Q-1 : Hazrat Sultan Bahu RA got WILAYAT in awakening state same as Hazrat Shaykh Ahmed Tijani RA. Whatever books Hazrat Sultan Bahu wrote was from the direct knowledge from Allah. Then why are there difficulties in joining other silasil in tijaniyya if both of AWLIYA got same kind of WILAYAT from hazrat Muhammad (SAW) in different times?
Q-2: The silsila tijaniya is according to Quran & Sunnah, so if someone leave tijaniya and join another silsila why will he suffer? All Silasil start from Rasool Allah (SAW) and Hazrat ALI (RA), all other silasil are based on QURAN & Sunnah so why there is differences?
Q-3: What if someone leaves Tijaniyya and joins another silsila and after sometimes he wants to come back in Tijaniyya so can he come back?
Q-4: A Tijaniyya Follower can recite wird for a whole life, so he will be tijani, but why the FATH process is important for every tijani ? If someone doesn’t do FATH so he will be no formal tijani or he will not get benefits from silsila tijaniyya?
Q-5: A person told me that when someone leave Tijaniyya so all jinnat, ruhaniyat, and other creations comes to him and kill him and kill his childerns and he can’t settle down in life and these all jinnat and other beings always follow him to disturb his life and kill him. Is it true statement?
Wa Alaykum As-Salam my brother,
Regarding the questions you sent, they are generally similar in content.
The answer is:
Know first and foremost that a seeker or student needs only ONE TEACHER, and can handle only ONE TEACHER. Even if there are many good teachers out there that you respect, you will only follow one.
The same is in Sufism. There are many Salasil and many Shaykhs. But a seeker can only follow ONE SHAYKH, in order to grow spiritually. Otherwise, he is just fooling around with himself and with those Shaykhs.
All Turuq are based on the broad principles of Qur'an and Sunnah, otherwise they would be rejected. Their differences are based on what they emphasize on more, and what they feel is the shortest and best way to approach God. And they all derive that from the Ocean of the Prophet (SAW), zahiran wa batinan.
Yes, many different Awliya in this blessed Ummah continue to see the Prophet (SAW) and receive Gifts from him. Sultan Bahu (RA) was one of them also and we don't deny it ever.
The Prophet (SAW) cares for all Tariqahs, in fact, the whole Ummah and the whole Universe. His barakah is everywhere with everybody. We don't ever limit it to the Tijanis.
However, we do believe that the Prophet (SAW) gave a most special and unique gift of his own WIRD to his beloved son Sidi Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani (RA). Furthermore, the Prophet (SAW) also instructed the Shaykh (RA) that whoever takes this gift from him should not combine it with other Dhikrs....even if they are also from the Prophet (SAW).
A doctor may give different prescriptions to different people and tell them to not to mix it. So a Tijani cannot mix his Tariqah with others, by the prohibition of the Prophet (SAW) himself. We must respect his wishes (SAW).
Those other Dhikrs (Qadiri, Chishti, Naqshi, Shadhili...etc)...even if from the Prophet (SAW) himself, were meant for other people in other times, not for the Tijanis.
Those Dhikrs were optional in any case. The Obligations (Fards) remain the same for all Muslims. We Tijanis are bound to practice the fards of Islam, but not those optional Dhikrs of other Tariqahs.
Now, if a person takes the Tijani Tariqah believing that this special Tijani Wird was given by the Prophet (SAW) himself to the Shaykh al-Tijani (RA), and then later on considers it "not good enough" and wishes to leave it, then indeed, he will suffer spiritually and will not benefit from any other Wali.
This is what we believe (but don't force anyone else to believe that).
Shaykh Ahmad Tijani (RA) is also the Seal of the Saints. Leaving his Tariqah after practicing it, is like walking backwards. Such a person will not benefit from any saint nor will any saint help him.
The mid-19th Century Mauritanian Tijani scholar Sidi al-Tijani Baba writes in his famous poem Munyat al-Murid (that he authored in Ayn Madi at the behest of our Masters sons):
و من لبعض ما تقدم نبذ
يخسر في الدارين إن كان أخذ
و ذا لوعيد قاله خيرالورى
لشيخنا يقظة بلا مرا
و من يتب من فعله و يندم
ثم يجدد الطريق يسلم
The one that rejects what we mentioned (i.e. the conditions of our Path)
after taking it....he will lose in both worlds
And this is due to the Warning given by the Best of Creation (SAW)
to our Shaykh (al-Tijani) in Wakefulness, without doubt
As for the one that repents from his action and regrets
and then returns to the Tariqah and renews it...then he will be saved
Will such a person be "killed by Jinn" as you ask?
I have not read or heard that from any of our Shaykhs.
Nevertheless, it may have happened to some people who left the Tijani Way with bad adab and disrespect. Such problems happened to people who disrespect any Wali of Allah from any Tariqah...so what about the Khatam al-Awliya!
I personally know of a person who got afflicted with Jinn after he left the Tijani Way out of disrespect and negligence and joined another Tariqah (in which also he was lazy and non-practicing!)
This is not a game! This is the MOST serious thing in one's life as it is about one's connection with Allah (SWT) and Rasul (SAW).
Some people join Tariqahs insincerely and leave insincerely, and then get cursed sincerely!
May Allah protect us. Amin.
As for the one who fully believes in the Tariqah and loves it, but wants to leave it for while as he cannot practice the Awrad?
Well, such a person must try very hard to make time for Allah and His Prophet (SAW).
However, if he still feels very lazy and sinful and wants to leave the Tariqah for a while, then he must make the Kaffarah (atonement) of breaking an oath, as taking the Tariqah is an oath to Allah. The Kaffarah would be fasting for 3 consecutive days.
This last point was mentioned by Sidi Salaheddin al-Tijani of Egypt in his book Kitab al-Nur fi al-Tariqah al-Tijaniyyah.
This only applies to persons who leave the Tariqah temporarily, without any malice or disrespect, and without going to any other Tariqah. Just lovers who are lazy to please their beloved.
Hasbuna Allah!
Can such people return to the Tariqah???
Yes of course. The Doors of the Tariqah are wide open till death. To return to Istighfar, Salat ala an-Nabi and Kalimah Shahadah is the best thing to do.
We know of people who left the Tariqah, faced great trials in life, and came back and are now great Muqaddams Arifin-Billah!
The door of Tawbah is always open. Allah is always calling us back to His Remembrance.
However, the person must return to the Path out of sincere love for Allah (SWT), Rasul (SAW) and Shaykh (RA)....and not out of fear of punishments, jinns...etc!
One should not also recite the Awrad for the sake of Fa'th (Spiritual Openings). These Openings are already guaranteed to Tijanis in their own time. One must recite the Dhikrs for the sake of ALLAH only. Recite the Awrad and obey your Shaykh of Tarbiyah, and the Fat'h will come in its own time. Love is the Key.
Mawlana Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (RA) stated:
"It is very ugly that a person should recite Adhkar looking for Fat'h from Allah. He should recite them for Allah only. If the Fat'h comes, then very good. If does not come, then it is enough blessing that you spent your life praising Allah. The greater reward is in the Hereafter."
You will get the Ma'rifah just by being in the company of people of Ma'rifah, as Shaykh Ibrahim (RA) stated in the Ruh al-Adab.
Al-HumduliLlah! We are now in the Age of the Predicted Ahmadi Tijani Faydah! The Ma'rifah is no more as difficult to achieve as it was before. Just to love the Sahib al-Faydah (RA) also guarantees the Ma'rifah. He (RA) said:
و أطوي لمن قد حبني كل مهمه
إلى الحضرة العليا و لو كنت رامزا
And I make short the roads to the Divine Presence...for all those who love me
Even through my signals and signs (in addition to my words and actions)
The only one who won't benefit is the one that fights him (RA).
May Allah keep us steadfast,
Was-Salam
Servant of the Tijani Door
Fakhruddin Owaisi al-Madani