Senegal Africa DAY 3 26 April The Tijaniyyah

HOW WE CAN PRAY bdul hurried through the dark to join the celebration of the birthday of the prophet Muhammad, which began ➊ THE TIJANIYYAH movement A at midnight in his village in Senegal. As a Tijani, a member is most active in a region that of the Sufi order known as Tijaniyyah, this event was the has thousands of unreached most important gathering of the year. Abdul and his fellow Muslim people groups. Pray for Tijanis would spend the night chanting, reciting poems and movements to Christ that are sharing speeches about the life of Muhammad. happening among some of these The Tijaniyyah originated in the 1780s in what is groups and for Christians who now Algeria, as a reaction to the dominant Muslim work among them. order, the Qadiriyyah, which was conservative and ➋ IN SOME NATIONS, Tijaniyyah fundamentalist in its view of Islam. Tijanis were more leaders have great influence. Pray focused on social reform and a grassroots revival of that they will use this influence Islam with an emphasis on developing culture and for the peace and well-being of education. the people of West Africa. Sufi orders, ortariqas , are like different paths to ➌ PSALM 136 is an example spiritual enlightenment within the mystical practice of a repetitive Psalm, used by of Islam known as Sufism. The Tijaniyyah order is Christians to remember God’s most widespread across West Africa, particularly in love. Be inspired by the words Senegal, The Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, Niger, of this Psalm to pray for the Chad, Ghana, Northern and South-western Nigeria Tijaniyyah. and some parts of Sudan. They are an exclusive order: Tijanis cannot belong to any other Sufi orders. Chanting and the repetition of holy phrases is an important practice for them. They have formulas Chanting and the repetition of to repeat daily, both individually and at regular communal gatherings. These include the name of

holy phrases is an important PhotoFlickr© CC Mark Fischer God, short prayers, and other phrases aimed at practice. turning their focus towards God. 7