Ahmed Skirej

Ahmed Skirej (also transcribed Skiredj) or Abu-l-Abbas Ahmed ibn al-Iyyashi Sukayrij al-Khazraji Al-Ansari al-Fasi (1878-1944) was a well known Moroccan Sufi scholar and judge.^[1] He wrote a great number of books, but is especially well known for his voluminous work on the companions of Sidi Ahmad al-Tijani: Kitab kashf al-Hijab ámman talaaqa bi-Shaykh Tijani mina-l As'hab (Raising the veil of the companions who encountered Sheikh Tijani).

Books by Ahmed Skirej

• Attainment of Aspirations in the Issuing of Permission to the Seeker of the Tijani Litany (Bulugh al-Amani bi’l Ijaza li-Murid al-Wird Tijani)
• Removing the Affliction Published in the Magazine of Piety (Kashf al-Balwa al-Manshura 'ala Majallat Taqwa)
• Crown of Champions in the Excursion in the Surroundings of Sous (Taj Ru’us bi-Tafassuh fi Nawahi Sus)
• Qadam al-Rusukh fima li-Mu’allifihi min al-Shuyukh
• Irshad al-muta-allim wa-al-nasi fi sifat ashkal al-qalam al-Fasi
• Al-Sirat al-Mustaqim
• A comprehensive book of Tijani doctrine, al-Kawkab al-Wahhaj li tawdih al-minhaj (published in Tunis, 1910), written as a commentary on Durrat al-Taj, a central work on Tijani practice by Abdul-Karim Bannis
• A commentary on the Qasida al-Burda by Busiri

References

1. Temsamani, Abdelaziz Khalouk, "Hayât al-qâdî Ahmad Skîrj wa âthâruhu" (Vie et œuvre d'Ahmed Skirej:1878-1944), Majallat dâr an-niyâba 9 (1986), pp. 49-57

External links

• http://cheikh-skiredj.com/ (retrieved 12-7-2012)
• http://www.dar-sirr.com/Tijanism/Ashab_al-Fatih/Sukayrij.htm (retrieved 12-7-2012)
• http://www.tijani.org/shaykh-ahmad-sukayrij/ (retrieved 12-7-2012)

See also

• Ibrahim Niass
• Malick Sy