Background
The al-Tijani was born in Aïn Madhi, present-day Algeria and died in Fez, Morocco at the age of 80.
The al-Tijani was born in Aïn Madhi, present-day Algeria and died in Fez, Morocco at the age of 80.
He is quoted as saying:
“The bounties that flow from the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) are received by the natures of the prophets, and everything that flows and emerges from the natures of the Prophets is received by my own nature, and from me it is distributed to all creatures from the origin of the world until the blowing on the trumpet”. “No saint drinks or provides water to drink, except from our ocean, from the origin of the world until the blowing on the trumpet”. “The spirit of the Prophet and my spirit are like this'--pointing with his two fingers, the index finger and the middle finger.