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And the zawiyas, so the Sayyid split the earth with what he was commanded, and it was decided that he would leave these to establish zawiyas in the lands.
11. The other story, as the Sayyid himself decided to return to Cyrenaica for this same purpose, illustrates a great development in his understanding of utilizing human effort in building, and in the expansion of his concept of worship. It appears from it that his engagement in worship and teaching, and his exaggeration in Sufism, was initially limited to the effort of worship and teaching and exaggeration in Sufism. Then the development occurred when he personally felt that not every individual could follow that path, and perhaps he also felt its limited benefit. He must have thought for a long time before he saw that vision and realized that immersion in worship, if it exhausts an individual's effort, will not produce building, just as worship in its broad meaning includes every good deed an individual does. Therefore, he worked to benefit from the efforts of his followers in what is good for them and for their society by building zawiyas and mosques and working to spread Islam and establish an Islamic society. The vision expressed all of that.
Reasons for his departure from the Hijaz Ibn al-Sanusi's stay in the Hijaz was not long after the establishment of the Zawiya of Abu Qubais. Several reasons combined to push him to leave. From the side of his teacher Ahmad bin Al-Sayyid Al-Sharif Al-Idrisi (may God have mercy on him). And from another side, we find more than one of the scholars of the Idrisid family (may God have mercy on them). From the history of the Sanusiyya, they mention that his success in his call stirred up the enmity of the notables of Mecca and the Hijaz against him, as they were jealous of him and his saying that one should only follow the Book and the Sunnah. Shukri adds: "And what frightened the government authorities was that the Sayyid continued to contact the sons of his teacher Ibn Idris in Sabya, which is a Wahhabi land, and the enmity was strong between the Ottoman government and the notables of Mecca and the Wahhabis." Thus, there were political reasons for his departure. In any case, the atmosphere in Mecca encouraged him to respond to the call of his disciples from the people of the Maghreb to visit their countries, and he also headed towards...