SHAYKH MAHI CISSE A Contemporary Sufi Saint

Shaykh Muhammad Mahy Cisse is a Muslim Sufi teacher, and a consummate spiritual guide whose teaching and lifestyle transparently reflects the Qur’an and life of Prophet Muhammad (S). 

At age 12, he completed memorization of the Quran under the supervision of Mauritanian scholar Abdullah Ould Rabani. After extensively studying all the disciplines taught in the Majaalis-al-Ilm under his father, he traveled to Egypt to continue his education. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Islamic Studies and Arabic Literature from Al-Azhar University. 

He is the son of Shaykh Sidi Ali Cisse, the first caliph of Shaykh al-Islam, Al-Hajj Ibrahim Abdullah Niass, who is celebrated and well-known throughout the world by the scholarly elite. 

SHAYKH MAHI is currently the Director of Studies at the African American Islamic Institute, an international, non-governmental organization recognized by the UN, founded by his elder brother, the late Imam Shaykh Hassan Aliyyu Cisse. 

SHAYKH MAH was appointed, in 2019, spokesperson of the Tijaniyya Tariqa worldwide by the actual Khalif of Shaykh al-Islam Ibrahim Niass and uncle, Shaykh Tijani Niasse.

(From Imam Fakhrudeen Owaisi): 

When our Mother Fatimatu Zahra (Yafatu) Niasse was pregnant with Shaykh Mahy Cisse, she saw the Prophet (SAW) in a dream, ordering her to name the child “Muhammad al-Mahy”. She hid the dream from everyone. When the baby was born and was taken to her father Shaykh Ibrahim (RA) for giving the name, he automatically named the child, “Muhammad al-Mahy.” Mahy is a name of the Prophet (SAW), and it means, “The Eraser.” The Prophet (SAW) was named Mahy because he came to erase Kufr and Shirk from the hearts of people and from this earth.

It is interesting to note that Shaykh Ibrahim (RA) wrote:هدمت الذي قد أسسوه وإننيبسر المقفى لا يهد بنائي – Indeed, I have destroyed all that they have built (to fight me). And through the Secret of the Final Prophet, My Building can’t be destroyed. 

رموني و ما نولوا مرادا وإننيأمزق بالماحي جموع عدائي 

They attacked me but they did not achieve their goal Indeed, through the MAHY, I have destroyed the armies of my enemies Al-HumduliLlah! Through Shaykh “Mahy”, much confusion has also been erased and effaced, lately. Those who were belittling Baye (RA) have been humiliated and exposed.

~ Imam Fakhrudeen Owaisi

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By: Bachir Zakwani,

Wisconsin State, USA  (Whatsapp Group: Nasrul ilm Nigeria).