THE SEAL OF MOHAMMADIAN SAINTHOOD SEYYIDINA SHEIKH AHMED TIJANI ( MAY ALLAH BE SATISFIED WITH HIM ) Part IV: HIS HAJJ: After many efforts, he felt the need to go on pilgrimage to Mecca; it was in 1772 (1186), he was 36 years old at that time. While he was travelling, he met other important personalities such as Sidi Muhammad Ibn Abderrahman el Azhari (May God be satisfied with him) in Zwawa area near Algiers, next to whom he enters the Khalwatiyya spiritual way. Then he arrived in Tunisia where he met Saint Sidi Abdessamad Rahaoui (May God be satisfied with him). Seyyidina Sheikh (May God be satisfied with him) saw the Prophet (May the peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon him) in Tunisia who told him: “Invoke ALLAH to get Knowledge or everything else you desire and I will say “Ameen” so that your prayer be granted. ”Seyyidina Sheikh therefore invoked God and the Prophet said “Ameen”, after that he (May the peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon him) recited Surah “Ad-Duha” (Surah 93) and when he (May the peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon him) came up to the verse “And verily, your Lord will give you (all good) so that you shall be well-pleased”, the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) fixed his noble eyes on Seyyidina Ahmed Tijani (May God be satisfied with him) and finally finished reciting the mentioned Surah. Seyyidina Sheikh Ahmed Tijani (May God be satisfied with him) stayed in Tunisia for one year between the town of Tunis and that of Sousse. He was teaching there a variety of sciences as well as the Hikam of Ibn Ata Allah. Dazzled with the extension of Sheikh AhmedcTijani’s knowledge, the Emir of the country sentChim a message asking him to stay in TunisiaCforever to teach there the sublime science and to deal with religious matters. He proposed him to give him a house, a high salary and to make available to him the Zaytouna University. When Seyyidina (May God be satisfied with him) got the Emir’s letter he kept quiet then the day after he left the town and took a boat for Cairo in Egypt, with the firm intention to meet the famous Saint, the majestic and the perfect “knower of ALLAH” (‘Arif billah) Sidi Mahmoud el Kurdiu (May God be satisfied with him) who was originated from Iraq. During their first encounter, Sidi Mahmoud el Kurdiu (May God be satisfied with him) told Seyyidina Ahmed Tijani (May God be satisfied with him): “You are loved by God here in this world and in the next world.” Seyyidina Ahmed Tijani (May God be satisfied with him) asked him: “How do you know that?” Sidi Mahmoud el Kurdiu (May God be satisfied with him) answered him: “I hold this truth from ALLAH!” Then Seyyidina Ahmed Tijani (May God be satisfied with him) told him: “I had seen you when I was in Tunisia and I had told you ‘I am wholly made of steel’, and you answered: ‘yes, that’s right and I am going to turn your steel into gold.’” Then Sidi Mahmoud el Kurdiu (May God be satisfied with him) said to him: “Yes it is as you have seen.” Few days later, Sidi Mahmoud el Kurdiu (May God be satisfied with him) questioned Seyyidina Ahmed Tijani (May God be satisfied with him) about his ambition to which Seyyidina replied: “My ambition is to reach El Qutbaniya El ‘Udhma (i.e. the most high-ranking…)” Then the famous scholar declared firmly: “O my friend, The Almighty will give you more than that.” He finally joined the holy town of Mecca and got in touch with pious men devoted to God’scworshiping and “knowers of ALLAH” (‘Arifin billah); Among them the very important Sheikh Sidi Ahmed Ibn Abdallah El Hindi (May God be satisfied with him) who was not allowed to meet anyone. So hevsent him a letter in which he announced him: “You are the heir of mycsciences, my secrets, my gifts and my lights (spiritual divine lights).” While he was writing these words to Seyyidina Ahmed Tijani, SidicAhmed Ibn Abdallah el Hindi declared to his servant: “He is the very man I was waiting for, he is my heir”. Then his servant exclaimed: “I have been your servant for 18 years and today a man has come from the Maghreb and you tellcme he is your heir (What about me?)!” Sidi Abdallah el Hindi (May God be satisfied with him) then revealed him this secret: “I was waiting for but him and in that matter I have no responsibility, ALLAHcby his mercy, chooses whom He wants. If I were to decide I would have chosen my own son for a long time.” So, he transmitted him all his sciences, secrets and lights. Then he died after having entrusted the education of his only son to Seyyidina (May God be satisfied with him). He also announced him his impending encounter with the well-known Saint and “Supreme Pole” (Qutb Jami’), Sidi Muhammad Ibn Abdel Karim Samman (May God be satisfied with him) who died in 1775. In fact, he met him in Medina and this one made him go on a retreat for three days. and revealed him the great powers and secrets of famouscpious “men of God”. After Medina, the floodlit town, and the visit of the Saint Prophet’s tomb, Seyyidina Ahmed Tijani rejoined Cairo and during a new meeting, Sidi Mahmoud el Kurdiu (May God be satisfied with him) transmitted him the Khalwatiya spiritual way and delivered him a degree that enabled him to initiate, educate and teach his followers in this religious order.
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