QUESTION
Assalamu Alaykum Imam,
What are the conditions I must present to a person who wishes to take the Tijani Tariqah from me, since I have been made a Muqaddam now?
ANSWER
As-Salam Alaykum Sidi,
In order to give Bay'ah in the honorable Tijani Path, you need to make the person understand and accept the uncompromisable Muhammadan conditions of the Tariqah Tijaniyyah. Then you can initiate him, with the Permission you have from a complete Tijani Shaykh.
The conditions are:
1. Keep up the Tijani Awrad till death
2. Keep up the 5 daily prayers (if possible in Jama'ah) and all obligations in Islamic
Shariah
3. Don’t take or practice any Dhikr from any non-Tijani Awliya, while respecting them
fully. You must leave all other previous Dhikrs you had as well.
4. Don’t visit any non-Tijani Wali, living or dead for spiritual help, but love them all
5. Obey parents completely
Do note that these conditions were prescribed by Sayyid al-Wujud (SAW) himself to Shaykhuna al-Qutb al-Maktum Sidi Ahmad al-Tijani (RA).
Let the student know that very well.
was-salam
your servant in the Path of Allah
Fakhruddin al-Tijani