophet Ahmad *** the month of Rabi'u-l-Awwal.
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ﻗﺪ ﺧﺺ ﺑﺎﻟﺮﺑﻴﻊ *** ﺇﺫ ﻛﺎﻥ ﻛﺎﻟﺮﺑﻴﻊ

ﻟﻸﺭﺽ ﻭﺍﻟﺸﻔﻴﻊ *** ﺑﻜﻞ ﺧﻄﺐ ﻣﻌﻀﻞ

Qad khasa bi-Rabee'hi *** idh kaana ka-rabee'hi

Lil-ardi wa shafee'hi *** bi-kuli khatbi
mu'adalin

It (Prophet's birth) was designed (to take place) in the month of Rabi'u-l-Awwal *** for being analogous to Rabi' (harvest time)...

for the (entire) world and a solution *** to every difficult situation.
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أهلا بشهر الفرح ** شهر ذهاب الترح.

وفخرنا والمرح ** شهر النبي الأفضل.

شهر الفلاح والسرر ** شهر به ساد الدهور.

موشح بين الشهور ** متوج مكلل.

أهلا بشهر الفاتح ** إغلاق كون الفاتح.

من خص بالفواتح ** وحار ختم الملل.

أهلا بالشهر الخاتم ** شهر نبي القسم.

وفاتح وخاتم ** وءاخر وأول

SHAYKH TILMIDHĪ WULD ‘ABDALLAH (d. 14 AUGUST 2019)

SHAYKH TILMIDHĪ WULD ‘ABDALLAH: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Written by: Mustafa Briggs 
Edited by: Yusuf Hilliard (Flood Plains)

SHAYKH TILMIDHĪ WULD ‘ABDALLAH: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Written by: Mustafa Briggs
 Edited by: Yusuf Hilliard (Flood Plains)
 

To Allah do we belong and to Him we are returning.

Shaykh Tilmidhī wuld ‘Abdallah, born Muḥammad Maḥmūd wuld ‘Abdallah was a descendant of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ from the Idaw ‘Alī Tribe in Southern Mauritania. His ancestor Shaykh ‘Abdallah, from whom he takes his family name, was a teacher to Muḥammad al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Shinqiṭī, who foresaw that his student would one day become his shaykh. This later became manifest when Shaykh Muḥammad al-Ḥāfiẓ returned from Fez with the wird of Shaykh Aḥmad b. Maḥammad al-Tijānī and Shaykh ‘Abdallah became his disciple and received the wird from his former student.

Shaykh Tilmidhī in his youth became a successful and wealthy trader, who owned many shops, properties, and containers of goods in Mauritania and Senegal. Tilmidhī told us that during a business trip to collect merchandise in Senegal in 1963, his cousin Muḥammad wuld Shaykh once asked him to accompany him to the airport to welcome his teacher, Shaykh Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥājj ‘Abdallah Niasse, but Tilmidhī was reluctant to do so as he had no interest in those kind of things.

He accompanied his cousin to the airport anyway, and as soon as he set his eyes on Shaykh Ibrāhīm, the latter “immediately took my heart completely” and he followed him to his house in Dakar and then on to Kaolack that night with the intention of giving him allegiance and becoming his disciple.

 

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When he arrived in Medina Baye (Kaolack) that night, he was not able to see Shaykh Ibrāhīm, and he described that night as “ the longest night in his life.” The following day, he was able to meet him and take the [Tijānī] Path from him, and that was the beginning of a love and relationship that would last until his final days.

 
Tilmidhī made up his mind to abandon everything and live with Shaykh Ibrāhīm in Medina Baye. He purchased the land next to Shaykh Ibrāhīm’s house and built his own. He took to the Path and completed his spiritual training (tarbiya) and in the early 70’s. Shaykh Ibrāhīm gave his daughter Ndeye Fatou Niasse in marriage to him. Tilmidhī also requested the hand of Shaykh Ibrāhīm’s other daughter Ndeye Maryam for his younger brother, Shaykh Ni’ma wuld ‘Abdallah, and upon hearing this Shaykh Ibrāhīm said to him, “There is nothing you can ask me for that I can refuse you.”

His nickname «Tilmidhī», which means “my pupil” was given to him by Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse himself, as he once testified to his sincerity and said «anta tilmidhī» (you are my student) and so Muḥammad Maḥmūd decided he would rather be called by this name than his actual name, due to his love of Shaykh Ibrāhīm.

Tilmidhī also accompanied Baye on his final journey to Fez, Morocco to visit Shaykh Aḥmad al-Tijānī in the 70’s alongside his companion and mentor, Shaykh Muḥammad al-Mishrī, and was with Shaykh Ibrāhīm during his final trip to Paris in the 70s.

 
Shaykh Mukhtār b. al-Ḥājj Ibrāhīm Niasse informed us that during his father’s last days in Senegal, before his final journey to London, Shaykh Muḥammad al-Mishrī arrived to Kaolack to visit Shaykh Ibrāhīm with Tilmidhī (who was his driver at the time), a young Shaykh wuld Khayrī, and others. Upon hearing of their arrival, Shaykh Ibrāhīm told his son Mukhtār, “They were the ones I was waiting for,” and they spent a few days in Kaolack before heading to Dakar.

 
It is worth noting that Tilmidhī was one of the people who accompanied Shaykh Ibrāhīm to the airport in 1975 with Shaykh Muḥammad al-Mishrī, and upon their return to Mauritania, Mishrī passed away.

Imām Ḥassan Cissé also narrated that on his deathbed, Shaykh Ibrāhīm said to him, “There are four people who’s service (khidma) to me unmatched,” and Tilmidhī was one of them.

 
He lived his life in love and service to Shaykh Ibrāhīm and his family and disciples, and was praised by Baye himself in some of his poetry, as well as by his mentor Shaykh Muḥammad al-Mishrī and other major students of Baye. And he never missed spending the months of Rabī’ al-Awwal and Ramaḍān in Medina Baye since the time of Shaykh Ibrāhīm until his own death on 14 August 2019.

Al-Ḥamduli’llāh, we were blessed to spend many days and nights with him in Medina Baye and in his home in Nouakchott, Mauritania, and everything I’ve written here I’ve heard directly from either Shaykh Tilmidhī himself, his sons or the sons of Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse.

May Allah the Exalted unite him with his beloved Shaykh Ibrāhīm in the highest level of Paradise.   

Written by: Mustafa Briggs

 Edited by: Yusuf Hilliard (Flood Plains)

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