Places (and he meets these people).

In Marrakesh: - 7 Marrakesh was the capital that housed the central authority represented by Prince Ali bin Yusuf bin Tashfin. Alongside this authority, there was the authority of the jurists, who were severe in adhering to the branches of religion and distancing themselves from its principles. More abominations and innovations had spread in the city, and manifestations of moral and social corruption grew. All these factors made Marrakesh an important stage in Ibn Tumart's return, perhaps even a crucial stage in his life. When he arrived, he reacted strongly to each of these elements, and this was intensified by his extreme insistence on preaching and reform in this large human gathering. He began to give public lectures in the city, enjoining good and forbidding evil. He did not content himself with forbidding evil among the common people, as was his custom, by pouring out wine and breaking musical instruments. Instead, he entered the circle of rulers and their entourage. The beginning was when he saw the prince's sister with her slave girls unveiled, and he ordered them to cover their faces. He and his companions whipped them until the prince's sister fell from her mount. She went to complain to her brother. He did not hesitate to confront the prince himself when they met for Friday prayer. He admonished him and spoke harshly to him. This was because when the prince entered the mosque, all the people stood up for him except for him, who remained in his place. When the prayer ended, he greeted him and said to him: "Reform the evil in your land, for you are responsible for your subjects." He did not answer him, and the prince ordered that his needs be met if he had any. He replied that he had no need. His only intention was to reform the abominations. When the matter of this preacher escalated with his criticism of the prince and his family, Ali bin Yusuf ordered... (See: Ibn Khaldun, Al-Ibar: (161) This story is mentioned in many places. Al-Baidhaq mentioned the news of the Mahdi: . (162) See: Ibn al-Khatib, Al-Hullal al-Mawshiyah: . There is much exaggeration in this story, as Ibn Tumart likened the prince to a veiled slave girl (because he used to wear a veil over his face, as was the custom of the Almoravids) and then said to him, among other things: "The caliphate belongs to God, not to you, Ali bin Yusuf." 98