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-42-Rather, Ibn al-Sheikh Salman Ibn Yaser al-Awadi embraced the Sufi path like his father and took the path from his father, Sheikh Suleiman, and people followed him. His clothing was always wool, and he had great influence with the kings. He met Arabs from Barar to Halq al-Rif, and no intercession was refused to him by them. He was generous and hospitable to those who visited him and his neighbors. When praised, they would light fires for their meals and strike their heads in a symbolic gesture, and they would not be seen. He was buried with his father. He had apparent miracles. His sons, al-Amin, Sheikh Muhammad, Abu Saleh, and his son al-Bashariya, followed in their father's footsteps in religion and righteousness. He recited poetry: The sons of Badr, your dog is good, Abu Saleh with Muhammad, the pillar of religion. Do not forget al-Amin, the knight of the fifty and five hundred, and the sons of al-Bashariya, in whom righteousness is evident. Letter T Taj al-Din al-Bahari al-Baghdadi, his name is Muhammad, and al-Bahari is his epithet, derived from the saying "Qar bahar," meaning bright and luminous. He was named so because of the radiance of his face, which was like a fragrant flower. Among his stories: He is the Sheikh, the Imam, the Divine Pole, and the Self-Sufficient Helper, the successor of Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani. He was born in Baghdad and performed the Hajj to the House of God, the Sacred. He came to the lands of Sudan with permission from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and from Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani. He came with Dawud ibn Abdul Jalil, Abu al-Hajj Saeed, the ancestor of the al-Aidi people. He arrived in the first half of the tenth century. The first king was Sheikh Ajib, as we clarified at the beginning of the book. He resided with Dawud in Tabart, Wadi Shaeer, with the intention of Ummu Azam, and his place of seclusion remains to this day. There is broken glass found there, which is in the middle of the shield called the pure shield. He married a woman from the king's people and had a son. He stayed in the island for seven years and initiated five men, including Sheikh Muhammad al-Durr, Hijazi, the builder of Arangi and its mosque, and Shae' al-Din, the son of al-Tuwaim. Forty people, including the jurist Ahmad al-Nahid, the owner of the mosque of Islah, and the jurist Rahma, the ancestor of the Khilawiyyin, and al-Umda, the son of Abdul Sadiq, and Ban al-Niqa. He said, "The two sons will revive the land." It is said that he traveled to Tali and initiated a group. When he intended to travel to the Hijaz, he said: Sheikh Hamad, son of al-Turabi In Baghdad, for the sake of this son, I created you in my place, just as my daughter When He gave him names and attributes, and knowledge of entering seclusion and spiritual exercises. And Muhammad, my son, told him seven