26/07/2026
THE WILL OF SHAYKH IBRAHIM NIASSE RTA
Today is 26th of July, marking the 51st year of the transition of the Sahib al-Faydah, Maulana Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse RTA. Below is the Shaykh’s Will as recorded in the Ziyadat al-Jawahir compiled by Maulana Shaykh Ahmad Aliyu Abu al-Fath RTA.
“…If I die, and none remains except Allah the Exalted, then Allah is my Khalifa over my family. The dutiful son, the sincere servant, the learned scholar, the knower of Allah, Sayyidi ʿAlīyu Cīsse, shall take care of my family. He is the shaykh of my children and my companions, and my successor after Allah in their affairs.
I advice my children to be (united) as one hand: the younger should honor the elder, and the elder should have mercy on the younger. They should be with him (i.e ʿAlīyu Cīsse) as they were with me , rather, as they are with him now. He shall give them their due regard and consult them.
If they deem it fit to sell all my estate and my books, except for the manuscripts , that is permitted to them. And if they wish to keep them, I pray that Allah enriches them so that they will not need to sell them.
My father’s books shall remain an endowment (waqf) for his descendants, as he instructed , may Allah be pleased with him.
I should be buried behind the main mosque in a
place they choose. I bequeath that my right-hand
possessions, slaves and maidservants, be freed
for the sake of Allah. Those maidservants who shared my bed and bore me no children, they shall
be provided for from the estate like the divorced
women for they have no share in the property.
I instruct that attention be given to completing the
mosque, and that the leadership therein belongs to Sayyidi ʿAlīyu Cīsse and his son Ḥassan, then whomever Allah wills. The leadership of the Zāwiya of Kaolack shall belong to my children, those of them who reside there, and to the children of my brothers who are fit for deputation (niyāba) as determined by, Sayyidi ʿAlīyu Cīsse, and by my eldest son, al-Ḥājj ʿAbdullāh.
I advise you , and I advise myself, to fear Allah both in private and in public, to maintain the ties of kinship, and to preserve the Tijāni wird, for it is a treasure for the living and the dead.
May Allah guide us and you, and direct our steps and yours aright.
Peace be upon you.
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥājj ʿAbdallāh al-Tijānī.”
May Allah bless us with sincere love of the Sahib al-Faydah and service to his cause. Ameen.
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