Among these scholars was Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Hammad bin Raboush Al-Maknasi. He is mentioned by Ibn Ghazi as having a keen interest in authoring the Mahdiya. His successor, Abu Muhammad Abd al-Mu'min, dictated to him. He had a subject for proving this Mahdiya, which he extracted through induction from the Holy Book. The scholars of the Almohad students always inquired about this book and praised it and its author until Sheikh Abu Ibrahim Ismail bin Muhammad bin Ayyoub Al-Masali became the ruler of Meknes. He was a Shiite of the Mahdi, a memorizer, and pleased with what they innovated. He persistently sought this book until he obtained it, and that was the last of it.

Alongside these individuals, who seem to have been dominated by the Mahdist aspect in their scholarly and doctrinal concerns, we find another group of scholars who addressed Ibn Tumart's views in a general manner, or specifically addressed the Ash'ari aspect of them. We will discuss some of them when we address the Ash'ari influence on the Mahdi's views.

It is worth noting that these rational scholars who supported the Mahdiya were all of the second rank in knowledge or below. We do not find prominent scholars who adopted it as a doctrine and defended it with evidence. If a man like Ibn Tufayl or Ibn Rushd had embraced the Mahdiya and defended it – both of whom lived at the Almohad court – their support would have been significant.

It is no doubt that a critical philosophical mindset prevented them from believing in the Mahdiya, in addition to their living under the patronage of Abu Yusuf and Abu Ya'qub, who were not truly enthusiastic about the Mahdiya as they were.

However, it is mentioned in Nafh al-Tib that Abu Zakariya bin Tufayl transmitted from his grandfather Abu Bakr bin Tufayl's book a poem about this Mahdi, whose opening lines are: "Peace be upon the Mahdi, his superiority is inevitable, and his command is certain." Or it is from his kingdom and includes poems by others. We do not know if this book is from Ibn Tufayl's poetry, and the second opinion is more likely because if this poem were from his poetry, its fame would have spread far and wide due to Ibn Tufayl's renown and the Almohads' encouragement to disseminate it.