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I marry the woman so-and-so, I go to her house and mention a period of a few days, without her. He found him building and not apparent, and he finished it. Barq al-Muslimi, a dialogue with Sheikh Suleiman al-Tawali, who took the Sufi path, and he was a man of great spiritual states. He said to Sheikh Saleh, son of Ban al-Niqa, "You will have a great status. When the saints die, you will be seated, and the fire of Sheikh Abdul Qadir will be lit, and his tomb is in al-Mahalla. Between Walad Hasanuna and Walad Abu Daliq, there is a dome over him. And his mother Bar, son of Na'im, son of Abdul Shukr, son of Balakarda (1), and he is one of the disciples of Sheikh Dafallah Yahya, with him is the *libara* of Sheikh Adris, and he washes his feet and recounts that in Al-Karda he heard the *dhikr* in Abu Ashr. They told him, "Sheikh Jad, son of Sheikh Dafallah, came to visit his maternal uncles, the Tawali. So they rode him over the water until he passed by him, and his tomb is in Al-Karda. Bar, son of Abdul Ma'bud, son of Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Nuri, took the path from his maternal grandfather, Sheikh Muhammad, son of Mahmoud al-Arqi, a man from Al-Qasir on the White Nile. And he took it from his father Mahmoud, and his father took it from Sheikh Abdul al-Bakri (2), and the two Lattanians, Nasir al-Din (3) and Shams al-Din (4), during his journey for Hajj and seeking knowledge. Bar, son of Sheikh Umm Bark, son of Sheikh Miskin al-Hanafi, was a scholar, may God Almighty have mercy on him, a generous host, known for his hospitality and general generosity, humility, and comprehensiveness. He studied under al-Fadhal, son of al-Faradi, who was one of the four Imams who lived at the same time, and to whom Arabs and non-Arabs flocked. People benefited from their religion and their gatherings. Sheikh Badr in the lands of al-Fayh, and Sheikh Abdullah, son of al-Mahwuz in al-Hawa (5) and the regions of Sennar, and Sheikh Muhammad, son of al-Turifi in Abu Haraz (6), and Sheikh Khawjali in al-Sa'id. And Sheikh Badr, this one, the world turned to him outwardly, and he turned away from it inwardly. What indicates this is that the opponents and those who rely on analogy, one of them says, "O Sheikh, I will sell you the thing so-and-so for such-and-such a price, with a loss." He says, "Better, O my servant, my father is freed from it twice or thrice." He thought the Sheikh did not intend it, but rather it was better than his inner treasure. One day, two men who were creditors quarreled before him about payment. One had paid a lot, and the other a little. He said to the one who had paid a lot, "Enough, O my servant, delay it for him, and he will pay." His humility and obscurity are famous. Among the people, a Sharif came, a genealogist, and said to him, "O Sheikh, bring your lineage." (1) Al-Karda has been mentioned before as an island near Walad al-Majdi. And God knows best. (2, 3, and 4) Muhammad al-Bakri al-Siddiqi, the chief of the Ashraf in Egypt, and one of the great saints, and Nasir al-Din and Shams al-Din al-Laqaniyyun, from the scholars of the Maliki school in Egypt, may God be pleased with them. (5) Al-Hawa, meaning al-Atqa 'ala (6) Abu Haraz is a town on the eastern bank of the Blue Nile, north and east of Madani, with the tombs of many saints, may God be pleased with them. And God knows best.

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