He had the resolve to resist customs that contradicted Sharia wherever he settled. From there, he went on to vehemently criticize people's deviations and their familiar corruptions. The people of the city, both rulers and ruled, grew weary of him. The commoners and rabble agitated against him. The governor of the city ordered his exile from his land. Ibn al-Qattan wants to further demonstrate the high status of Ibn Tumart, mentioning that when he lagged behind al-Tartushi in his council and learned of his intention to travel, he visited him in his lodging. He rushed to him, shook his hand, and asked about his condition, then bid him farewell and departed. This is not strange for the humility of scholars, especially when they perceive alertness and seriousness in their students. When he boarded the sea, he took the gathering of travelers on the ship as an opportunity for preaching and guidance. He forbade the drinking of wine and poured out whatever he found of it. He called for the establishment of prayer and the recitation of the Quran. With his dignity, awe, and seriousness, he achieved some success in this, and the people, after disputes and arguments that some accounts try to portray, committed themselves to prayer and recitation. Some historians claim that the people of the ship threw him into the sea. He remained in the ship's water for more than half a day, swimming without being harmed. When they saw this from him, they lowered a rope to pull him out of the sea. Awe filled their hearts. According to others, the people of the ship resorted to him, seeking his prayers and supplications to save them from a maritime horror that almost drowned them. This befell them after they had been angry with him and threatened to throw him into the sea. God answered his prayer and revealed what had happened. In Ifriqiya: Ibn Khaldun makes Tripoli the point of Ibn Tumart's arrival in Ifriqiya and the beginning of his call. Ibn al-Qattan, Nazm al-Juman: Al-Marrakushi, Al-Mu'jib: Ibn al-Qattan, Nazm al-Juman: See also: Al-Subki, Tabaqat: Ibn al-'Imad, Shadharat: Al-Marrakushi, Al-Mu'jib: Ibn al-Qattan, Nazm al-Juman.