Sidi Shaykh Ahmad ar-Rifa`i
Sidi Shaykh Ahmad ar-Rifa`i (jazakallah khayrun) is a descendant of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) and serves as a link in the Golden Chain. Insha'allah, he will take your hand and take you to Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala).
Sidi Ahmad regularly offers free teachings to the general public on Zoom, and he attracts followers and murids from around the world. With his murids he is full of love, purity, empathy, wisdom, and patience. Alhamdulillahi rabbil `alamin.
By Allah, in 2015 Sidi Abdul Karim made Sidi Ahmad a shaykh and empowered him to continue his silsila, subhanallah. Sidi Ahmad also inherited the tariqah of his father, Sidi Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i ash-Shadhili (qaddasallahu sirrahu), in 2015 when he left the dunya.
May Allah bless and protect and ennoble and elevate and honor our beloved shaykh always. Amin.
Sidi Shaykh Abdul Karim al-Afghani
Sidi Shaykh Abdul Karim (jazakallah khayrun) is Sidi Ahmad's living shaykh and he is the guide of us all, masha'allah! He is always giving to his murids from the pure wellspring of Allah's Love and Guidance, subhanallah! His tariqah in the Holy Land regularly gathers in the zawiyah for teachings and dhikrs, and they host large gatherings for holy day observances, alhamdulillah.
In 2015, Sidi Abdul Karim authorized Sidi Ahmad to guide murids on the path and to continue his silsila, subhanallah. May Allah bless and protect Sidi Abdul Karim always. Amin.
Both Sidi Ahmad's living shaykh and Sidi Ahmad's father (Sidi Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i ash-Shadhili) are descendants of the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam). They are both links in the Golden Chain leading back to our beloved Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam).
Sidi Shaykh Abdul Karim and Sidi Shaykh Muhammad studied under the same shaykh and were brothers in the tariqah from the mid-1950s until Sidi Muhammad left the dunya (rahimahullah) in 2015.
Sidi Mahdi al-Jamal
Sidi Mahdi al-Jamal (jazakallah khayrun) is Sidi Ahmad's brother by birth and by tariqah. He is a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) and is also a murid of Sidi Abdul Karim al-Afghani (jazakallah khayrun). Sidi Mahdi is always giving his time and care to those in need spiritually and in the dunya. He supports Sidi Ahmad's work with his murids in the U.S., and he is passionate about preserving his father's legacy.