So Tijaniyya is built upon Quran and Sunnah and its single purpose is Knowledge of ALLAH. Each brotherhood is distinguished by slight differences in rituals and codes of conduct. The article The Tijaniyya, a Tariqa of the 20th century (link fixed 21 December 2005) contains a short biography of Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani and brief discussions of a few of the more important 20th century and contemoporary shaykhs. Tariqa Tidjaniya (Tijaniya, Tijaniyya, Tijania, Tidjania) is the spiritual path (Authentic Sufism) of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, that he transmitted to his descendant Sheikh Ahmed Tidjani (Ahmad Tijani). Eventually, it spread far and wide in the society and, later, influenced the great Sheikh (Usman Dan Fodio), who launched his reform . The Qadiriyya order was the first to enter West Africa and Nigeria in particular. Qadiriyya and Tijaniyya. dichotomy between a new democratic Tijaniyya expanding at the expense of an older aristocratic Qadiriyya,2 Dumont observes that by definition no tariqa is democratic; all are based on "the primacy and infallibility of the shaikh and the submission and obedience of the murid [disciple]" (p. 233). The Qadiriyya brotherhood was introduced to West Africa in the 15th century from Mauritania. Although it was behind most of the Jihads of the early 19th century,11 the Qadiriyya stressed charity, generosity humility, piety, and the respect of all individuals no matter their religion or social standing. This antagonism is driven by both theological and political considerations. Sufism is the major expression of mysticism in Islam. Beauty is considered very important and one of the ways this is shown is through tattoos that are put all over the body.

29 The emergence of Izala changed the equation of the Muslim intra- religious conflict in Northern Nigeria from Qadiriyya vs. Tijaniyya to Tariqa (i.e. The Izala Society, formally Jama’at Izalat al Bid’a Wa Iqamat as Sunna (Society of Removal of Innovation and Re-establishment of the Sunna), also called JIBWIS is a controversial north Nigeria sect created to labe and attacking other Muslims that it regards as “deviant,” including Tijaniyya and Qadiriyya sufi orders and the Shi’a. Qadiriyya and the Tijaniyya.

The Tijaniyya order, founded by Sîdî Ahmad al-Tijânî (1737–1815) in Fez, Morocco, became a major political and social force in Senegambia in the mid-nineteenth century. Qadiriyya and the Tijaniyya. This includes an explanation of the suspicion and hostility that exists between . A distinctive difference between the Fulani and other African people is that the Fulani have a huge respect for beauty.