Ibn al-Najjar (1) said: “I heard our neighbor ʿAli ibn Aḥmad al-Qawwās relate:

Judge ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-Ḥadīthī would ride out from the residence of his father, the Chief Qadi, wearing a large turban, a long shirt, and a mantle, with his stewards and grooms walking ahead of his mount until he reached the gate of his own house. Once he dismounted and entered, he would emerge on foot, dressed in short garments with narrow sleeves, a light turban, and his prayer mat slung over his shoulder. He would proceed to the market mosque, perform the sunna prayers, then give the iqāma and lead the people in the obligatory prayer. During the nights of Ramadan he used to awaken the people for the pre-dawn meal, and he was well acquainted with the prayer times.

Ibn al-Ḥadīthī performed the pilgrimage in 569 AH. On his return he found that his father had died. He was asked to assume the position of Chief Qadi, but he refused. Discussion of the matter continued for several days, after which he fell ill and died in Ṣafar 570 AH (2)—may Allah have mercy on him.

9 – al-Maʾmūnī, Abū Muḥammad Hārūn ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad al-ʿAbbāsī*

The erudite scholar, man of letters, and historian—Abū Muḥammad Hārūn ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad al-ʿAbbāsī, known as al-Maʾmūnī al-Baghdādī—authored al-Tārīkh ʿalā al-Sinīn (A Year-by-Year Chronicle), a Sharḥ al-Maqāmāt (Commentary on the Maqāmāt), and Kitāb Akhbār al-Awāʾil (Reports of the Early Generations).