And he dealt with people through loans and sales. The Egyptian took the science of theology, jurisprudence, and grammar from his grandfather, the Egyptian, and he was proud of him, calling him "Light of the House" and "Lost of the Houses." His student, Sa'd al-Kawwi, said: I left my country traveling to study the doctrines from the jurist Arbab. I entered upon the jurist Abd al-Majid, and I asked for him while he was sitting on a *rosh* (a raised platform) and with him was a man sitting on a scorpion. I found this objectionable due to the greatness of the jurist Abd al-Majid, and I left. When the man stood up, he said to the jurist Abd al-Majid: I want to study monotheism from the jurist Arbab. The man sitting said: Then I said, "No." The Egyptian, son of the Egyptian, said: "The truth is, go and read with him, for he is a knowledgeable and trustworthy scholar." I met him in the East and began reading with him. Soon, his grandfather, the Egyptian, died, and his cousins disputed with him over the caliphate and opposed him. So he left them and settled with the jurist Abd al-Majid in Gafra. When he was with him, Sheikh Fayd al-Masbah Abd al-Qadir defended him and his boundaries. He said: "We will not be able to learn before we learn." He left our mother, young, beautiful, and rich. May God grant her husband to be an imam to our people. So Sheikh said that and a certain year, he impoverished his people and married their mother, whose name was Helwa. He began teaching *Al-Risala*, grammar, theology, principles of jurisprudence, and logic. The circle flourished in Sindi, and many people gathered around him. Nevertheless, he prioritized writing over teaching. He wrote two books that are worthy of being written in Baghdad: *Dhahab al-Dhahab* (Gold of Gold), four parts of which are on Umm al-Ibrahim al-Umda, which was beneficial in all regions, and *Al-Bust* and *Al-Sa'd*, and *Al-Nafasatya*, which is his most esteemed work. He wrote a commentary on the *Badr al-Mali al-Kabir* in a large volume of about sixty quires, and the small one in seven quires. He wrote a good commentary on *Al-Jazariya* and a commentary on *Risalat al-Tawhid* and *Al-Alal al-Rumiyya*, and other works. And between him and Al-Khatib was... (The text repeats "And between him and Al-Khatib was" multiple times).

(1) Berber is a great town north of Khartoum on the bank.