 His familiarity with Christian works was likely the result of his being obligated to attend missionary sermons.Accounts of his travels included participating in a secret congregational ritual prayer ("salat jama'ah") in Zaragoza, meeting with Muslim notables and preachers, including some women, and collecting alms to go for pilgrimage to Mecca.It is unclear whether he was ultimately successful in visiting Mecca, given that travel out of the country was illegal for Moriscos.