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Old Dongola, Ali Ziyada bin Al-Nour bin Sheikh Muhammad Issa, was of great importance. He was the successor of Sheikh Al-Shati Al-Ayman for the Nile, Muhammad Ali, who was knowledgeable in the Quran. The Sheikh had two successors: the elder, who was knowledgeable in science and had judicial authority, and Al-Faqih, and the modern Dongola, Al-Aradi. It is on the left bank. Ziyada had great fortune, a fortune that the Khalifa did not taste, nor did his uncle Halali taste it. All those who memorized the Quran have it. For the Nile, it is one of their centers. The king, Badi Abu Rabata, came to Sheikh Muhammad. All who learned from him or memorized the Quran, it is from God and His Messenger. He was the seal of the prophets. The people of Dongola, their necks and their homes are honored by it. Sayyid Abd Al-Mutal bin Sayyid Ahmad bin Idris, the inner circle, and the circle flourished greatly in his time. King Dakin sent him fifty heads. May God be pleased with them. In Dongola, he said to him, "Seek help with it for your students." He died in Old Dongola, and his grave is visible, visited, and prayed for. Old Dongola has the graves of many righteous people: Al-Rakaiba, Al-Jabawiya, and Al-Budairiya. And God knows best. Babakula, the one who brings water for the students. He was favored by divine care, so he went to Matri. The rain, and after him, his son Ahmed took over the teaching, and he surpassed his father in fortune, prestige, and wealth because he had more than kings in the world. He had a ship as large as the ships of Hijaz, which he took from year to year. To the needy, the confused, the memorizers of the Quran, they recite it from all types of their Zakat. He died in Dongola. Also, his son Muhammad bin Issa took his place in everything until the destruction of the city. Zein Al-Abidin bin Sheikh Abd Al-Rahman bin Sheikh Dafa Allah followed the path of Sheikh Al-Junaid, by the will of his father Abd Al-Rahman, and sat in his father's place. He was a worshipper and ascetic. And if divine care favors you, you will adopt the Sufi doctrine like his father, Sheikh Abd Al-Rahman bin Dafa Allah, and they were both righteous and virtuous. "Her eyes are a refuge from all fears. And if divine care favors a servant, it will elevate his commands over his masters. O God, make our sins the sins of those whom You love, and do not make our good deeds the good deeds of those whom You hate. Amen." Jabal Al-Abayatur, the mountain of Rifaa Abu Sin, which is an old mountain visible from Arakin for a distance.

Letter S Salman Al-Tawali Al-Zaghart took the path of the people from Sheikh Muhammad Al-Humaim. His early life was that he was dissolute. Babakula for teaching, and his homeland is in Al-Abayatur, a day's journey from Rifaa. Sheikh Muhammad Al-Humaim and Sheikh Ban Al-Niqa went out from Rifaa seeking the minaret. Salman approached them, his water skin full, heading to the students to soften the beer for them. They said to him, "Give water to the poor, for they are thirsty." He gave them water. Sheikh Muhammad said to him, "May God repay your debt." He repented and sought forgiveness and joined the Sheikh in the minaret. He followed the path of the people, and he was guided. He found it dry and drowned and got drunk and wore the robe and distributed it. The group and two bells, one to the right and the other to the left, and the people of Rifaa, his companions, cheered. The students, when they heard his voice, said, "Salman has gone mad." He said, "Tell them I am not mad. People have met me." The hidden.

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