Also his desire to visit his homeland, Algeria, and see his son there.

His First Journey from Hijaz to the Maghreb Ibn al-Sanusi departed from Mecca on the last day of the year fifty-five (M.H. 1255), heading for the Maghreb. Ahmad al-Sharif compiled the news of this journey in his book, "Al-Kawkab al-Zahir fi Sama' Bali al-Dhalam al-'Akr," after hearing it from Ahmad bin Idris.

He was among the students of Ahmad bin Idris, then he met Ibn al-Sanusi and remained with him.

We will rely on this book by Ahmad al-Sharif for what it transmits about the journey.

It is worth mentioning that Ibn al-Sanusi left Hijaz with his da'wah personality complete. He developed his own Sufi method, which he taught to his followers, and he had his own ijtihad in the Maliki school, after he followed the Salafi path and began to rely on ijtihad for those who met its conditions.

It is also worth mentioning that the majority of Ahmad bin Idris's followers joined Ibn al-Sanusi after the death of their teacher. The remaining minority joined Sheikh al-Maghrawi, founded their own zawiya, and called themselves "Al-Idrisiyyun."

Ibn al-Sanusi left Mecca, heading to Medina to bid farewell. Then he descended to Badr and traveled until he reached Yanbu'. During his journey, he would shorten and combine prayers. If he stayed in a place for more than three days, he would continue to shorten and combine prayers for up to nineteen days, sometimes combining the earlier prayer and sometimes the later prayer. In this practice, he differed from the Malikis and followed the hadiths concerning shortening and combining prayers after he believed them to be authentic.