13/08/2024
Sheikh Ahmadu Tijjani (RA), wanda aka fi sani da Sheikh Ahmad al-Tijani, mai Darika ijjaniyya daya daga cikin manyan darikun Musulunci a duniya. An haife shi a shekara ta 1737 (1150AH) a ƙauyen Ain Madhi, da ke kasar Algeria, kuma ya rasu a shekarar 1815 (1230AH) a birnin Fes, da ke Morocco.
# # # Rayuwarsa da Karatunsa
Sheikh Ahmad al-Tijani ya shahara wajen neman ilimin addinin Musulunci tun yana ƙuruciya. Ya yi karatu tare da manyan malamai a yankin Maghreb da Yammacin Afirka, ya kuma yi karatu mai zurfi a fannoni kamar su Fiqh, Hadith, Tafsiri, da Sufanci.
A lokacin da yake neman ilimi, Sheikh al-Tijani ya yi tattaki zuwa birane daban-daban, ciki har da Tunis, Cairo, da Makka, inda ya hadu da wasu manyan malamai kuma ya karu daga gare su. Ya samu cikakken horo a darikun Sufanci daban-daban, ciki har da Darikar Qadiriyya da Shadhiliyya.
# # # Assasa Darikar Tijjaniyya
A shekara ta 1781 (1196AH), Sheikh Ahmad al-Tijani ya bayyana cewa ya sami wahayi kai tsaye daga Manzon Allah (SAW), wanda ya ba shi izini ya kafa wata sabuwar darika wacce ta zamo Tijjaniyya. Wannan darika ta Tijjaniyya ta zama daya daga cikin manyan darikun Sufanci a duniya, musamman a yankin Afirka ta Yamma, arewacin Afirka, da sauran sassan duniya.
# # # Koyarwa da Hanyoyi
Tijjaniyya tana da tsari na musamman na zikiri da addu'o'in da ake kira *Lazimi* da *Wazifa*. Daga cikin koyarwar Tijjaniyya akwai zama tare da gaskiya, neman ilimi, biyayya ga Allah da ManzonSa (SAW), da kuma zama mai haquri da yafiya. Haka nan Tijjaniyya tana ƙarfafa jama'a wajen ƙarfafa soyayya ga Manzon Allah (SAW) da dukan halittunsa.
# # # Tasiri da Yaduwa
Sheikh Ahmad al-Tijani ya yi rayuwa mai tsarki da nuna misali ga mabiya sa. Bayan rasuwarsa, darikar Tijjaniyya ta ci gaba da yaduwa sosai, musamman ta hannun khalifofinsa da s**a bazama a sassan duniya daban-daban. Tijjaniyya ta samu karɓuwa a kasashe kamar su Senegal, Mali, Najeriya, Ghana, Morocco, Algeria, da sauran kasashen Afrika sauran duniya.