El-Hadji Malick Sy was a Senegalese religious leader and teacher in the Tijaniyya Sufi malikite and ash"arite brotherhood.
Background
He traveled to Mecca, then returned to teach at Louga and Pire before establishing a zāwiya (religious center) at Tivaouane in 1902 following guidance received from his father in law Mor Massamba Diery Dieng father of his wife Sokhna Yacine Dieng and at the invitation of local leader Djibril Guèye, which became a center for Islamic education and culture under his leadership.
Career
Born in Gaya (in northern Senegal) to a Fulani family, El-Hadji Malick Sy traveled to Mauritania, then to Saint-Louis, Senegal in 1884 as a religious student. In Senegal"s Wolof country, especially the northern regions of Kajoor and Jolof, the Tijānī Order was spread primarily by El-Hajj Malick Sy. The family line has continued to hold the title, with El-Hadji Abdou Aziz Sy from 1957 to 1997, to the current khalife, Serigne Mansour Sy "Borom daaraji".
The Gàmmu (Mawlid in Arabic, the celebration of the birth of Muḥammad) of Tivaouane gathers many followers each year.
There is an Avenue Malik Sy in Dakar. Ifham al munkiru jaani (" silencing of denier "): a defense of the Tijaniyya and some points to case law (translated into French by Rawane Mbaye )
Khilaçu ezZahab: a comprehensive rhyming biography on Muhammad, his companions and relatives, regularly recited during religious celebrations in Senegal, particularly during the Mawlid (book translated into French by Rawane Mbaye)
Sharh Khilaçu ezZahab: comment on this biography by the author himself.
Zajr Ul Qulub: a poem dealing pious exhortations and ascetic various topics. Adab Ul Masjid: a poem dealing with the conveniences that exist when the faithful went to the mosque and made her worship.
Faakihatul Tullab: A Primer on the Tijaniyya, its teachings and practices (translated into French by Rawane Mbaye )
Khutbatul Jumu"a: a sermon for Friday prayers
Khutbatul " I"d: a sermon Day ( tabaski and / or Korité )
Kifayat ar - raghibîn (" what is the good believers "): a series of jurisprudential texts and spiritual characters dealing with various subjects (also translated into French by Rawane Mbaye ).