And what preceded us, you shall call them. For God mentioned in His Book, "Whoever transgresses against you, so transgress against him."

Say to them, "You are also the veiled ones."

And Ibn Tumart kept repeating these meanings to the ears in his numerous sermons, and writing them in his books to the tribes. Until he was confident of their impact on souls and people's conviction in them, he moved to the next step, which was the fruit of what preceded. So he announced that "the jihad of the veiled ones has become obligatory on everyone who believes in God and the Last Day. There is no excuse for anyone to abandon it, nor any argument for him before God."

And when the souls were saturated with the meaning of jihad, and it was firmly established that this was a position of truth, and a great readiness for obedience and sacrifice, the Mahdi decided to move to the stage of attacking the rulers of Marrakesh and their followers to destroy their state and reclaim authority from them.

The Military Front: The Mahdi did not start the war with the Almoravids first, but rather he invited them to follow the truth as he saw it, and to refrain from the falsehood they were in, trying to convince them of his call peacefully. He began sending them envoys and messages, gradually moving from leniency to severity. And what he said to them in one of his messages: "We have commanded you what we command ourselves, to fear God Almighty and adhere to obedience. And that our religion is the religion of the righteous, and our enemies are those who oppose us. And rights have become obligatory upon you by the obligation of the Sunnah. If you fulfill them, you will be in safety. Otherwise, we will seek help from God against you, until we erase your traces, darken your lands, and the inhabited becomes empty. And this book of ours is to you as an excuse and a warning, and whoever warns has made an excuse. And peace be upon you, the peace of the Sunnah, not the peace of contentment."

And what he recommended to his companions when he sent them to the Almoravids was: "Do not mock the Almoravids."

And the most prominent example of this is the organized message.

See: Ibn al-Khatib, Al-Hallal, p. 81. See: Ibn al-Qattan, Nazm al-Juman, p. 44. See: Ibn Tumart, Al-Risala al-Munazzama, pp. 105-106. See: Ibn al-Khatib, Al-Hallal, p. 81.