In that same year, death overtook: Abu Hafs al-Kattani; Amat al-Salam, daughter of the judge Ahmad ibn Kamil; the deputy of Damascus, Hubaysh ibn Muhammad ibn Samṣam al-Barbari; ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Muʾmin al-Qurtubi; Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Ruhayl; Abu Zurʿah Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Kashi; and Abu ʿAbd Allah, nephew of Mimi al-Daqqaq.
399 – Ibn al-Nuʿman, Muhammad ibn al-Nuʿman ibn Muhammad al-Maghribi *
He was the chief judge of the Egyptian territories, Abu ʿAbd Allah Muhammad, son of the judge Abu Hanifa al-Nuʿman ibn Muhammad al-Maghribi.
He assumed the bench after his brother Abu al-Hasan. Though he combined every virtue, he nevertheless subscribed to the creed of the Ubaydid dynasty.
He composed pleasing verse, of which are these lines:
O likeness of the sky’s full moon
when fourteen nights have passed;
O paragon of beauty in every description,
you have consumed my heart and kept my eyes awake.
Is there a hope I might yet obtain,
or must I depart (1) with Hunayn’s empty sandals?
A fault-finder may gloat over my love for you,
proclaiming that I have remained (2) empty-handed.
Whether you show favor or strike me down,
you are able to do both (3).
Ibn Zulaq said, “We never witnessed any judge possessing the authority we saw in him.”