Explaining the Idrisi Tahlil Our Liege Sayyidi Shaykh Salih, may Allah be pleased with him with complete pleasure, says the following: “Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi, the disciple of Sayyid Ahmad ibn Idris (may God be pleased with them both), said regarding the proper way to recite "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but God): Prolong the "la" sound, soften the hamza of "ilah"…
Some of the shaykhs would encourage to make a general istikhara for the good of the day and what it brings. Below is the supplication of general istikhara by Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ، وَ أَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، و أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ العَظِيمِ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ، وَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ، وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الغُيُوبِ اللَّهُمَّ مَا عَلِمْتَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ كَلَامِي…
Of the salawat of our master Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris is this formula for removing forgetfulness. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَ سَلِّمْ وَ بَارِكْ عَلَى مَوْلَانَا مُحَمَّدٍ النُّورِ المُذْهِبِ لِلنِّسْيَانِ بِنُورِهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ فِي كُلِّ لَمْحَةٍ وَنَفَسٍ عَدَدَ مَا وَسِعَهُ عِلْمُكَ (١٠٠) O Allah send prayers, peace, and blessings on our master Muhammad and on his family; the light which removes forgetfulness by his light, in every…
Shaykh Abdul-Ghani says: "It is known among the students of Sayyidi Ahmad b. Idris are those who received the Shadhili tariqa, for example, al-sayyid Muhammad Sirr al-Khatm al-Mirghani and al-sayyid Muhammad Ali al-Sanusi, and al-sayyid al-Majdhub. And there are those who received from him the Muhammadiyya Idrissiyya tariqa, for example, al-sayyid Ibrahim al-Rashidi. Each of them received the awrad from him then they received them…
Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari quoting his teacher shaykh Muhammad Habibullah al-Shinqiti, in the book al-dhakhira al-mu'ajjala: "Whoever takes the path and perseveres in it with zeal, it is incumbent on him to struggle and read the books of the guides of the sufis, because in that will be an opening for him, if Allah wills. As for our path, the Muhammadiyya Ahmadiyya, our shaykh, the knower of…