THE DIVINE FLOOD: QUESTION ON THE SILSILA OF THE TARIQAH TIJANIYYAH?

QUESTION ON THE SILSILA OF THE TARIQAH TIJANIYYAH?

QUESTION

As-Salam Alaykum,

The other day some peopleshowed me a text authored by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller about the Spiritual Lineage (silsila) in Sufism. Here is the link: http://shadhilitariqa.com/site/index.php?id=4&option=com_content&task=view

What Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller says, is that there are two kinds of silsilas, one authentic and the other inauthentic. The first, called muttasila, is the one that goes back to the Prophet (SAWS) through living Masters that have transmitted the Tariqa in front of witnesses or by written documents. The second one, called munqati, is the one that comes from a dead Master or from the Prophet (SAWS) and is considered inauthentic.

So they asked me if Shaykh Nuh could be referring to the Tariqa Tijaniyya, as it would have a silsila munqatiaccording to this definition.

Please elaborate.

ANSWER

Wa Alaykum As-Salam WRB Sidi al-habib,

Sh Nuh praises al-Haj Umar al-Futi and Shaykh Ali al-Daqar (two great Tijani Shaykhs) in his Reliance of the Traveller. So I don't think he is attacking our Tariqah.

I think he is just mentioning a general rule of Sufism which is true, with certain exceptions of course.

Imam al-Suyuti mentions in his Ta'yid al-Haqiqah al-Aliyyah wa Tashyid al-Tariqah al-Shadhiliyyah that there were Awliya who took directly from the Rasul (SAW) and said: "We have no Shaykh but him".

Furthermore, what Sh Nuh is referring to is men who never had ANY SHAYKH or any training/authorization from anyone, and simply started claiming Wilayah and Shaykh-hood (like many "new-age Sufis" in the West nowadays).

Shaykhuna al-Khatm al-Tijani (RA) himself warned of such men and stated that whoever claims Shaykh-hood without permission will die on Kufr.

Note that Shaykhuna al-Khatm al-Tijani (RA) is NOT from this category at all.

He made suluk in many Turuq and received complete Ijazah and Idhn from his masters to guide Allah's Creation. He even initiated some men in the Khalwati Tariqah (like Sidi al-Mishri and Sidi Ali Harazim if I am not mistaken).

So he didn't just come out of nowhere. He was already an authorized Shaykh Murabbi in Sufism when he met Sayyid al-Wujud Muhammad (SAW). The Jawahir al-Ma'ani mentions his whole sanad in the Khalwati Path, as well as thebisharahs of his own Shaykhs that he will supersede them.

What he received afterwards from Sayyid al-Wujud (SAW) was the EXTRA he was seeking for and was meant for him eternally. And there is nothing wrong in seeking MORE.

Sh Nuh himself writes in that article:

"Because some of our sheikhs’ path was not completed without having met two or more sheikhs, we have noted whom they took as a second sheikh in numbered footnotes, as best we knew, and so [have also detailed in sub-footnotes the chains of those in the main footnotes who joined between two or more preceding spiritual lines] back to the beginning."

So its clear. Everyone had a right to progress in their suluk.

Imam al-Shadhili himself used to say: "Previously I had one Shaykh only, Now I have eight: 4 in Heaven and 4 on Earth (and he then named the 4 Angels and the 4 Khulafa)".

So as you cane see, Imam al-Shadhili progressed from his this-worldly Shaykh to 8 Barzakhi Shuyukh.

Shaykhuna al-Khatm al-Tijani (RA) also progressed from his this-worldly Shaykh Sidi Mahmud al-Kurdi (RA), to Sayyid al-Wujud Muhammad (SAW). و ذلك فضل الله يؤتيه من يشاء

Imam al-Shadhili (RA) received the Hizb al-Bahr from Sayyid al-Wujud Muhammad (SAW), and our Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani (RA) received the Wird.

Its just that no Wali had the same type of proximity to Sayyid al-Wujud Muhammad (SAW) as our Shaykh Sidi Ahmad al-Tijani (RA) as he is his Zill and Khalifah Mutlaq.

Furthermore, the Wilayah of Shaykh al-Tijani (RA) was acknowledged by his contemporaries and great Moroccan Ulama such as the Kattanis (fortunately for them). None of them said that he was a "mudda'i " (false claimant).

In any case, the sheer Spiritual Power and Miraculous Spread of the Tariqah Tijaniyyah witnessed everywhere, and the amount of Awliya it produced, is proof enough of its veracity.

و ليس يصح في الاذهان شيء

إذا احتاج النهار إلى دليل

Was-Salam

Servant of the Tijani Door

Fakhruddin bin Ahmad al-Tijani

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