to Al-Andalus, and entered Cordoba. Among those who mentioned this journey is Ibn al-Qattan, whose account is considered the oldest we have. He said: "The Imam Mahdi, may God be pleased with him, crossed the sea to Al-Andalus in search of knowledge, and reached Cordoba." He was followed in this by...

Most modern researchers have relied on this old narration to prove this journey to Al-Andalus. However, some researchers have overlooked this point, implying a rejection of it. This is what the brothers Tarru took in making the journey move directly from Fez to Tunis.

Provencal clearly expressed his doubt about Ibn Tumart's transfer to Al-Andalus. However, this doubt has no justification from the documents, so this transfer remains probable based on what the old narrations have mentioned.

We do not find news about the Mahdi in Al-Andalus except for a few references from which we learn that he sought knowledge there. Ibn Qunfudh mentioned that he read under the judge Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Hamdin (d. 1153 AH / 1748 CE). Some researchers have imagined that he met some intellectual and doctrinal currents there, especially the Hazmi school in jurisprudence and creed.

He was influenced by them. It seems most likely that his stay in Al-Andalus was not long.

He soon took the road to the East. This is what we infer from the mention of Al-Andalus in the sources.

Ibn al-Qattan, Nazm al-Juman: 13 Ibn Idhari, Al-Bayan al-Mughrib: 14 Ibn Khaldun, Al-Ibar: 435 Ibn Qunfudh, Al-Farisiyya: 465 Al-Qalqashandi, Subh al-A'sha: 2.0 Al-Zarkashi, Tarikh al-Dawlatayn: 136 Yusuf Ashbakh, Tarikh al-Andalus: 251 Al-Firdawsi, Al-Firaq al-Islamiyya: 15 Al-Murabitun and Al-Muwahhidun: Al-Abadi, Al-Mujmal fi Tarikh al-Andalus: 186 Jean and Jerome Tarru, Fi Hadarat al-Andalus: 16 Provencal, Al-Islam fi al-Maghrib wa al-Andalus: 17 Ibn Qunfudh, Al-Farisiyya: 18 Ibn Hamdin was a Maliki jurist from Cordoba. He held the position of Qadi al-Jama'ah there. See his biography in Ibn al-Abbar, Al-Takmila: 38/1 (Madrid edition). Al-Ghanay, Qiyam Dawlat al-Muwahhidin: 19 Abdullah al-Arwi, Tarikh al-Maghrib: 176 Al-Abadi, Al-Mujmal fi Tarikh al-Andalus: 324 Muhammad bin Tumart: Al-Annabi, Fi Tarikh al-Andalus: 167 67