They took them in this way. And the ones who excelled in hunting or were skilled in farming received prizes, as they were virtuous in war.

It was the day of Al-Khadees, from every week, especially for them, for eternal work. So they would spend on that day all the lessons and engage in various crafts such as weaving, trade, blacksmithing, farming, carpentry, and so on. You would not find one of them except as a worker with his hand, a craftsman working with his hand until his mouth was filled with the spirit of activity for the kingdom.

And Al-Samad Al-Mabdi and his father before him were very interested in agriculture and planting, as evidenced by the wells they dug and the gardens they laid out. You would not find a corner except that it contained orchards or gardens. And they used to bring varieties of strange trees to their lands from the farthest countries, and they introduced to Kufra and Ghuboub crops and plantings that no one could have done there before.

And some of the students would ask Sayyid Ahmad Al-Senussi to teach them the plow and the hoe under the plowshare. And sometimes he would say to them: "The plow is the source of sustenance and livelihood." And he would encourage the students and disciples to engage in crafts and industries, and he would say to them words that would win their hearts and increase their respect for their crafts, so that they would not despise them or think that their class was lower than the class of scholars. So he would say: "What suffices for religion is good intention and performing religious obligations, and nothing else is better than that." And sometimes he would mingle with the craftsmen and say to them while working with them: "The people of papers and beads think they are ahead of us with God. No, by God, they do not precede us."

And we notice these teachings in his letters to the heads of the Zawiyas. It was stated in a letter from him 1 - Al-Arslan, Volume II, p. 1 - 184195 Al-Senussi Movement, p. 1