A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is a biography of Shaykh Muhammad al-Hafizh ibn al-Mukhtar ash-Shinqithi ( q.s. ), by Ustadz Zakariya Zachary Wright .   Shaykh Muhammad al-Hafizh ash-Shinqithi ( q.s. ) is credited with first introducing the Thariqa’ Tijaniyyah in Mauritania, whereby it was introduced into sub-Saharan West Africa.  He became the pre-eminent muqaddam of the Tijaniyyah in Mauritania after spending years in the company of Shaykh Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad at-Tijani ( q.s. ) in Fas.  Besides his mastery of Sufism, he was a jurist and hadits scholar of great renown.   Shaykh Muhammad al-Hafizh ash-Shinqithi ( q.s. ) hailed from the noble Idaw ‘Ali people in Mauritania, who trace descent from Shaykh Muhammad ibn Hanafiyyah ( r.a. ), a son of Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abu Thalib ( k.w. ).  His father, Shaykh Mukhtar ibn Habib ( r.a. ) was also a Islamic scholar, and particularly distinguished for his mastery of the art of ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The following is adapted from  “Offering Prayer on the Prophet ( s.a.w. )” , which is excerpted from  Ustadz Zakariya Zachary Wright ’s, “On the Path of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ): Shaykh Ahmad Tijani ( q.s. ) & the Thariqa’ Muhammadiyyah ”. Shaykh Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad at-Tijani ( q.s. ) was particularly concerned with the explaining the benefits of offering prayer on the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), which he declared to be the best form of nafilah , supererogatory worship.   He explained further, “As for he who perseveres in the prayer on the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), even if he is attributed all the faults committed by all the inhabitants of the earth, while adding to them without end, from the Creation of the world until its ending, Allah ( s.w.t. ) will Forgive him these faults in the Ocean of His Forgiveness and Grace.”   Shaykh Ahmad at-Tijani’s ( q.s. ) emphasis on sending blessings on the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) is no...