Another said, wishing to join the service of one of the ladies of the Mirghani household: "I want to go to a place where there is a job." The Shaigiya would show this affiliation from time to time, so much so that at the beginning and middle of this century, they changed their customary way of drawing their facial scars. They began to mark their faces with three parallel vertical lines on both sides of the face. This was encouraged and driven by the fact that Sayyid Ali Al-Mirghani had three vertical scars adorning his cheek. The Shaigiya adopted these scars as a blessing from their spiritual leader.

Al-Hasan was popular and smiling, and he made clear contributions to the rapprochement between the Tariqas. He was approachable in his dealings with people of other Tariqas, which endeared him to the Sudanese and led religious leaders and Sufi sheikhs to revere and respect him. Sayyid Al-Hasan did not hesitate to pray in a Tariqa other than the Khatmiyya Tariqa, of which he was the Sheikh and leader. I believe that these simple manners were a secret to Al-Hasan's success in consolidating the Khatmiyya Tariqa in Sudan. Sayyid Al-Hasan forged strong ties with his contemporaries, including the descendants of Sheikh Khujali, who changed their Tariqa from Shadhiliyya to Khatmiyya.

Voll believes that the reason for this transformation is due to the desire of Sheikh Khujali's descendants to benefit from the relationship between Al-Hasan Al-Mirghani and the Turco-Egyptian rule. I believe this is a mistaken assumption for two reasons. Firstly, Al-Hasan's relationship with the Egyptians was not always good, despite the many great services he rendered them in mitigating the intensity and severity of some Sudanese towards the government at certain times. This will become clear when we discuss the Jihadiya incident in Kassala and Bur. Secondly, the relationship between the Khujalis and Sayyid Al-Hasan was one of in-laws and marriage. Al-Hasan married Fatima, daughter of Muhammad Al-Amin, who later bore him Sayyid Ahmed and Sayyid Muhammad Othman (Al-Aqrab). Sheikh Al-Amin bin Muhammad Al-Amin, Fatima's brother, gifted Al-Hasan land on which he built a mosque and a place for worship. Among the prominent figures who pledged allegiance to him were: Yusuf Fadl Hassan (Dr.): Al-Shalukh, its origin and function in Nile Valley Sudan. Al-Awsat, second edition. Khartoum: Khartoum University Press, 1998, p. 98. Muhammad Ahmed Hamed Muhammad Khair: Previous source, p. 5. Ali Salih Karrar: Frat Opcit P. 79. John Voll: A History of the Khatmiyyaha Tariqa in the Sudan (Harvard, 1969) P. 230.