Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghali Abu Thalib at-Tijani al-Hassani (q.s.)
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is extracted from Shaykh Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn al-Iyyashi as-Sukayrij’s ( q.s. ) Kashf al-Hijab ‘Amman Talaqa ma’a ash-Shaykh at-Tijani min al-Aswḥab ; and Shaykh ‘Umar ibn Sa’id al-Futi Thal’s ( r.a. ) Kitab ar-Rimah Hizb ar-Rahim . Shaykh Abu Thalib Muhammad al-Ghali at-Tijani al-Hassani ( q.s. ) was one of the elite companions of Shaykh Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad at-Tijani ( q.s. ). According to Shaykh as-Sukayrij ( q.s. ), Shaykh al-Ghali ( q.s. ) was one of ten companions of Shaykh at-Tijani ( q.s. ) whom Allah ( s.w.t. ) Blessed with fath al-akbar , grand illumination, at the hand of the Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ). Shaykh at-Tijani ( q.s. ) was very fond of Shaykh al-Ghali ( q.s. ), and it was him whom he called to pronounce the famous words, “These two feet of mine are on the shoulders of every saint of Allah.” Shaykh at-Tijani ( q.s. ) also let it be known that it would be Shaykh al-Ghali ...