Ahmed Sukayrij 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.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 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). The Moroccan jurist and shaykh Ahmad sukayrij was a judge ( qadi) according to the Maliki legal school of thought (madhab) for Morocco. Not only this, but he is placed alongside Ibrahim niasse on one of the major shaykhs of the

tijani The Tijāniyyah ( ar, الطريقة التجانية, Al-Ṭarīqah al-Tijāniyyah, The Tijānī Path) is a Sufi tariqa (order, path), originating in the Maghreb but now more widespread in West Africa, particularly in Senegal, The Gambia, ...

Tariqah. The shaykh wrote around 160 books which includes a 20,000 line Nazm on suyuuti's “Khasā’is al kubra” and a 500 line nazm on both a busiri's qasidah burdah and

Qadi Iyad ʿIyāḍ ibn Mūsā (1083–1149) ( ar, القاضي عياض بن موسى, formally Abū al-Faḍl ʿIyāḍ ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ ibn ʿAmr ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ al-Yaḥṣubī ...

’s book “shifa”. the shaykh had more than 600 Ijazahs and before his death, the shaykh saw qadi ‘iyad in a vision and asked to be buried like him (qadi ‘iyad).

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

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*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)

Books by Ahmed Skirej

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