and from him narrated Ibn ʿAsākir, Ibn al-Jawzī (1), and a number of others.

He died as a martyr after performing the Tarāwīḥ prayers on the night of the twenty-seventh of Ramadan in 521 AH; he fell from the roof and passed away (2)—may Allah have mercy on him.

288 – Ibn Abī Rūḥ, Abū al-Faḍl Asʿad ibn Aḥmad

The foremost Rāfiḍī figure in Syria, the judge Abū al-Faḍl Asʿad ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Rūḥ al-Aṭrābulusī, a prolific author.

He studied under Ibn al-Barrāj and lived in Sidon until the Franks captured the city; he was killed there. He was devoted to worship, night-vigils, and silence. He debated a Maghribī scholar over the prohibition of fuqqāʿ (barley beer) and defeated him, whereupon the Maghribī Mālikī exclaimed, “Then eat me!” He replied, “I am not of your school,” meaning the view that permits eating dog-meat.

He was asked, “What is the proof that the Qurʾān is originated (ḥādith)?” He answered, “Abrogation, for what is eternal does not change.”(3)

He was asked, “What is the proof that we are free to choose our actions and are not compelled?” He said, “The sending of the messengers.”