Sayyidina Ahmad (may Allah sanctify his precious secret) was brought into the world by the pious and pure lady Aicha (may Allah be pleased with her), daughter of Sidi (Mohamed Senoussi Tijjani Madaoui). Furthermore, it is from his mother's family that he gets his name. She was a pious and devoted woman with rare and precious qualities. She spent most of her days and nights evoking Allah and praying upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). She was a caring mother overflowing with love and mercy. She also had several other children, both girls and boys, who died at a young age. She accepted these ordeals with resignation and faith in the divine reward. So, of all her children, only a girl named Roqaya, then Sayyidina Ahmad Tijjani (may Allah sanctify his precious secret) and finally a boy named Muhammad but whose was nicknamed Ibn Omar, because he was learned in the domain of knowledge and Quran, survived