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100 Questions & Answers on Tariqah Tijaniyyah, by
Imam Fakhruddin Owaisi al-Madani al-Tijani (South Africa)
Shaykh Ebrahim Niasse
Shaykh Ebrahim Niasse
Shaykh Aḥmad al-Tijānī predicted a “fayḍa, or flood, will overwhelm my companions to the point that people will enter our path (ṭarīqah) in multitudes. This fayḍa will come at a time when mankind will be in a state of utmost difficulties.”
Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse began his mission in 1929, at the beginning of the Great Depression. Prior to the time of Shaykh Ibrāhīm, there were many claimants to the description of the fayḍa. Yet, in none of them is the characteristic so well reflected as it is in him. Moreover, this view has been corroborated by the acknowledgement of many Tijānī leaders that Shaykh Ibrāhīm, indeed, owned Al-Fayḍa.
At the time of his death in 1975 in London, England, Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse had millions of followers throughout West Africa, while his influence still spreads globally today.
Shaykh Fakhruddin Owaisi Al-Madini At-Tijani
Shaykh Fakhruddin Owaisi Al-Madini At-Tijani
Shaykh Fakhruddin Owaisi al-Madani is a prominent Islamic scholar and Tijani Muqaddam based in South Africa. Born in the USA in 1979, he spent the first 18 years of his life in the sacred city of Madinah al-Munawwarah, where he completed his schooling and studies under numerous distinguished scholars. Among them was the renowned Hadith expert and spiritual master of Makkah, Shaykh al-Sayyid Muhammad bin Alawi al-Maliki.
Coming from a noble lineage, Shaykh Fakhruddin is a descendant of Sayyidina Owais al-Qarani, a saint deeply revered in Islamic tradition and praised by the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ himself. During his years in Madinah, he also mastered the traditional art of Qasidah and Na’at rendition.
After moving to Cape Town, South Africa, he pursued formal Islamic education at the Islamic College of Southern Africa (recognized by Al-Azhar University), graduating as Best Student of the Year. He later earned a Bachelor’s degree with Honours and a Master’s degree in Islamic Studies with distinction from the University of Cape Town.
Shaykh Fakhruddin holds Ijazāt (authorizations) from respected scholars across the Islamic world, including from the Hijaz, Morocco, Syria, Mali, Yemen, Egypt, and Senegal. He has served as an Imam and teacher in several Cape Town mosques and has translated Arabic works into English. He is currently a Senior lecturer at the International Peace College of Southern Africa (IPSA) and Madina Institute.
He took the Tariqa from the great Sufi master Shaykh Hassan Cisse of Senegal and continues to serve the Tariqa globally.
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