and was then carried to the Sufi Cemetery, where he was laid to rest beside his brother Sharaf al-Din ʿAbd Allah (1) — may Allah have mercy on them both. His burial took place at the time of the ʿAsr (late-afternoon) prayer, or a little before.

The townspeople shut their shops, and almost no one failed to attend save a few, or those who were physically unable to make their way through the crush (2). A large number of women were present, their number estimated at fifteen thousand (3). As for the men, the estimates ranged from sixty thousand to as many as two hundred thousand.

Some of the mourners drank the water (4) that remained from the ritual washing of his body, while others divided among themselves the leftover lote-tree leaves used in that washing. It was said that the skull-cap he had worn was purchased for five hundred dirhams, and that the thread filled with mercury, which he wore around his neck to ward off lice, fetched one hundred and fifty dirhams.

The funeral was marked by loud lamentation, weeping, and earnest supplication. Numerous complete readings of the Quran were dedicated to him in Ṣāliḥiyya and throughout the city, and people continued to visit his grave for many days (5), night and day. Many pious dreams were reported concerning him, and a number of poets composed numerous elegies in his honor.

He was born in Harran on Monday, the tenth of Rabiʿ al-Awwal, 661 AH.