30/03/2026
WANE SHEIKH AHMADU TIJJANI?
Sheikh Ahmadu Tijjani na daga cikin manyan malamai masu tasiri a tarihin addinin Musulunci, musamman a yankin Arewacin Afirka da kuma ƙasashen Yammacin Afirka.
An haife shi a shekara ta 1737 (1150H) Shekaru kusan 290 da s**a wuce, a garin Ain Madi da ke ƙasar Aljeriya a yau. Sunansa cikakke shi ne Ahmad bn Muhammad bn Mukhtar Tijjani. Ya taso cikin gida mai daraja da ilimi, inda ya fara karatun Alƙur’ani tun yana ƙarami har ya haddace shi gaba ɗaya.
Tun daga ƙuruciyarsa, Sheikh Ahmadu Tijjani ya kasance mai son ibada da neman ilimi. Ya yi karatu a fannoni daban-daban na ilimin Musulunci kamar tafsiri, hadisi, fiqhu da tasawwufi. Bayan haka, ya yi tafiye-tafiye da dama zuwa wurare masu muhimmanci kamar ƙasar Maroko, Egypt, Tunisia da Makka domin ƙara zurfafa ilimi da kuma kusanci da manyan malamai.
Abu mafi girma da ya shahara da shi shi ne kafa Darikar Tijjaniyya (Tariqa Tijjaniyya), wacce ta zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan darikun sufaye a duniya. An ce ya samu wannan darika ne ta hanyar ilhami kai tsaye daga Annabi Muhammad (SAW), kamar yadda mabiyansa s**a yi imani. Darikar Tijjaniyya ta mayar da hankali kan zikiri, tsarkake zuciya, da bin Sunnah.
Sheikh Ahmadu Tijjani ya samu karɓuwa sosai a ƙasashe kamar Maroko, Senegal, Mali, Nijar da Najeriya. Manyan malamai da shugabanni sun yada koyarwarsa har ta zama babbar hanya ta addini a yankuna da dama.
Ya rasu a shekara ta 1815 (1230H) a birnin Fez da ke ƙasar Maroko, inda aka binne shi. Har yau kabarinsa na daga cikin wuraren da mabiya darikar Tijjaniyya ke ziyarta.
A takaice, Sheikh Ahmadu Tijjani ya kasance babban malami, jagora na , kuma wanda ya kafa wata hanya ta ibada da ta yi tasiri sosai a duniya, musamman a Afirka.