The judge, however, flew into a rage and said, “If he is not returned to my jail, I shall depose myself.” (1) The Commander of the Emirs placated him by sending Shaykh Jamal al-Din back to prison, holding him in al-Qawṣiyya for a few days.

Shaykh Taqi al-Din then informed the viceroy of the harm that had befallen some of his companions during the latter’s absence. The viceroy therefore ordered that a group from among Ibn al-Wakil’s followers be imprisoned, and he had it proclaimed throughout the city: “Whoever speaks about creed, his property and his blood are forfeit, and his house and shop shall be plundered.” (2) His aim in this was to quell mischief and strife. (3)

On Tuesday, the seventh of Shaʿban, a third session was convened for Shaykh Taqi al-Din in the palace, and the assembly voiced its approval of the creed.

That same day the Chief Judge, Najm al-Din Ibn Ṣaṣrā, resigned from the judiciary because of something he heard from Shaykh Kamal al-Din Ibn al-Zamlakani—words I prefer not to repeat. (4)

On the twenty-sixth of Shaʿban a letter arrived from the Sultan instructing the judge to resume his post. It stated: “We had ordered that a session be held for Shaykh Taqi al-Din, and news has reached us of the sessions that have indeed been convened for him and that he follows the way of the Salaf. Our only purpose in this was to clear his name.”