The Tariqa Qâdiriya Boutchichiya is often described as an enchanting spirituality, founded on divine love and beauty. Drawing on an article from the daily newspaper Le Matin, we offer below, as part of our press review, a presentation of what lies at the heart of the Way. The source is available at the end of the article.
A lineage of love and knowledge
The Tariqa Qâdiriya Boutchichiya belongs to a prestigious spiritual lineage, which goes back to the great master Moulay Abdelkader al-Jilani, in the twelfth century. The name Boutchich, for its part, became attached to the Way from the eighteenth century onwards. From this filiation, the brotherhood has inherited a way of being in the world in which the knowledge of God passes first through love.
It is this love, the mahabba, that gives the Way its particular tone, that of a Sufism of Beauty, the Jamal, in which God allows Himself to be known through gentleness rather than through fear.
Dhikr, the foundation of the Way
At the root of the practice stands dhikr, the invocation of the divine Name. It is through dhikr that the disciple turns his heart, purifies it and brings it peace. Around dhikr are arranged the samâ’, spiritual audition, and the madih, songs in praise of the Prophet, which create the mystical atmosphere to which visitors to the zaouïa bear witness.
Far from being a flight from the world, this practice roots the disciple in the values of Islam and of Morocco. The Way sees in it a bulwark against deviations and extremism: a heart inhabited by the love of God and of one’s neighbour does not let itself be won over by hatred.
The legacy of a great master
For nearly half a century, Cheikh Sidi Hamza al-Qadiri al-Boutchichi, may Allah sanctify his Secret, guided this Way and gave it its contemporary reach. Under his direction, the Tariqa carried its message of love and peace far and wide, drawing thousands of faithful from all over the world each year to the moussem of Madagh.
It is this legacy, made of inner beauty and divine love, that the Way continues to pass on. In a world often marked by harshness, the Sufism of Beauty offers another path: that of a heart which lets itself be transformed by the love of its Lord.
Source: Le Matin (French), 22 October 2018. Summary: boutchichiya.fr.
