AL-BAYAAN WA T TABYEEN ‘ANI T TIJAANIYYAH WA T TIJAANIYIIN (COMMENTARY & CLARIFICATION ABOUT TIJJANIYAH & TIJJANIYANS)

"البيان والتبيين عن التجانية والتجانيين"

Al-Bayaan wa t Tabyeen

‘ani t Tijaaniyyah wa t Tijaaniyiin

"Commentary & Clarification About Tijjaniyah & Tijjaniyans".

A very significant book of;

Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse

Translated By:

Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz, New York.

Published weekly on his Facebook page;

www.facebook.com/husseini.babaalwaiz

This has become necessary and timely due to the fact that some wahabis are making a propaganda against Sheikh Tijjani, by using the distorted and manipulated copy of his popular book "جواهر المعاني", "Pearls of Meanings", which had suffered a horrible inclusion of "toxic" and blasphemous statements by his enemies. And thank God Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niass owned the first original hand-written copy which he had stated in this book that he had inherited from his father the khalifah of Sheikh Ahmed Tijjani in Senegal, Alhaji Abdulahi Niass which was donated to him by the grandson of Sheikh Ahmad al Tijjani.

There is a wahabi student in New York who has been running audio reading of these distortions and whatsapping them to the world and I have been rebutting him with audio facts from this book and sharing via whatsapp also. So folks, make a date with us next week and the weeks beyond to read about what Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niass documented in this book.

May 20, 2016

Assalamu Alaikum brothers and sisters in Islam, Juma'h Mubarak. As part of our weekly Baye Book Translation Project, this is the tenth in our series from the book of Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niass entitled:

"البيان والتبيين عن التجانية والتجانيين"

"Commentary & Clarification About Tijjaniyah & The Tijjaniyans"

And it proceeds from pages 24, 27 and 28. It dwells on how LA ILAHA ILLA LAH serves as a means of expiation(kaffarah). Please read and share:

كفر يمينك بقولك لا إله إلا الله:

عن إبن عباس قال:

"جاء رجلان إلى النبي (صلعم) أحدهما يطالب صاحبه بحق فسأل الطالب البينة فلم تكن له بينة فحلف الآخر بالله الذي لا إله إلا هو ماله علي حق. قال فأتى النبي (صلعم) فأخبر أنه كاذب فقال (صلعم):

"أعطه حقه وأما أنت فكفر عن يمينك بقولك لا إله إلا الله."

Expiate your oath by saying LA ILAHA ILLA LAH:

Ibn Abbass narrated that two men came to the Prophet(s.a.w), one of them was asking his right (as owner of a lost and found money) then he asked him for an evidence and he had no evidence. Then the other one sworn by Allah: (Who there is no god but Him the money belongs to him. Then someone came to the Prophet(s.a.w) and informed him that that person lied to him. The Prophet(s.a.w) said: "Give him his money and for you, you need to expiate for swearing(a flase) oath by saying LA ILAHA ILLA LAH.

لا إله إلا الله على عارضتي الجنة:

عن أنس بن مالك رضي الله عنه قال(صلعم):

"لما عرجت إلى السماء دخلت فرأيت في عارضي الجنة ثلاثة أسطر مكتوبات بالذهب:

أول” لا إلله إلا الله"

والثاني"وجدنا ما قدمنا وربحنا ماأكلنا وخسرنا ماتركنا”

والثالث"أمة مذنبة ورب غفور."

والله يلهمنا الصواب ويوفقنا لصالح القول والعمل.

لاتحسبوا أن تهينونا ونكرمكم==وأن نكف الأذى عنكم فتؤذونا

وخير الكلام ماقل ودل, وعلى الله قصد السبيل والله يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل.

LA ILAHA ILLA LAH IS UPON AN EXHIBITOR OF PARADISE:

On the authority of Anas bun Malik may Allah be pleased with him said(s.a.w):

When i ascended in the heaven i entered and i saw on the exhibitor of Paradise three of lines of script written with a golden ink.

First "LA ILAHA ILLA LAH".

Second "We have recieved what we have offered and we have profited from what we ate and we have lost what we have left behind".

Third "A sinful ummah and a forgiven Lord".

May Allah inspire us on the rightful path and help us towards good words and deed.

Do not expect us to honor you when you insult us

And for us to stop harming you while you harm us

And the best of words is what is brief and provided guidance, to Allah is the intented way and Allah says the truth and guides upon the rightful path.

To be continued next Friday..........

Translated By: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz, New York.

May 6^th, 2016

Assalamu Alaikum brethren, Juma'h Mubarak. As part of our weekly Baye Book Translation Project, this is the eight in our series from the book of Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niass entitled:

"البيان والتبيين عن التجانية والتجانيين"

"Commentary & Clarification About Tijjaniyah & The Tijjaniyans"

This week's excerpts are culled from pages 21 & 22. Its dwell on the impact of LA ILAHA ILLA LAH (There is no god but Allah):

من شهد أن لا إله إلا الله دخل الجنة:

He who bears witness that there is no god but Allah will enter Paradise.

نذكر هنا حديث أبي هريرة أن النبي (صلعم) قال لأبي الدرداء:

"ناد في الناس من شهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا رسول الله دخل الجنة".

"We here by mention a hadith on the authority of Abu Hurairah that the Prophet[PBUH] said to Abi Darda-ee:

“Inform people that whoever bears witness that there is no god but Allah will enter Paradise.”

شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله كفارة:

Bearing witness that there is no god but Allah is an expiation:

"عن أبي المعتمر عن أبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه قال:

سالت رسول الله (صلعم) عن كفارة أحداثنا فقال:

شهادة أ، لا إله إلا الله".

On the Abil Mu’tamar from Abi Bakril Siddique may Allah be pleased with him said:

I asked the messenger of Allah (PBUH) about the expiation of our short-comings(sins) and he said:

“Bearing witness that there is no god but Allah”.

لاإله إلا الله تأتي على الذنوب:

حدثنا ثابت عن أنس قال:

جاء رجل إلى النبي (صلعم) فقال: يارسول الله ماتركت حاحة ولاداحة إلا وقد أتيت."

(صلى الله عليه وسلم): قال

"من شهد أ، لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأني رسول الله فهي له نجاة."

اللفظ لرواية أبي يعلى.

There is no god but Allah wipes out sins:

Thabit narrated to us from Ans saying:

A man came to the Prophet[PBUH] and said: O Prophet od Allah I have never left anything but I have fulfilled”.

“He who bears witness that there is no god but Allah, He alone He has no partner, and I [Muhammad] is messenger that will serve as a means of salvation.”

The wording is for Abi Ya’ala.

To be continued next Friday..........

Translated By: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz, New York.

April 26^th, 2016

Assalamu Alaikum brethren, Juma'h Mubarak. As part of our weekly Baye Book Translation Project, this is the seven in our series from the book of Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niass entitled:

"البيان والتبيين عن التجانية والتجانيين"

"Commentary & Clarification About Tijjaniyah & The Tijjaniyans"

This week's excerpts are culled from pages 24, 25, 26 & 27. It dwell on the impact of LA ILAHA ILLA LAH (There is no god but Allah):

لا اله الا الله عصمة لقاءلها:

رواه النساني من حديث أبي الأحوص وغيره من عطاء بن السائب....قال: "سألت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقلت: "أريت لو أن رجلا ضربني بالسيف فقطع يدي ثم لاذ مني بشجرة فقال: -لا إله إلا الله – أقتله؟ قال (صلى الله عليه وسلم): "لا" مرتين أو ثلاثا ثم قال:

"إلا أن تكون مثله قبل أن يقول ماقال ويكون مثلك قبل أن تفعل مافعلت".

هذا حديث صحيح من حديث محمد بن مسلم ....أخرجه شيخان في صحيحهما من طرق شتى.

LA ILAHA ILLA LAH IS A SHIELD (PROTECTOR) FOR THE ONE WHO SAYS IT:

It was narrated by Abu Dawud and Nasaee from the hadith of Abil Ahwas and others from 'Ata-a bunl Sa-eb....said: I asked the Prophet(s.a.w) and said: "What do you think if a man hit me with a sword and chop off my hand then he sheltered himself away from me and stood under a tree and said: - LA ILAHA ILLA LAH- should i kill him? The Prophet(s.a.w) said: "No" two times or three and then said:

"Unless you would be like him before he says what he said or he becomes like you before you do what you did." This is an authentic hadith from the hadith of Muhammad bun Muslim....It was reported by Sheikhan in their authentic books from diverse ways.

لا إله إلا الله كنز:

أخبرنا أبو عبد الله قال: أن الكنز الذي ذكر الله في كتابه لوح من ذهب مصمت فيه: بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم, عجبت لمن أيقن بالقدر كيف ينصب, عجبت لمن ذكر الله ثم يضحك, عجبت لمن ذكر الموت ثم غفل, لا إله الله محمد رسول الله صلى عليه وسلم."

عن المغيرة بن زيادة عن الشعبي قال:

قال ابن عباس:

"الكنز الذي ذكر الله في كتابه وكان تحته "وكان تحته كنز لهما" لوح من ذهب مكتوب فيه: أشهدأن لاإله إلا الله, عجبت لمن أيقن بالقدر كيف ينصب, وعحبت لمن تقلب الدنيا بأهلها كيف يطمئن إليها."

LA ILAHA ILLA LAH is a TREASURE:

It was narrated to us by Abu Abdulah who said: The treasure that Allah had mentioned in his book is a golden made tablet written on it: "In the Name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful, I wonder about the fate of who is certain with Destiny how would could he be focused. And i wonder about the fate of the one who laughs whenever Allah's name is remembered or mentioned. And i wonder about the fate of the one who neglects or forgets wherever death is mentioned. There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is his messenger, s.a.w."

لا إله إلا الله على أذن سمكة:

حدثنا أبو العباس محمد بن يعقوب الأصم قال:

سمعت الحسن بن إسحاق بن يزيد العطار يقول:

"كنا خارجين من مصر إلى إفرقية في البحر فركدت علينا الريح فأرسينا إلى موضع يقول له اسطرون وكان معنا صبي يقال له أيمن وكان معه شص يصطاد به السمك. قال, فاصطاد سمكة نحوا من شبر أو أقل. قال, وكان على ضفة أذنها اليمنى متكوب "لا إله إلا الله", وعلى قذالها وضفة أذنها اليسرى, محمد رسول الله, وكان أبين من نقش على حجر. قال قفذفناها في البحر ومنع الناس أن يتصيدوا من ذلك الموضع حتى أو غلنا".

LA ILAHA ILLA LAH was found written on the hear of a fish:

Abul Abbass Muhammad bun Ya'qub Al-Salam said: I heard Al-Hassan bun Ishaq bun Yazid Al-'Atar says:

"Once we were leaving Egypt to Africa in the sea, and we got stagnated by wind storm. Then we transited at a place called "Istrun". And there was a young boy with us called Aiman and he had a fishhook with him that he was hunting fish with. He said, he then catched some, fish like span size or less. He said, and it happened that on the edge of right hear of the fish it was written, "LA ILAHA ILLA LAH", and in between the two hears, on the bottom of the backside of his head and on the edge of its left hear, it was written, MUHAMMAD RASULULAH. And then i made an indication about it with a writing on rock. He further said, we then casted it off from the sea and prohibited people from hunting within that part of the sea until we were able to make big yield."

To be continued next Friday................

Translated By: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz, New York.

April 15, 2016

Salamu Alaikum brethren, Juma'h Mubarak. As part of our weekly Baye Book Translation Project, this is the sixth in our series from the book of Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niass entitled:

"البيان والتبيين عن التجانية والتجانيين"

" Commentary & Clarification About Tijjaniyah & The Tijjaniyans"

This week's 13 & 14 pages excerpts dwell on the intellectual nature of the followers of Sheikh Ahmed Tijjani and rejection of deniers of him.

The Intellectual Nature of the Followers of Sheikh Ahmed Tijjani and Rejection of Deniers of Him.

المريدون التجانيون من فطاحل العلماء:

وأما فطاحل العلماء الذين سلموا للشيخ التجاني وتمسكوا بطريقته قديما وحديثا فلا نطيل بالتعرض لذكرهم وذلك لاشتهارهم ووفرة عددهم في كل قطر ولله الحمد.

The Murids of Tijjaniyah are among the Great Intellectuals.

Regarding the great intellectuals who have submitted themselves to Sheikh Tijjani and held fast to his Tariqah past and present, we will not prolong stating it, this is by virtue of their popularity and huge numbers in every spot, praise be to Allah.

وحسبنا ماقاله العلامة قاضي الجماعة بالمغرب سيدي أحمد سكيرج في كتابه القيم الإيمان الصحيح ص 60 الذي دافع فيه بقوة عن الشيخ التجاني رضي الله عنه قال:

It sufficed us the statement of the scholar Al-Qady in Morroco, Sayyidi Sukairaj in his book "Al-Qayyimul Eemani Sahih", "The Value of Authentic Faith", page 60, in which he defended vigorously on behalf of Sheikh Tijjani, may Allah be pleased with him said:

"بعض العلماء التجانيين بتونس:

ولو لم يكن من أتباع الشيخ التجاني غير أبي الرياحي لكفى أسوة في الاءقتداء بسيدنا الشيخ قدس سره. ولا نحتاج إلى التنويه بأبى إسحاق المذكور فاءن جلالته في العلم أشهر من نار علم وبيت الرياحي من العائلات العريقة في المجد من قديم الى الآن وفيهم الخلافة عن سيدنا رضي الله عنه مشهورة وهم البيوت في الحاضرة التونسية المنتسبة للطريقة. ومن البيت البيوت التي اشتهرت بالفضل ومحبة الشيخ التجاني رضي الله عنه في تونس أيضا بيت السادة أولاد النيفر بيت العلم الراسخ وبيت السادة أولاد بيرم بيت المجد الشامخ وبيوت أخرى.

"Some scholars of Tijjaniyah in Tunisia:

If there had not been any followers of Sheikh Tijjani except Abi Ishaq Al-Rayahi it would have sufficed as a model for emulation of Sheikh may Allah sanctify his secret. And we do not need to mention the specific Aba Ishaq stated here, because his majesty in knowledge and action is more popular than the fire over knowledge.

And the house of Rayyahy is part of the prestigious families in terms of glory for a long time until now. Among them emerged the popular (khilafah) succession of our master (Sheikh Tijjani) may Allah be pleased with him. They are from the household of the eminence of Tunisia which Tariqah is attributed to. And among the household which became virtually popular and the love of Sheikh Tijjani may Allah be pleased with him in Tunisia also in the household of masters of the children of Al-Naifar, the household of sound knowledge, the household of masters, children of Bairam, the lofty household of glory and other households.

الانكار على التجانيين مكابرة وظلم:

ثم يقول سيدي سكيرج رضي الله عنه:

"فهؤلاء السادة كل منهم أمة وفر الله جمعهم فقد خاب سعي من نسبهم الى ضلالة, وأمة النبي (صلعم) لا تجتمع على ضلالة وإخراجهم من دين الإسلام بمجرد فهم شيء على غير وجهه مما لايقول به مؤمن."

Rejection upon Tijjaniyans is stubbornness & unfairness

Then Sayyadi Sukairaj may Allah be pleased with him:

"So those masters each of them is part of an ummah or community that Allah has preserved their people. So there has been a disappointed pursuit towards attributing them to misguidance. And the ummah or community/society of the Prophet(s.a.w) would not arrive at a compromising stand upon misguidance and taking them out of the religion of Islam, due to a mere understanding of an issue from a different periscope is not what a believer supposed to say."

To be continued next week.............

Translated By: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz, New York.

April 1, 2016

Salamu Alaikum brethren, Juma'h Mubarak. As part of our weekly Baye Book Translation Project, this is the fifth in our series from the book of Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niass entitled:

"البيان والتبيين عن التجانية والتجانيين"

" Commentary & Clarification About Tijjaniyah & The Tijjaniyans"

This week's excerpt are from pages 16, 17 & 18. It dwells on the fact that the azkar/awrad or litany of Tijjaniyah is not bid'ah or innovation.

التجانيون والتجانيات من الذاكرين الله كثيرا والذاكرات:

وفي الجواب المسكت للعلامة العارف بالله الفقيه محمد الكنسوسي لسان الطريقة مانصه:

The Male & Female Tijjaniyans are among those who indulge in numerous (zikir)remembrance of Allah

And in the reply "Al-Maskat" written by the intellectual who possessed divine knowledge, a fiqh scholar Muhammad Al-Kansusy, spokesman of Tariqah he stated that:

"... وإنهم (يعني أهل الطريقة التجانية) والله من خير هذه الأمة, وهم بحمد الله مطهرون من كل مذمة, وكيف لا وهم الصائمون القائمون يدعون ربهم بالغداة والعشي يريدون وجهه فمنهم من لا يعرف المنام بالليل أصلا. ومنهم من لا يعرف الطعام والشراب بالنهار إلا في الأعياد, ومنهم من لا ينقص ورده عن عشرة آلاف من الصلاة على رسول الله (صلعم) بصلاة الفاتح لما أغلق بين اليوم والليلة."

"....They (meaning the followers of Tariqatul Tijjaniyah), by Allah are among the best(people) of this ummah. And praise be to Allah, they are purified from all slanders, and why not? Since they are always fasting, praying at night praying to their Lord by day and night, they are seeking his pleasure. Among them there are those who do not know what sleep is. And among them are those who do not care about food and drink in the day but only during the festivities(eid days). Among them are those who do not reduce their (wird) litany which consist of thousands of Salatul Fatih Lima Ugliq between day and night."

ليست الأوراد التجانية بدعة:

الحاصل أن هذه الأوراد من أرواد الرسول (صلعم), وأهلها جربوا منفعتها, ولا منفعة أعظم عند المسلم الحق من دوام ذكر الله والدعوة إلى الإسلام بالقول والعمل. وإنا لانكفر مسلما, لأن تكفير أحد من أهل القبلة من الصعوبة بمكان, ولكن من تحامل علينا وكفرنا لأنه كفر من ليس بكافر: "فقد باء بها أحدهما".

The Awrad(litany) of Tijjaniyah is not Bid'ah(innovation):

For the most part, these awrad are part and parcel of the awrad of the messenger of Allah (PBUH), and its followers have tested its benefits. And there is nothing that has a greatest benefits to a real Muslim than consistency in remembrance of Allah and propagating the message of Islam with words and action. And we do not ascribe kufur or non-belief against Muslim, because declaring non-belief against one of the followers of the qibla (Muslims) poses difficulties. However, whoever treated us with prejudice and declared us as non-believers we will also declare him as a non-believer, because he ascribed non-belief against a believer: "Then one of them is affirmed to be real disbeliever".

والحق انه إذا جلس متعلم بجانب عالم وطلب منه أن يعلمه مايذكر دبر الصلوات فقال له 'المعقبات' وهي كذا وكذا والعدد كذا وكذا وما يقال في الصباح والمساء وعند الوضوء وعند النوم وعند الوتر وعند الطواف مثلا, لم يكن السائل مبتدعا ولا المعلم كذلك.

And in reality, when a student sit behind a teacher and requested him to teach him what he recites after the prayers and he told him 'Mu'aqabaat' which is so and so. And in so and so numbers, and what is said in the morning and evening and at the point of wudu or ablution and during sleep, when praying witir, and during tawaf (circumambulation) around ka'bah for example. The questioner would neither be considered an innovator nor the teacher as well.

الأوراد التجانية اوراد محمدية:

قال العلامة أبوبكر الديماني الشنقيطي:

أو كفر بالله ان قال عبد= مخلصا لا إله الله

او أن أستغفرالإله يرجي = منه غفران ماجنته يداه

إن يكن ذا يا أيها الناس كفر = فالزموا الكفر تحمدوا عقباه

وهذه الأذكارلو أمر بها الشيطان لوجب الاءمتثال بدليل حديث "لقد صدقك وهو كذوب" فمابالك إن أمر بها ولي من أولياء الله وهي اوراد النبي (صلعم) تسامح الناس فنسبوا بعضها إلى الشيخ عبد القادر رضي الله عنه والى أبي الحسن الشاذلي رضي الله عنه وإلى الشيخ أحمد التجاني رضي الله عنه والكل شيء واحد وهي اوراد محمدية لا غير وإنما هي ذكر الله لاءكر غيره.

Awrad of Tijjaniyah is Awrad of (Prophet) Muhammad (s.a.w):

The scholar Abubakar Al-Deemany Al-Shanqity:

Or he disblieved in Allah when a servant says

Sincerely(La Ilaha Illah Lah) There is no god but Allah

Or when he sort forgiveness from the Lord seeking

From Him remission whose (Jannah) Paradise lies on His Hands

If this (act) becomes a disbelief O people

Then commit yourselves to disbelief you will praise its consequences

And these(azkar) remembrance even if Shaitan was to command for it, it would have been mandatory to practice. This is based on a proof by a hadith: "He has told you the truth but he is a liar" (when a Shaitan appeared to after warning him not to come and still food again, he gave him "Hayatal Kursiyi to be reciting"). So what would be your thoughts if it was commanded by a (waliyi) or saint among the saints of Allah. And it is the awrad (litany) of the Prophet (PBUH). People got tolerant and related part of it to Sheikh Ahmed Tijjani may Allah be pleased with him. And all are one, because they are awrad or litany of (Prophet) Muhammad (s.a.w), nothing else. For it is the remembrance of Allah not anyone else.

To be continued next week..........

Translated By: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz, New York.

March 4 at 5:49am

Salam Alaikum folks, Juma'h Mubarak. As promised last week, I hereby commence the new segment of our weekly Baye Book Translation Project with a new book of Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niass, entitled:

"البيان والتبيين عن التجانية والتجانيين"

"Commentary & Clarification About Tijjaniyah & Tijjaniyans".

And our series begins from excerpts in pages 6 & 7. This is very significant and timely given the fact that some wahabis have started using distorted version of "Jawahiril Ma'ani", (Pearls of Meanings) and misinforming people about it. So i therefore started from the pages he set the records straight. And coupled with his hand-written letter indicating that he had inherited the original copy of this book.

افتراء الكذب على الشيخ التجاني والدس في النسخة المطبوعة من كتاب جواهر المعاني:

DISTORTION & FALSIFICATION AGAINST SHEIKH TIJJANI & INTERPOLATION(OF STRANGE THINGS) IN THE PUBLISHED VERSION OF THE BOOK JAWAHIRIL MA'ANI(PEARLS OF MEANINGS)

وانا أملك نسخة من جواهر المعاني بخط المؤلف الخليفة الحاج علي حرازم برادة رضي الله عنه, وهي التي كانت في حوزة الشيخ الختم التجاني رضي الله عنه مدة ستة عشر عاما, كما حدثني به شيخي ووالدي الخليفة التجاني بسنغال الحاج عبد الله بن سيدي محمد (نياس) عن سيدي البشير بن سيدي محمد الحبيب ابن الشبخ التجاني رضي الله عنهم. وسيدي البشير هو الذي أعطى هذه النسخة التاريخية الممتازة لوالدي رحمه الله عام ألف وثلاث مائة وتسعة وعشرين من الهجرة عندما إجتمع به بفاس المحروسة.

I possess a copy of Jawahiril Ma'ani with the original hand writing of the author, Khalifah (of Sheikh Tijjani) Alhaji Aliyu Harazimi (may Allah be pleased with him). It was the very copy in possession of Sheikh Tijjani may Allah be pleased with him for the period of 16 years. As my Sheikh and father, the Khalifah of Sheikh Tijjani in Senegal, Alhaji Abdulahi ibn Sayyidi Muhammad(Niass) from Sayyidi Al-Bashir ibn Sayyidi Muhammadul Habib Ibnil Sheikh Tijjani, may Allah be pleased with them narrated to me. And Sayyidi Al-Bashir was the one who donated this historic (unique) copy to my father, may Allah grant him mercy in the year, 1329 of the hijrah calendar when he met him in Faz the guarded place.

وأقرر هنا حقيقة لها قيمتها العظمى وهي أن النسخ المطبوعة من الجواهر- وهي المتداولة بين الإخوان - تحتوي على أشياء كثيرة لا وجود لها في نسخة المؤلف.

And I affirm here the reality that has its great worth which is the fact that the published copy of "Jawahiril Ma'ani (Pearls of Meanings) - which is rotating among brothers(as they read in turns) constitutes numerous things that are not included in the author's(hand written) copy.

تحققت ذلك لأني قد درست كتاب جواهر المعاني عدة مرات لأفواج كثيرة من كبار الطلبة التجانيين وبمحضر جماعات من علماءهم في مدرستي وكنت دائما أستعمل نسختي المخطوطة وهم يتابعون بالنسخة المطبوعة, وكنت انبههم دائما على الزيادات الموجودة في كتبهم والتي لاتوجد في نسخة الؤلف ومن جملة هذه الزيادات المقصد الأحمدي, فلا وجود له في نسختي أصلا.

I realized that because I taught the book "Jawahiril Ma'ani" many times to many groups of people, among the senior-most Tijjaniyah students. And in attendance to these lectures in my school were many of their scholars. And I would always use my hand-written copy while they were following my readings with the published versions. And i was awakening them (drawing their attention) about the additions existing in their (published) copies of the book and those that were not found in the author's original copy. And among one of those phrases is, "Maqsadil Ahmady" (The Motive of Ahmady), and it is not found in my original copy.

ولقد أخبرت الخليفة التجاني بمصر الشيخ محمد الحافظ بهذه الحقيقة المكتشفة فاستعار مني النسخة ليدرسها مع مجموعة من العلماء التجانيين منهم عمدة مدينة الاسماعيلية وقد ثبت لهم بالدراسة المقارنة صحة ماقلت لهم. وعند ذلك طلب مني الاخ المذكور أن أقرر ذلك كتابة يحتفظ بها وينشرها عند الحاجة فساعدته على ما طلب.

And i have informed the Khalifah of Sheikh Tijjani in Egypt Sheikh Muhammadul Hafiz about this discovered reality, then he borrowed the copy from me to review it with a group of Tijjaniyah scholars. Among them was the mayor or governor of the city of Isma'eliyyah. And after a comparative analysis, what i told them became proven to them. And it was then that the brother I mentioned(Sheikh Muhammadul Hafiz) requested from me to affirm that in writing so as to keep it safe and secure and publish it when the need arise and I helped to fulfill his request.

وإنني على استعداد للتعاون مع كل من يريد بحث هذه المسألة فالنسخة الأصلية المذكورة لم تزل عندي ولله الحمد.

And I am prepared to help anyone who wants to research this issue. So the aforementioned original copy is still with me, praise be to Allah.

كما أني اطلعت على النسخة التي كتبها الشيخ محمد الحافظ التجاني العلوي الشنقيطي فرأيتها موافقة لنسختي.

As I also reviewed the copy that was written by Sheikh Muhammadul Hafiz Al-Tijjani Al'Alawi Al-Shanqiti and I found it on the same wave length with my copy.

ولاغرو فاءن الدس في كتب العلماء قديم ومعروف لدى الباحثين, وأسبابة متعددة. ونحن والحمد لله على بصيرة من أمر طريقتنا التجانية المحمدية المباركة.

Undoubtedly, distortions in the books of scholars is an old occurrence and it is well known among researchers, and there are multiple causes for it. And as for us, we are on an inspirational foresight in the affairs of our blessed path of Tijjaniyah and Muhammadiyah.

وقد طالعت كتابا قيما ألفه العلامة القاضي الشيخ أحمد سكيرج سماه جناية المنتسب فيما نسب الى الشيخ التجاني بالكذب وهو كتاب كثير الفاءدة في بابه وقد طبع في القاهرة تحت إشراف الشيخ محمد الحافظ التجاني.

And I have reviewed a valuable book written by Allamah (intellectual) Sheikh Ahmed Sukairaj entitled, "The Crime of The Attributed(one) in What was Attributed to Sheikh Tijjani of Falsehood". It is a book full of benefits in its chapters. It was published in Cairo under the supervision of Sheikh Muhammadul Hafiz Al-Tijjani.

To be continued next week..........

Translated By: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz, New York

March 11 at 5:57am

Salam Alaikum folks, Juma'h Mubarak. As part of our weekly Baye Book Translation Project, we started a new book of Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niass last week entitled:

"البيان والتبيين عن التجانية والتجانيين"

"Commentary & Clarification About Tijjaniyah & Tijjaniyans"

Today we proceed with excerpts from pages 3 & 4 which dwell on the importance of salat or prayer as well as the recitation of the holy Qur'an.

Importance of Salat or Prayer as well as the Recitation of the Holy Qur'an

من شروط الطريقة التجانية المحافظة على الفرائض:

تلك هي الطريقة التجانية ومن شروطها المحافظة على الفرائض والعض عليها بالنواجذ واكدها الصلوات الخمس الطهارة المائية وبإتمام أركانها وهو المقصود بالإقامة التي أمر الله بها بقوله "واقيموا الصلاة", وبأدائها في جماعة سنية غير مبتدعة, "واركعوا مع الراكعين", وان يؤديها في وقتها, "إن الثلتة كانت على المؤمنين كتابا موقوتا", وبخشوع, "قد أفلح المؤمنون الذين هم في صلاتهم خاشعون".

It is Parts of the Conditions of the Path of Tijjaniyah Taking the Obligatory Acts very Serious

Such is the path of Tijjaniyah and part of its conditions is taking the mandatory acts of worship seriously and holding it firm with our tooth. And what affirms it is the five daily prayer purifying(oneself) with water and completing its pillars and that is what is intended with establishment that Allah has commanded when He says: "And established prayer", and for performing it in group the sunnah way not bid'ah, "And bow with those who bow", and it has to be performed in its time, "Verily, prayer was legislated upon the believers according to time". And with devotion, "The believers have succeeded who are devoted in their prayers".

صلة المريد التجاني بالقرآن:

وزيادة على هذه الفرائض يؤكد على التجاني أن يكون قوي الصلة بالقرآن تلاوة ودراسة وتاملا.

فإذا كان يحفظ القرآن فليجتهد لختمه في كل أسبوع مرة وإن إستطاع أن يختم في كل أسبوع مرة وان إستطاع ان يختم في كل ثلاث فذلك الأكمل ولا غرو فان أفضل ما يتقرب به إلى الله كتابه المبين كما في الرؤيا التي راها أحمد بن حنبل رضي الله عنه بل وكما ثبت كتابا وسنة واجماعا وعقلا وفقها.

وأما من لم يقدر على تلاوة الثلث كل يوم ولا على تلاوة السبع فلا أقل من تلاوة حزبين كل يوم أو او تلاوة ما تيسر ولو بضع آيات.

The Link of the Murid of Tijjanyah with the Qur'an:

And on top of these obligatory acts, it affirms on the murid of Tijjaniyah to have a strong link with the Qur'an in terms of reading, learning and reflection.

If he happens to memorize the Qur'an he needs to strive and be completing it once every week. If he could be completing once every three days it is better. And it is not exaggeration to say that the most virtuous act that gets one closer to Allah is his concise Book (Al-Qur'an), as it appeared in a dream that Ahmed bun Hanbal may Allah be pleased with him saw. Even as it was established in the Qur'an and Sunnah, by consensus, with common sense and (fiqh wise) jurisprudence.

But for the one who cannot recite one third every day or complete weekly, he or she should read at least two hizb every day or reciting whatever he or she could recite even if it were few verses.

To be continued next week.......

NB: Folks, we should all take this as a lesson to take salat and Qur'an with all seriousness they deserve.

Especially in regards to reading the Qur'an, many are those murids and even muqadams of our present day who have never learnt how to recite the Qur'an and would not even border to learn. They prefer zikir than reciting the Qur'an, which is the greatest of zikir.

I remember in one of the 42 books written by Sheikh Ahmed BabalWaiz (Spokesperson & Interpreter of Baye in Ghana), which I translated and it is entitled: "Spokesperson of Faydah About Some Wonders of the Custodian of Faydah", he narrated that during the two arrivals of Baye in Ghana in the sixties, he was always reciting the Qur'an whenever they were going on dawah trips. He used to be sitting next to him always in the car and Shehu Barhama would hand him his Qur'an to hold for him when he would want to take a brief break. This shows how dedicated and committed he was with the Qur'an. I hope we will all learn some lessons from this.

Translated By: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz, New York

وهل الأصنام والكهانة من التجانية ؟))))

((Is Idolatry and Soothsaying Part and Parcel of Tijjaniyah))

قد دخل في الطريقة التجانية أشرار من الناس وهم الشباب اليوم...

March 18 at 6:34am

Salam Alaikum folks, Juma'h Mubarak. As part of our weekly Baye Book Translation Project, this is the third in our series from the book of Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niass entitled:

"البيان والتبيين عن التجانية والتجانيين"

"Commentary & Clarification About Tijjaniyah & The Tijjaniyans"

This week's coincidentally happens to address the current controversy and readers can read the position of Sheikh Tijjani and Sheikh Ibrahim on these controversial issues which seem to divide us. The lesson i've personally learnt from this book was that, no matter who you are in the field of knowledge of Islam and Tasawwuf, if your views go diametrically opposed to the rules of the Shariah then we do not have to abide by it.

أوقات المريد التجاني عامرة بذكر الله:

وتعاليم الطريقة تقضي بتعمير الأوقات بذكر الله تعالى وأفضل الذكر ماجاء في الحكيم كالباقيات الصالحات "سبحان الله والحمد لله ولا اله الا الله والله أكبر", ومن افضله أيضا "لا إله إلا الله وحده لاشريك له" دبر كل صلاة كما هو معروف.

The Murid of Tijjaniyah is Full of the Remembrance of Allah

And the teachings of the path of Tijjaniyah requires investing more time in the remembrance of Allah Almighty. And the best of remembrance is "Subhana Lah, Wal Hamduli Lah, Wa Lala Ilaha Illa Lah, Wa Lahu Akbar.", and also part of its virtues is, "La Ilaha Illa Lah Wahdahu La Sharika Lahu", after the end of every prayer as it is already known.

ميزان التجاني الشرع:

وعلى وصوخ هذا المنهاج ومع كونه في الحقيقة منهاج الكتاب والسنة انتقد بعض الناس على السيد ى الحاج احرازم مؤلف جواهر المعاني لأنه أفاض ذكر فضائل هذه الطريقة ومناقبها مما لم تحمله حوصلتهم فاذكروا وبالغوا حتى أنكروا على الشيخ أحمد التجاني نفسه وهو الذي أعلن للدنبا كلها قولته المشهورة:

"إذا سمعتم عني شيئا فزنوه بميزان الشرع فما وافق فخذوه وما خالف فاتركوه".

وهي قولة لم تدع مجالا للمنتقد بوجه من الوجوه.

The Scale of Tijjaniyah is the Shariah:

By virtue of the charity of this approach (of Ibadah or worship) and the fact that it is in reality an approach of Qu'ran and Sunnah, some people criticized Sayyidi Alhaji Aliyu Harazimi, author of "Jawahiril Ma'ani", "Pearls of Meanings", because he elaborated at length regarding the virtues of this Tariqah and its values, as part of what it carries. Then they mentioned about that several times and made gross exaggeration against Sheikh Ahmed Tijjani himself. And he was the one who announced to the world entirely his popular saying:

"If you hear something from me, then weigh it on the scale of the Shariah, what matches take it and what did not match leave it."

And this is an utterance that did not leave any chance for criticism from every point of view.

التجانية طريقة علم:

وكثيرا ما أعلق على هذا الإعلان المهم بقولي:

إن الشيخ التجاني رضي الله عنه ألزم أتباعه التعلم والتبخر في العلم مااستطاعوا إلى ذلك سبيلا لأن الوزن بميزان الشرع ورد الأمور إلى الله ورسوله لا يتاتي إلا من متعلم.

فالتجانية بناء على طريقة علم وحكمة. وإن من اتبع الشيخ التجاني ثم ارتكب بدعة ضلالة فما جنى إلا على نفسه وأما الشيخ التجاني فقد برات ذمته بهذا الإعلان التاريخي الذي أيده سلوكه رضي الله عنه وسائر تصرفاته التي مبناها ومعيارها السنة المحمدية كما شهد بذلك الخاص والعام.

The Path of Tijjaniyah is a Path of Knowledge:

And more often I do comment on this important announcement saying:

Sheikh Tijjani has mandated his followers to seek knowledge and delve deep in intellectual pursuit according to their ability. Because weighing with the scale of the Shariah and leaving it to Allah and his messenger would not be achieved but only by a seeker of knowledge.

So based on this, Tijjaniyah is the path of knowledge and wisdom. And so whoever follows Sheikh Tijjani and then committed a misguided bi'dah or innovation, he never reaped (negative repercussion) but by his ownself.

However, as for Sheikh Tijjani he is free from blame with this historic announcement which was supported by his manner and demeanor, may Allah be pleased with him. And even his entire actions whose foundation and criteria are based on the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammed (s.a.w) as that was witnessed by both exclusive and generic people.

التجانية طريقة جهاد في سبيل الله:

وفي كتاب الإسلام الصراط المستقيم صفحة 109 قال فيه مانصه:

وفي القرن السابع الهجري (الثالث عشر الميلادي) كانت تمبكتو مركز الثقافة الإسلامية وبعد خمسة قرون أصاب التوسع قوة دفع جديدة عندما تأسست دولة سوكوتو واخضعت أغلبية السودان الغربي لها بمساعدة الإخوة الصوفية المراكشية- مريدي الطريقة التجانية".

Tijjaniyah is a Path of Jihad (Striving in the Course of Allah):

And in the book entitled, "Islam the Straight Path", page 109, he said in what was written:

"And in the seventh century of the Hijrah calendar (13th of the Christian calendar), Timbuktu used to be the center of Islamic culture and civilization. And after five centuries, the new defensive power got expanded when the State of Sokoto was established and subjected majority of western Sudan with the help of the Sufi brotherhood of Markesh - who were Murids of the path of Tijjaniyah."

Translated By: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz, New York