Why selawat matters? Shaykh Ahmad Tijani’s emphasis on sending blessings on the Prophet was not lost on later Tijani scholars. Muhammad al-‘Arabi bin Sa’ih posits the practice as one of the primary reasons for the Tijaniyya being called Tariqa Muhammadiyya in the first place: “The axis around which turn the means of arrival (suluk) in our Tariqa Muhammadiyya is sending a great number of blessings and peace upon the Messenger of God … and this while seeking the presence of his noble countenance.”[3] According to Ibn Sa’ih, sending prayers on the Prophet grants the Tijani aspirant the ability to actually be with the Prophet. First, the aspirant will be thinking about the Prophet while sending prayers on him, then he will be visualizing him before his eyes while sending prayers on him. Next, the Prophet will become continually present to him, both sleeping and awake, in the “eye of his heart.” Finally, the aspirant will see the Prophet with his actual eyes, in a waking state. This last group is divided in two, those who perceive the spirit (ruh) of the Prophet, and those who see “the reality of his person (dhat), as if they were with him in his life.”[4] In other words, salat ‘ala-nabiyy within the Tariqa Muhammadiyya Tijaniyya is meant to link all aspirants with the actual presence of the Prophet Muhammad. may Allah preserve Shaykh Zachary Wright Mohamed Isa Zulkifli Pareed Astley PinkDoll Azrino Molazin Amirul Rukimin Nur Zahirah Read More at tijani.org/the-controversy-surrounding-the-prayer-on-the-prophet-salat-al-fatih/
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