#9 He punished Al-Shaykh Al-Hussein and threw him in prison. After a few days, he released him after he suffered greatly from the torture and made him promise not to return to this place. He told him, "For your safety, forget everything you have learned from the sciences and be as if you have not learned a single one of them. And be content with our ignorance and do not read books, for the teachings of the Mahdi are the best of all publications, because all the laws and Sharia that were before the appearance of the guidance have been abrogated by his appearance." Al-Shaykh Al-Hussein responded to these words with "We hear and obey."

Some believe that Al-Shaykh Al-Hussein had a political vision that prevented him from looking at the Mahdi's fabrications, as he believed that the Mahdi would establish a Sudanese national state. The argument of those who hold this view is found in this poem, where he says: "And the strangers will gather to us." This hint appears in the context of protesting against the scholars who tried to deny the Mahdi and refute his weak arguments. It also alludes to justifying the intermediary to achieve this goal.

Others said that by "strangers" he meant Abdullah Al-Ta'aishi and his people, the Baggara, whom he feared the consequences of their control over the country because they are strangers and their country is in South Darfur. The conclusion is that the poem can be interpreted in many ways, which is not the place to elaborate on. We will return to the rest of the news of Al-Shaykh Al-Hussein and his killing shortly before the conquest of Omdurman.

The Mahdi sent a message to Al-Shaykh Muhammad Al-Amin Al-Faki Ramdan, who was from Sudan and born in the outskirts of Khartoum. His origin is from a tribe called "Al-Hass." He was orphaned from his childhood and memorized...