And the Sunnah and his saying by relying on oneself.

Ibn al-Sanusi used to connect with the pilgrims coming from all over the Islamic world. Every year, approximately, during his stay in the Hijaz, he would meet people during his Hajj, invite them, and choose those who responded to his call.

Sheikh Al-Zawahiri mentioned in the introduction to Al-Manbal Al-Adhb that he met Ibn al-Sanusi in Tabba Tabba in the year sixty-eight... and from that time on, he accompanied him, traveling and residing, and performed Hajj with him three times. This means that Ibn al-Sanusi performed Hajj every year of the last three years he spent in the Hijaz, as he left it in seventy.

Throughout his second stay in the Hijaz, Ibn al-Sanusi was in constant contact with his followers in Barqa, instructing them and issuing directives to them through letters. The Sheikh mentioned that he used to select annually from the youth of different regions to convey his recommendations and directives.

Some of the letters written during that period show that he was concerned with every small and large matter related to the movement. In a letter he sent to two brothers who were arguing intensely about the interpretation of a verse, we notice his concern and his attempt to address the matter, as you see in another letter where he gives his opinion on the marriage of one of the brothers. In his letter to the people of Wajanga, we notice his style in inviting people and winning hearts.

His sons Muhammad al-Mahdi and Muhammad al-Sharif were born, but he remained in important contact through letters, as he used to issue his instructions to his brother-in-law who was supervising them.

The great Sheikh Al-Sanusi.

See a number of Ibn al-Sanusi's letters at the end of Al-Ashhab's book. -2 The great Al-Sanusi.