His followers went to Hal al-Bid'a and found the musicians and tables laid out, and the music playing, and the Sudanese drums (al-dalluka) beating. A man wearing a turban and a cloak like a sheet entered the slave market. The slave trader drew his sword and began to strike the neck of the slave trader and anyone he encountered among those misguided sinners. He took his companions and brought them to his house, where a group of sheikhs gathered with him and went to the place of the government. They asked the governor, "What is this happening?" They were met with insult and disdain. The police chief said, "The world is free." He said that this incident is among the things that guide us to the corruption and disbelief of the government men. Many of the notables and dignitaries of the city pledged allegiance at the slightest hint. Raja returned to the island. Through investigation and inquiry by the government men, it was found that the matter of the deceased had no basis in reality.

The death of Sheikh al-Qurashi and the construction of a dome over his grave. We have previously stated that Sheikh al-Qurashi was among those who supported the Mahdi in his claim, based on what he said from testimonies attributed to revelation and insight into the unseen. He was the one who advised him to travel in the land. Upon his return to the island of Aba, this sheikh informed him that he had left a will, in which he said that the time of the appearance of the awaited Mahdi had come, and that the one who would build a dome over his grave and circumcise his children was the awaited Imam Mahdi. When the Mahdi heard this, he rejoiced and went with about three hundred of his followers to Malawin and built the dome by Ibn al-Akhdar, the nephew of Sheikh al-Qurashi, after he had taken oaths from many people to believe in his claim before he proclaimed it.