The wird is another central principle of the Sufi orders, which literally means a set portion of the Qur’an, or any other specific act of worship, which

The literal meaning of khalwah is seclusion or retreat, but it has a different connotation in Sufi terminology: It is the act of total self-abondonment

It is the ultimate end which the murid looks forward. He tolerates khalwah and succumbs to the will of his shaikh precisely to become one of the people of kashf,

Al-Fanaa’ is a key element in the Sufi thought. Once the Sufi becomes assiduous in dthikr, or rememberance of Allah, they claim that he acquires sufficient tranquility

Three fundamentals of Sufism which are innovations not sanctioned by the Qur’an or the Sunnah: The division of knowledge into exoteric, or manifest, asoteric, or

Al-Aqtaab is the plural form of qutb, which means axis or pivot: the highest station in the Sufi hierarchy of saints. Sufis believe that the universe has

Al-Awliyaa’ is the plural of waliy, which means a true, sincere believer. But the waliy as defined by the leader of the Tijaniyyah Order is he whom Allah distinguishes

The following are excerpts and quotations from well-known Sufi works presented along with corresponding beliefs from outside the fold of Islam. Relevant texts from the

Like the other Sufi orders, al-Tijaniyyah is a condemned bid’ah, since neither it nor the others existed at the time of the Prophet nor during the

In conclusion, I wish to commend the continuous efforts of the Salafi groups (those groups who follow the footsteps of the Messenger of Allah and his