After al-Buzidi's death in 1909, Sheikh Al-Alawi returned to Mostaganem, where he first spread the Darqawiyya, and then (in 1914) established his own order, called the Alawiyya in honor of Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, who appeared to him in a vision and gave him that name for his new order.
Following al-Buzidi's death in 1909, Sheikh Al-Alawi returned to Mostaganem. There he first spread the Darqawiyya teachings, and then (in 1914) founded an order called the Alawiyya, named after Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law, who appeared to him in a vision and gave that name for his new order.