The Guarded Treasure: Al-Kanz Al-Masun Wa'Lu'Lu Al-Maknun

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The Prophet Muhammad, Allah's blessing and peace upon him, said that supplication (du'a) is both "the weapon of the believer" and the "mind of worship." This collection of supplications thus represents the arsenal and devotional mind of Shaykh al-Islam Ibrahim b. 'Abd-Allah Niasse (Senegal, d. 1975), may Allah be pleased with him.

Such prayers immediately reveal the identity and lofty aspirations of their authors; inviting readers to participate in the particular effulgence of their saintly stations. Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse said that whoever recites the prayer "Treasury of the Saints" contained herein, for example. "will have whatever we have." The Guarded Treasure collects the Shaykh's most cherished supplications, many of which Shaykh Hasan Cisse reproduced from the manuscript Sirr al-Akbar ("The Greatest Secret"), a text recording Shaykh Ibrahim's divine unveilings (Waridat).

The Sufi tradition emphasizes the necessity of permission for the devotional recitation of these prayers. But even for the general reader, this collection represents an extraordinary primary source that speaks directly to the saintly station of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse, by all accounts one of the twentieth century's most renowned Islamic scholars and Sufi gnostic's.