Mundhir passed away at the close of Dhu al-Ḥijjah in the year 355 AH.

He had heard ḥadith from ʿUbayd Allah ibn Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā, and he studied under Ibn al-Mundhir, from whom he received the book al-Ishrāf (1).

Among his sermons—delivered on the occasion when Abū ʿAlī al-Qālī fell silent—were his words:

“To proceed: every event has its proper setting, and every setting its fitting speech; after truth there is nothing but error. I have risen to a noble station before a mighty king, so lend me, O company of dignitaries, the hearing of your ears. Justice requires that the one who is right be told, ‘You have spoken the truth,’ and the one who is wrong be told, ‘You have lied.’

“Indeed, the Majestic One—exalted above His heaven and sanctified in His names—commanded His converser Moses to remind his people of Allah’s favors upon them; and I remind you of Allah’s favors upon you.

“He has granted you the governance of your amir, which secured your quarters, removed your fear, made you many when you were few, strong when you were weak, and victorious when you were oppressed. Allah appointed him over you in days (2) when sedition had pitched its pavilion across the horizons and the flames of hypocrisy had surrounded you, until you were reduced to something as confined as the pupil of a camel’s eye amid hardship and upheaval. Through his caliphate you were exchanged from hardship to ease … until I said:

‘I adjure you by Allah: were not blood-streams being shed, and he preserved them? were not the roads unsafe, and he secured them? were not properties being plundered, and he safeguarded them (3)? were not the lands in ruin, and he rebuilt them? were not the frontier posts violated, and he protected and supported them? So remember Allah’s blessings upon you…’”

He then went on to relate the rest of the sermon.

Some have stated that he was born in 265 AH, which would make his lifespan a full ninety years—may Allah the Exalted have mercy on him.