Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Alfonso X ya zama sarki a 1252 kuma ya ɗauki manufar ƙarfafa malaman Musulmi su zauna a yankunan da aka ci nasara a baya kuma suna ba da lada ga waɗanda suka tuba zuwa Kristanci. A halin da ake ciki, Musulmai a Murcia sun yi tawaye a 1264
, kuma bayan da sojojin sarauta suka ci shi a 1266 yankin ya rasa ikon kansa. Musulmai masu ilimi da yawa sun rasa gata; al-Riquti ya damu game da yanayin da kuma game da ƙarfafawar Alfonso ya tuba zuwa Kiristanci. A halin yanzu, a shekara ta 1273 Muhammad II ya zama Sultan na Granada, jihar Musulmi ta ƙarshe a Spain. An san shi da al-Faqih ("lauya mai shari'a") kuma ya yi gasa tare da Alfonso wajen jawo hankalin malamai zuwa masarautarsa. Al-Riquti ya yi hijira zuwa Granada a kan shawarar Sultan. A Granada ya shiga cikin muhawara da yawa, kuma ya riƙe matsayi mai daraja har mutuwarsa.