Tijaniyya Tariqa | Spread, Founder, Practices, Beliefs and More
About Tijaniyya Tariqa Tijāniyyah Or Tijaniyya, an especially proselytizing order (tariqa) of Islamic mystics (Sufis) widespread in northern and western Africa and Sudan. Founded by Aḥmad al-Tijānī (1737–1815), formerly of the Khalwatī order, about 1781 in Fez, Morocco, it places great emphasis on good intentions and actions rather than on elaborate or extreme rituals. Tijaniyya […]
Sufi orders | All about Sufi orders with their geographical extent
All About Sufi Orders Sufism emerged early on in Islamic history, partly as a reaction against the worldliness of the early Umayyad Caliphate (661–750). Although Sufis were opposed to dry legalism, they strictly observed Islamic law and belonged to various schools of Islamic jurisprudence and theology. Although the overwhelming majority of Sufis, both pre-modern and […]