3/13/20261 min readMULTI

Presenting Fath al-Malik al-ʿAllām on leading figures of the Tijāni path

Sīdī Muḥammad Errāḍī Guennūn

Skiredj Library of Tijani Studies

Here Professor Sīdī Muḥammad Errāḍī Guennūn introduces his scholarly edition of Fath al-Malik al-ʿAllām, a major biographical collection devoted to leading scholars and representatives of the Tijāni path.

He emphasizes the scale of the work, which spans roughly seven hundred pages and gathers nearly three hundred entries devoted specifically to figures of the Aḥmadi Tijāni tradition. He also explains the editorial method behind the publication: verifying hadiths, tracing sources, following textual references, and expanding the biographical notices whenever reliable information was available.

The piece highlights the importance of the book as both a scholarly memorial and an essential gateway into the intellectual history of the path.