Al-Uqud al-DurriyyaIbn Abd al-Hadi

And the scorpions of their plotting crept toward him, but Allah flung every schemer’s stratagem back into his own throat, delivering him (1) by the hand of the one He had chosen—for Allah is dominant over His decree.

Even after that he was never free from one ordeal after another; throughout his life he moved only from trial to trial, until his case was placed in the hands of certain judges, who thereupon assumed the task of imprisoning him. He remained in that confinement (2) until Allah summoned him to His mercy and he passed away. Unto Allah all matters return, and He is fully aware of the treachery of the eyes and of what hearts conceal.

The day of his funeral was a scene to behold: the road proved too narrow for the multitude, and Muslims (3) [ق 6] converged upon it from every distant valley, seeking blessing by attending his bier on the Day when all witnesses shall stand. They clung to the rails of his coffin (4) so eagerly that the wooden slats were broken. This occurred on the night of the twentieth of Dhu al-Qaʿda in the year 728 AH, within the Citadel of protected Damascus.

He had been born in Harran on the tenth day (5) of Rabiʿ al-Awwal in the year 661 AH—may Allah have mercy on him (6).

He then said: I read to the master-scholar, the standard-bearer of the sciences, the one who attained the utmost understanding, Taqi al-Din Abu al-ʿAbbas Ahmad ibn ʿAbd al-Halim ibn ʿAbd al-Salam ibn

(1) MSS B, F, and K read: “wanajjahu” (and deliver him). (2) MS F adds: “bimajlisihi” (in his gathering). (3) MS F also has: “wa intihabihi” (and his sobbing). (4) al-sharj’a is the bier on which the deceased is carried; see Lisan al-Arab, vol. 8, p. 179. (5) The word “shahr” (month) is not found in MSS B, F, or K. (6) MSS F, K, and B read: “Allah wa iyyana” (Allah and us).
وقد دَبَّت إليه عقاربُ مكره، فردَّ الله كيد كلٍّ في نحره، فنجَّاه (١) على يد من اصطفاه، والله غالب على أمره. ثم لم يَخْلُ بعد ذلك من فتنة بعد فتنة، ولم ينتقل طول عمره من محنة إلّا إلى محنة، إلى أن فُوِّض أمرُه لبعض القضاة فتقلّد ما تقلَّد من اعتقاله، ولم يزل بمحبسه (٢) ذلك إلى حين ذهابه إلى رحمة الله تعالى وانتقاله، وإلى الله تُرْجَع الأمور، وهو المطَّلع على خائنة الأعين وما تُخْفي الصدور. وكان يومه مشهودًا؛ ضاقت بجنازته الطريق، وانتابها (٣) المسلمون [ق ٦] من كلِّ فجٍّ عميق، يتبرّكون بمشهده يوم يقوم الأشهاد، ويتمسَّكون بشَرْجَعِه (٤) حتى كسروا تلك الأعواد، وذلك في ليلة العشرين من ذي القَعْدة سنة ثمان وعشرين وسبعمائة، بقلعة دمشق المحروسة. وكان مولده بحرّان في عاشر شهر (٥) ربيع الأول من سنة إحدى وستين وستمائة رحمه الله تعالى (٦). ثم قال: قرأت على الشيخ الإمام، حامل راية العلوم، ومُدْرِك غاية الفهوم، تقيّ الدين أبي العباس أحمد بن عبد الحليم بن عبد السلام ابن
(١) (ب، ف، ك): «ونجاه». (٢) (ف): «بمجلسه». (٣) (ف): «وانتحابه». (٤) الشرجع: السرير الذي يُحمل عليه الميت. «لسان العرب» (٨/ ١٧٩). (٥) «شهر» ليست في (ب، ف، ك). (٦) (ف، ك، ب): «﵀ وإيانا».

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