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He was a student of Sheikh Muhammad bin Issa Suwar al-Dhahab, a group and recitation. The Moroccan scholars or the Maghreb. to al-Maghribi and Hassan Wad on al-Labdi. This phenomenon cannot be attributed solely to the personal efforts made by Western scholars in the Sudanese environment, because apart from Sheikh al-Tilimsani in the Tabaqat, we do not find prominent scientific efforts from them, nor do we find them in such numbers as would ensure the spread of the Maliki school of thought throughout the entire country. Perhaps the explanation for this phenomenon lies in the ruling authority in Sudan itself, which was greatly influenced by Borno Islamic culture, one of the most important manifestations of which was the extreme adherence to Imam Malik's school of thought in jurisprudence. Therefore, these scholars who migrated from the Maghreb to Sudan stayed for some time in Borno and then traveled to Eastern Sudan. The Funj obtained the Maliki school of thought with them from West Africa and were among the first to spread it in the Gezira region, as the people of the Funj and Borno adopted the Maliki school of thought as their religious doctrine. The Sultanate of Darfur witnessed the migration of many Arab tribes to the region northeast of Darfur and the spread of many manifestations of Islamic culture from the north and west as well. Students from Darfur, Kordofan, and Sennar mixed with their colleagues in the Maghreb, Borno, and Wadai while studying at Al-Azhar University. There is no doubt that this mixing had a strong impact on both. From the land of Borno, the movement of peaceful jihad to spread Islam in the East was activated, and the influence 279

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