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It receives arrivals from those affiliated with the Tariqa and others, and undertakes their housing and sustenance. It is a place of general hospitality.

The work of Ibn Al-Sanusi had a profound impact in the Hijaz, transforming tribes into civilized people, after they were, in the words of Al-Sadiq Al-Mu'ayyad, "half-savage." They were guided to this Tariqa and gradually abandoned their "savagery."

The fame of Ibn Al-Sanusi spread far and wide, and he became known and respected by all people, including the bandits. Al-Sadiq Al-Mu'ayyad narrates that the bandits, when they knew that a caravan of pilgrims was affiliated with the Sanusiya, would not attack the caravan out of respect for them.

The reason for not being attacked might be that it spread in those regions, after the killing of one of the "brothers" by Bedouin bandits, that the killers died a terrible death because the vengeance of Al-Sanusi befell them.

In addition to establishing Zawiyas, Ibn Al-Sanusi also undertook to teach his disciples himself. He sat in Mecca, teaching them jurisprudence and other sciences. He also authored several books for them, including his book "Bughmat Al-Maqasid wa Khulasat Al-Rasid," also known as "Al-Masail Al-Ashr." Its completion, as indicated by the printed version, was in 1254 AH during his stay in the Hijaz.

Another work is a treatise written as an introduction to Imam Malik's "Muwatta," in the first year of his teaching his students the "Muwatta," to give them an idea of the book. He may have also written some of his other works during that period, such as "Iqath Al-Wasnan," "Al-Salsabil Al-Mu'in," and "Al-Durar Al-Sittah fi Akhbar Al-Sallalah Al-Idrisiyyah." In these writings, his Sufi inclination and his habit of writing are evident.

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