Ahmed Skirej
Ahmed Skirej (also transcribed Skiredj) or Abu-l-Abbas Ahmed ibn al-Iyyashi Sukayrij al-Khazraji Al-Ansari al-Fasi (1878–1944) was a well known Moroccan Sufi scholar and judge.[1] He wrote a great number of books, but is especially well known for his voluminous work on the companions of Sidi Ahmad al-Tijani: Kitab kashf al-Hijab ámman talaaqa bi-Shaykh Tijani mina-l As'hab (Raising the veil of the companions who encountered Sheikh Tijani).
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Books by Ahmed Skirej
- Attainment of Aspirations in the Issuing of Permission to the Seeker of the Tijani Litany (Bulugh al-Amani bi’l Ijaza li-Murid al-Wird Tijani)
- Removing the Affliction Published in the Magazine of Piety (Kashf al-Balwa al-Manshura 'ala Majallat Taqwa)
- Crown of Champions in the Excursion in the Surroundings of Sous (Taj Ru’us bi-Tafassuh fi Nawahi Sus)
- Qadam al-Rusukh fima li-Mu’allifihi min al-Shuyukh
- Irshad al-muta-allim wa-al-nasi fi sifat ashkal al-qalam al-Fasi
- Al-Sirat al-Mustaqim
- A comprehensive book of Tijani doctrine, al-Kawkab al-Wahhaj li tawdih al-minhaj (published in Tunis, 1910), written as a commentary on Durrat al-Taj, a central work on Tijani practice by Abdul-Karim Bannis
- A commentary on the Qasida al-Burda by Busiri
References
- Temsamani, Abdelaziz Khalouk, "Hayât al-qâdî Ahmad Skîrj wa âthâruhu" (Vie et œuvre d'Ahmed Skirej:1878–1944), Majallat dâr an-niyâba 9 (1986), pp. 49–57
External links
- http://cheikh-skiredj.com/ (retrieved 12-7-2012)
- http://www.dar-sirr.com/Tijanism/Ashab_al-Fatih/Sukayrij.htm (retrieved 12-7-2012)
- http://www.tijani.org/shaykh-ahmad-sukayrij/ (retrieved 12-7-2012)
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