Alhamdulillahi. At 55 years ago (17th November,1967), the blessed seed that Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful, the Highest, planted in the womb of our great and honourable mother, Hajiya Zaynab Baba Taofiq through our humane, amiable and charismatic father, Shaykh Abdullahi Baba Taofiq, the Galadima of Tsaragi and former Khalifah of Faydah Shaykh Ibrahim Inyas in Kwara State, resulted to the birth of a golden son. He was named Muhammad Awwal. Like sons of all great people, Awwal was born great and he worked tirelessly to achieve greatness. His case was like a father like a son. A poet says, if a son achieves the greatness of his father, he has proven his integrity.
The young Awwal was given sound Islamic training at home and was also enrolled in western education. After his Secondary education, he was handed over to Shaykh Balarabe Gusau, who was a great saintly servant of Allah, in the present day Zamfara State, Nigeria, for further exoteric and esoteric trainings in Islam (1985-1991). Having realised what laid ahead of him, he knew he had to also be deep rooted in western education. This quest for excellence took him to Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, Ilorin (1995-1997), and later University of Ilorin for his BA, MA and PhD degrees.
His life has really shown that the name with which a child is called, matters a lot. He was truly the first, for he was the first Khalifah of the spiritual empire that his father left behind and also the foundation Chairman of International Organisation of Tijaniyyah Brotherhood, Kwara State Chapter among others. Khalifah Awwal has touched the lives of so many people including this poor writer and indigent servant of Allah. He was an excellent teacher, charismatic, wonderful patriot, kind hearted, remarkable speaker, courage personified and a great author. His work has been referenced by many knowledge seekers both at far and near. His love for our mentor, Shaykh Ibrahim Inyas was (is) exceedingly great. In one of my intimate conversations with him, he said he would continue to write about the work of Shaykh Ibrahim Inyas until death would take him. This is a promise well kept.
Khalifah Awwal lived for 50 years and 3 months. Until his death, he was a Lecturer at the Department of Religions, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Kwara State of Nigeria. Undoubtedly, the period he lived was eventful as through him, millions of truth seekers had known the truth about our revered Shaykh Ibrahim Inyas, RTA, and Inshaa Allah, would continue till the last day through many books Khalifah had written about him. May Allah reward him and continue to prosper his handworks and all his belongings till the last day, bijaahilMustafa, SAAWS.
Written by;
Prof. Sulaiman O. Idris, an indigent student of Zawiyyah Shaykh Tahir Usman Bauchi, RTA, writes from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
WRITINGS/PUBLICATIONS/TRANSLATION WORKS OF DR. AWWAL BABA-TAOFIQ
• The Icon of Mystics: Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse Al-Kawlakhy {Biographical Account of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse}
• Who is this Shaikh “Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse Al-Kaolacky”
• Majmū’at ad-Dawāwīn (Collection of Eulogy Works) of Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse. {Content: Dawāwinu-s Sitt + Nūr al-Haq + Sayr al-Qalb} Arabic text & English translation
• Vessel of Spiritual Flood, Translation of Goran Faydah by Shaykh Balarabe Haroon Jega (Hausa-Ajami text & English translation
• Shariah and Haqeeqa: in the Light of the Quran and prophetic tradition
• Spiritual Flood (Alūfu-l Khalqi Ma'lūf), by Shaykh 'Abdul-Quadr ibn 'Ali Al-Nupewy [Annotated Translation from Arabic to English
• Shariah and Haqeeqah: In the Light of the Qur'an and the Prophetic Traditions
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SŪFĪ LITERATURE (NEW COLLECTION)
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• The Prophetic Path (Tariqat-ul' Nabuwa): Identifying the True & Correct Practice of Islamic-Sufism [By Abdul' Rasheed Ayinla]
• Handbook for every Tijaniyyat [by Shaikh Ahmad Bello As-Suufi Harazimi]
• Practical Guide on the Wird(Litany) of the Tariqah Faydah Tijaniyyah (The Adherent Handbook)-(Compiled by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)
• Durratu Tāj (The Crown Jewel and Fundamental Needs of the Murid, Regarding the Essentials of the Rules & Requirements of the Tariqa Tijaniyyah Spiritual Path): A Concise Instructional Handbook/Pamphlet), by Abdul-Karīm ibn al-Arabī [Translated by Shaikh Hassan Cisse & Alhaji Lawal]
• The Qualities and Uses of Zamzam Water (A Scientific & Islamic Exploration) by Abdul-Quadir Adeniyi Okeneye
• Understanding the Concept of Will-Making in Islam (Fee Manzoori-l-Islam) by Abdul-Quadir Adeniyi Okeneye
• Dalā’il al-khairāt wa Shuwāriq al-Anwār fī Dhikr as-Salāt ‘alā-n Nabiyy al-Mukhtār (The Indices of Virtues/The Waymarks of Benefits and the Brilliant Burst of Sunshine in the Invocation of Allah’s Blessing on the Chosen Prophet) by Imām Sulaiman Jazūlī [Re-Arranged into Arabic text, Translation, Transliteration by Alhaji Marooph Raji]
• Al-Yāqūtatu-l Fareeda Fī Tariqatu-t Tijāniyyah (The Unique Ruby in the Tijānīya Spiritual Path) — Arabic Text, English Translation & Commentary (Written by Sheikh Abdul-Wāhid Muhammad Nazifi. Translated by Jafaru Ibrahim)
• Qasida al-Hamziyya (Panegyric which contains the Biography & History of Prophet Muḥammad) by Shaykh Muhammad Būsayrī [Translation & Commentary by Ibrahim Jafaru] - Arabic & English
• GoogleDrive (PDF): Softcopy of Numerous Sufi Literature (Arabic & English) - (To be sent via CD & email/googledrive)
• PDF (via Email): Selected Letters of Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani (25 Letters) & Selected Letters of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (30 Letters) - " *Softcopies* (PDF)" [Translated by Ustadh Talut Dawud]
ARABIC COLLECTION
• Jawāhir al-Ma’ānī wa Bulūgh al-Amānī fī Fayd Sīdi Abī-l ‘Abbās at-Tijānī (Jewels of Meanings and the Attainment of Aspirations in the Spiritual Flood of Abu l Abbas Tijānī) by Sīdī ‘Aliyyu Harāzim Berrada - Arabic [Single Vol 1/2]
• It'hāfu-s Sāmi‘ wa-r Rāwī bi-ba‘ad Ajwibatu-sh Shaykh wa-l Fatāwā (A Compendium of Scholarly Responses & Verdicts of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse) [Compiled by Imām Tijānī Cisse]
• Sa’ādat al-Anām bi Aqwāl Shaykh al-Islām [Collection of Sayings/Maxims of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse] — Collected by Imām Tijānī Cisse
• Raf’u-l Malām ‘Aman Rafa’a wa Qabada bi-Sayyid al-Anām {Exoneration of One Who Folds Up (His Hands) & Raises them Up (in Prayer) by the Leader of Mankind} [by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse] (Arabic)
• Ziyādat al-Jawāhir min yawāqīt al-fāzin durari hikamin (Addendum to the Epistles of Baye Niasse) [Compiled by Shaykh Ahmad Abul Fathi] (Arabic)
• Tanbīhu-l Adhkiyā’ fī kawn Ash-Shaykh At-Tijānī Khātim al-Awliyyā (On Sheikh Al-Tijani being the Seal of the Saints) — by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse
• Majmū’ Rihlāt Ash-Shaykh Ibrāhīm [Ar-Rihlat al-Hijaziyya al-ūlā, Nayl al-Mafāz al-awd ilā-l Hijāz, Ar-Rihlat al-Kanāriyya wal Kumāshiyya, Ar-Rihlat al-Kunākriyya] (Travelogues of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse)
• Jawāhir ar-Rasā’il al-hāwī ba’ad al-‘ulūm wasīlat al-wasā’il (Collection of Essential Epistles of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse) [Compiled by Shaykh Ahmad Abul Fathi] (Arabic)
• Fī Riyādh at-Tafsīr lil Qur’ān al-Karīm (In the Meadows of Tafsir/Exegesis for the Noble Quran) - by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (Compiled by Muhammad ibn Abdullah Jayjubi at-Tijānī)
—Arabic [6 Volumes]
BIOGRAPHICAL & POETRY COMPENDIUM OF SHAYKH IBRAHIM NIASSE👇👇👇
• Āfāqu-sh Shi'ir 'Inda-sh Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse [An Encyclopedic Collection of Poems of Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse] (Collected by Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Abdullah al-Jayjūbī) Arabic [9 Volumes]
• Majmū'at at-Ta'areef bi-sh Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse (Radiya-llahu 'anhu) wa Faydatihi wa Muqaddamīhi [An Encyclopedic Biographical Collection of (the Life & Times of) Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse, his Spiritual Flood and his Representatives/Deputies] (Collected by Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Abdullah al-Jayjūbī) - Arabic [9 Volumes]
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