History Of Sheikh Ahmad Tijani Part 8
NB: THE BUILDING OF THE BLESSED ZAWIYA OF FES
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد الفاتح لما أغلق والخاتم لما سبق ناصر الحق بالحق والهادي إلى صراطك المستقيم وعلى آله حق قدره ومقداره العظيم
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Before the blessed Zawiya was built, Seyyidina Ahmed Tidjani (may ALLAH sanctify his precious secret) and his companions gathered in the corridor in front of the door to his house and sometimes in certain mosques to perform the Wazifa together.
Then, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordain to Seyyidina (may ALLAH be pleased with him) to build the blessed zawiya and for that he should choose the best and most pure location.
Seyyidina Ahmed Tidjani (may ALLAH sanctify his precious secret) visited a ruin in a quarter known as Dardas and which is nowadays called Blida. In the ruin, there was a large fig tree. This ruin was so scary that nobody dared to enter it alone.
It is said that at certain times, it was possible to hear voices of which the echo sounded like a gathering reciting the zikr. The Majadhib also visited this place.
The renowned Majdhoub Sidi Lahbi (may ALLAH be pleased with him) put his ear to the door and said to the passers-by: “Come and hear the zikr.” So Seyyidina (may ALLAH sanctify his precious secret) chose this place and purchased it with his own personal and lawfully acquired funds.
When Seyyidina (may ALLAH sanctify his precious secret) decided to begin the construction, certain people of Fes gathered to prevent him and brought the matter before the emir Maoulana Souleïman (may ALLAH be pleased with him), the emir of the believers.
He (may ALLAH be pleased with him) had witnessed the prodigies of Seyyidina (may ALLAH sanctify his precious secret), and consequently, not only did he ordain the construction but in addition he sent two pouches of money and all the necessary for this undertaking.
Seyyidina refused this gift and sent it back to the Sultan explaining that he had no need of it and said: “The matter of the Zawiya is taken care of by ALLAH directly.” Nonetheless, the noble Sultan insisted that he keep the pouches of money and so Seyyidina Ahmed Tidjani (may ALLAH sanctify his precious secret) accepted them but refused to use them for the expenses of the Zawiya and gave all the money to the poor and the needy.
The construction of the Zawiya began the 4th of Rabi’ el Awwal in the year 1214 of the hegira (1799 ad).
At the beginning of the construction, Seyyidina forbade access and then, accompanied by some of the elite among his companions, he engraved the greatest of Supreme Names on the stone and just after it he wrote: “O my God I beseech you, O my Master by the Truth of the greatest of Your Supreme Name, to protect my companions from Qaf to Qaf.”
Then he instructed for it to be buried in the foundation of one of the pillar which has since be known as the golden pillar.
During the work, Seyidina was informed that some of the construction workers, who hated him, were wasting the building material by exaggerating the quantities. The intention was to generate supplementary expenses and sabotage the completion of the construction.
Seyyidina paid no attention to their actions as if he had seen nothing. When certain companion, who had also noticed this, questioned Seyyidina about this situation, he answered: “Let them do it, because by thinking that they are deceiving us, in truth, they are being of service to us, and the Zawiya is taken care of by ALLAH Himself.”
With every increase of their action, Seyyidina (may ALLAH sanctify his precious secret) became more joyful and spent even more. The well beloved Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed four of the companions to supervise the building of the blessed Zawiya of Fes. They were not to leave it, except in case of need or necessity for the full duration of the construction.
رضي الله عنه وأرضاه ونفعنا ببركاته
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