and Bejaia, but we find no news indicating that Ibn Tumart intended any of them to seek knowledge and delve into it. If he had done so, we would have found some trace of it in some way, given its importance in his life and the reasons for its spread, as some of his sheikhs and fellow students narrated it later when his fame and influence grew. So, did Ibn Tumart turn away from the knowledge that was prevalent in these Moroccan cities and long for other knowledge in the East, and therefore set out for it?

It is probable that this young man, during this period, became somewhat preoccupied with the reality of life in its various aspects in the Maghreb. Especially those phenomena that attract attention in the realm of authority and public morals due to their deviation from Islamic teachings. He lived close to the capital, Marrakesh, and no doubt visited it from time to time. What he brought back after his journey, a steadfast resolve to change the prevailing political and moral corruption, indicates that before his journey, he was preoccupied with the prevailing corruption. Indeed, the seed of change may have been sown in his soul from that time, and then his journey to the East would have been with the intention of acquiring the means to bring about change, the first of which was acquiring knowledge. Therefore, Ibn Tumart found himself on the road to the East, which was the beginning of the path to change.