THIS IS THE DUA THAT SHAYKH AL-ISLAM AL-HAJJ IBRAHIM NIYASS
used to advise the Tijanis to recite in the nights of this blessed Month of Ramadan on a regular basis:
أَ ْن تُ َؤ ِّي ْدنَا ِفــي أَ َدا ِء ُح ُق ـ ْو ِق، َ َوبِ َخا َت ِم أَ ْولَ َيائِك، َ َوبِ َخا َت ِم أَنْ ِب َّيائِك، َاَللَّ ُه َّم إِنِّي أَ ْس َئلُكَ بِك
َو َا ْر ُز ْق َنــا ِفيـ ِه، َ َو َوفِّ ْق َنــا لِ ُسـ َّن ِة نَ ِب ِّيــك، َوأَ ْل ِه ْم ِنا ِفي ِه ال ُّر ْش َد ِفي َسائِ ِر اَ ْح َك ِام ِه، شَ ْه ِر َر َم َضا ْن
َح َّتــى، س َو َر ُع ْونَاتِ َهــا ِ س ال َّن ْفـ ِ ِ َوا ْع ِص ْم َنا ِفي ِه َع ْن كُ ِّل َغائِ ٍل ِم ْن َد َســائ، َت ْع ِظي َم َما َع َّظ ْم َت
َ َوا ْم َلا ٔ قُلُ ْو َب َنــا ِمـ ْـن ُح ِّبــك، َوا ْق َط ْع َنــا َعـ ْـن كُـ ِّل َمــا ِسـ َوا َك، َلا َي ْص ُد ُر ِم َّنا إ َّلا َما ِفي ِه ر َِضا َك
ين َيا َح َّنا ْن َيــا َ َيا أَ ْر َح َم ال َّر ِاح ِم، َو َط ِّه ِرنَا بِا ل َّت ْق َوى، َ َو َخ ْو ِفكَ َوال َّتشَ ُّو ِق إِ َل ْيك، ََو َم ْع ِر َف ِتك
اَ ْصـلِ ْح، َال َوا ْل ِٕا ْكـ َـرا ْم َيــا َحـ ُّـي َيــا ِق ُّيــو ْم ِ َيــا َذا الْ َجل، ض َ ات َوا ْلا َٔ ْرِ الس َم َاو َّ َيا َب ِدي َع، َم َّنا ْن
ينَ َوا ِٓخ ـ ِر َد ُع َوانَــا أَ ِّن ا ْل َح ْم ـ ُد لِلَّـ ِه َر ِّب ا ْل َعــالَ ِم، شُ ُؤونَ َنا َظا ِه َر َها َو َب ِاط َن َهــا َح ِق َير َهــا َو َجلِي َل َهــا
TRANSLITERATION:
Allahumma inni As’aluka bika , wa bi-Khatami Anbiya’ika , wa bi-Khatami Awliya’ika , An Tu’ayyidna fi
Adaa’i Huquqi Shahri Ramadan , Wa Alhimna fihi r-Rushda fi Sa’iri Ahkamihi , Wa waffiqna li-Sunnati Nabiyyika ,
Wa Arzuqna fihi Ta’zima Ma Azzamta , Wa’simna fihi an kulli Gha’ilin min Dasa’isi n-Nafsi wa Ra’unatiha , Hatta La
Yasduru Minna Illa ma fihi Ridaka , Wa’qta’na an Kulli Ma Siwaka , Wam’la Qulubana min Hubbika wa Ma’rifatika,
Wa Khawfika wa t-Tashawwuqi Ilayka , Wa Tahhirna bi t-Taqwa , Ya Arham al-Rahimin Ya Hannan Ya Mannan , Ya
Badi al-Samawati wa l-Ardi , Ya Za l-Jalali wa l-Ikrami Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum , Aslih Shu’unana Zahiraha wa Batinaha
Haqiraha wa Jalilaha , Wa Akhri Da’wana ani l-Hamdu li-Llahi Rabbi l-Alamin.
TRANSLATION:
“O Allah I ask you by You and by the Seal of Your Prophets and by the Seal of Your Saints to
support us in fulfilling the Rights of the Month of Ramadan and guide us in it to the Straight Path in
fulfilling its rulings and grant us to follow the Sunnah of your Prophet (SAW) and guide us to in it to honor
that which You have honored and protect us in it from every subtle trick of the Nafs and its egoistic actions
until we say and do nothing except that which pleases You and cut us from all other than You and fill our
hearts with Your Love and Your Ma’rifah and Your Fear and the Desire for You and purify us through Taqwa
O Most Merciful One O Most Compassionate O Ever-Providing One O Originator of the Heavens and the
Earth O Majestic and Generous One O Ever Living O The One in Charge fix all our affairs, the outward and
the inward, the significant and the insignificant, and our final prayer is All Praise be to Allah The Lord of the
Worlds”.
In one famous letter, Mawlana Shaykh-al-Islam (RA) also encouraged the Tijanis - in Ramadan - to "discuss
the Divine sciences of this Tariqah and its Master (RA)" as well as "his Faydah through which the secrets and
realities were opened and perfected for us".
He encouraged this in addition to fasting properly, reciting the Holy Qur’an (with the intention of completing
it), spending in the Way of Allah, reciting our Wirds, and Praying the blessed Tarawih Salah with our beloved
Muslim brothers in Allah’s Houses.
Both the Holy Zawiyah of Fez and the Grand Ibrahimi Mosque of Medina-Kaolack complete the recitation
of the entire Qur’an in the Tarawih Salah by the 27th Night of Ramadan.
Shaykh Ibrahim (RA) had appointed a good Mauritanian Reciter from his disciples to lead the Tarawih for
him in his Mosque. Shaykh Hassan Cisse (RA) continued to pray the Tarawih behind him (and others) as well.
This remains the practice there.
For those who possess the reently published Tafsir of Shaykh Ibrahim (RA), they should make an effort to
study it. It is highly advisable for Muqaddams who know Arabic to gather the Tijani brothers and sisters and
read from Baye's Tafsir.
