Our Tijani Mother
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is originally by Ustadz Fakhr ad-Din Uwaysi al-Madani. Please note that the names have been Arabised. Sayyidah Fathimatu Zahrah Niyas ( q.s. ), also known as Yafathu, was the eldest daughter of Shaykh al-Islam , Shaykh Ibrahim Niyas ( q.s. ), the wife of the Shaykh ‘Ali Sisi ( q.s. ), and the mother of Imam al-Faydhah , Shaykh Hasan ibn ‘Ali Sisi ( q.s. ). She is justifiably renowned as the daughter of a quthb , the wife of a wali and the mother of a wali . This great waliah of Allah ( s.w.t. ) is nearly ninety now. We du’a pray for her health. In her earlier days, she would teach the Qur’an, pray five times a day in the Grand Ibrahimi Mosque, and regularly travelled to Makkah, Madina and Fez. Her du’a was most mustajab , and her karamah is well known. Ustadz Fakhr ad-Din had the honour of visiting her thrice, once with Shaykh Hasan ( q.s. ). In is narrated that in th...