Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Abu Salim (14) believes that the reasons for the conflicts between the Khatmiyya and the Majadhib are clear. The Mirghani family, with its scientific and historical capabilities and its influence stemming from those who spread and established this tariqa, was able to gain the greater part of the allegiance of the Sudanese. Indeed, a number of well-known Sudanese families abandoned their old tariqas to join the incoming Khatmiyya tariqa. The Mirghanis were from the Ashraf (descendants of the Prophet Muhammad) whom people respected and loved, and in whose blessings and piety they believed. While the Majadhib family was a Sudanese family, and despite their standing in the hearts of the Sudanese, the position of the Ashraf Mirghanis was stronger. The Mirghanis did not rely on their lineage alone but expanded the circle of allegiance to them and affiliation with their tariqa through marriage and kinship with some families across Sudan. Furthermore, there was a past feud between Mohamed Othman and Al-Majdhoub. The increased activity of the Khatmiyya in the areas of influence of the Majadhib and their growing acquisition of a large number of followers of the Majdhoubi tariqa, and finally, the close relationship and ties of the Khatmiyya with the Turco-Egyptian rule, all created a kind of estrangement and disagreement between the Khatmiyya and the Majadhib.

Abu Salim, Research in the History of Sudan, p. 14.