The Qur’ān is revelation and the Sunnah is also revelation. The difference is that the Qur’ān is Allāh’s speech whereas the Sunnah is that of the Messenger’s (peace be upon him) speech amongst other differences we need not mention here. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Those (nations) before you used to take their prophets’ graves and those of their righteous as places of worship, so do not turn graves into houses of worship, I forbid you from such.” This was narrated by Muslim. [59] a- Their support of the Mongols who invaded Baghdad and destroyed it. This was through the Shī`ah minister Ibn al-`Alqami and the Shī`ah scholar al-Nasīr al-Ṭūsī. [15] Next they start chanting Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, and the Shaykh turns around in the centre, and then goes to each one of them, and shortly after that the tempo heats up and the men start jumping up and down, shouting in an organized but irritating rhythm. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Universe. He created man from clay and shaped him in the best possible way. He favored him above all other creatures and made His closest angels prostrate themselves before him. He graced him with the mind that changed his doubt to an absolute belief. He gave him two eyes, one tongue, two lips and showed him the two ways.

He also said: “You have seen O’ observer that what we established is truth and that he is infallible, peace be upon him, from ignorance regarding Allāh and His attributes, and that he was in a state of ignorance when it comes to these matters after prophet-hood, according to intellect and consensus, or before it, according to the texts and reports. Nor is he ignorant about any matter from what he propagated from religious laws or conveyed from his Lord from revelation according to intellect and law. Furthermore, he is protected from lying or changing his statements from the time Allāh sent him in his mission, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and that it is impossible for him to do so according to law, consensus, observation and evidence. We surely elevate him from this before his prophet-hood and we elevate him from major sins by consensus and from repeatedly falling into forgetfulness, error and mistakes in religious matters he established for the nation. His infallibility is sustained in all conditions such as when he’s happy, angry, upset or joking.” [36] The Libyan revolution succeeded during the period when the Arabs and the Muslims were feeling their humiliating defeat at the hands of the Israelis, and we saw that young revolutionary leader speaking on behalf of Islam and praying among his people calling for the liberation of al-Quds. I received an invitation from him through his agents in Gafsa who wrote me a long letter thanking me fur my services to Islam and the Muslims. In the letter they claimed that the things I was doing would not bring me nearer to Allah because I had no learned Shaykh: “He who has no Shaykh his Shaykh will be a devil, and you need a Shaykh to show you the way, otherwise half of the knowledge is not completed.” They informed me that (the greatest of his age) Shaykh Ismail himself had chosen me among all people to be one of his closest private circle of followers. Q5) The Shi’a state that the mother of Imam Mahdi (as) was a bondwoman. Isn’t it shameful that he (as) should be born to a slave-girl? My book is a modest piece of work. It is a story of a journey a story of a new discovery, not a technical or natural discovery, but one in the field of religious and philosophical schools. Since any discovery is based primarily on a healthy mind and clear comprehension, which distinguishes human beings from all other creatures, I would like to dedicate this book to every healthy mind.

According to the people of Sunnah, anyone who believes that al-Jīlānī or anybody else from among the dead, can come to his seekers and lovers openly and heal their illnesses or relieve their distress, is a disbeliever who left the folds of Islam. Some of al-Azhar’s Shaykhs used to come to these meetings and liked what I recited from the Qur’ānic verses and the sayings of the great Prophet Muḥammad (peace be upon him). Besides that, they were impressed by my strong arguments and asked me from which university I had graduated from. I used to answer them proudly that I graduated from al-Zaytūnah University.

A mind which puts truth to the test and knows it from wrong, a mind which weighs all that has been said in the scale of justice, and always comes out in favor of reason. It has been said that Shaykh Ahmed al-Tijani used to communicate with the great Prophet (s.a.w.) by talking to him while he was awake and not in his sleep. Also it is believed that the complete prayers which were devised by the Shaykh are better than finishing the Holy Qur'an forty times. Every time I felt the weakness of the soul and the meaningless of life, these memories come to me to elevate me to a spiritual level and light in my conscience the flame of belief so that I can carry the responsibility. The responsibility which was given to me by my father, or more appropriately by my tutor, to lead the group in prayers at an early age made me feel as if I was not doing enough, or at least not up to the standard which was expected from me. I say: He is sought by the scholars of al-Azhar University and he boasts about it. Then suddenly, he turns incapable when facing Shī`ah boys in Najaf and tries to run away. This whole story is just an attempt by Tijani to show that Shī`ah boys are more knowledgeable than the scholars of al-Azhar. Interestingly, he wouldn’t mention the name of these Azhari scholars nor the date and location of this meeting or even the names of those who invited him to al-Azhar.Imam ibn Qudamah says in his book [52]: “It is not necessary for any person in prayer to have any of his organs (of prostration) touch the ground directly. Al-Qadi said: If he were to prostrate on the tail of his turban or his sleeve, then his prayer is correct in agreement. This is the Madhab of Mālik and Abū Ḥanīfah.”