the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was more modest than a veiled maiden in her private chamber, and whenever he disliked something we could read it on his face. (1)"
We were also informed, with an elevated chain of transmission, by Ahmad ibn Muhammad; ‘Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim informed us; Abu Shuja‘ ‘Umar ibn Muhammad, together with a group, informed us. They said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Khalili informed us; ‘Ali ibn Ahmad al-Khuza‘i … and he mentioned it.
100 – The Lord of Hama, ‘Umar ibn Shahinshah ibn Ayyub ibn Shadhi *
Al-Malik al-Muzaffar, Taqi al-Din ‘Umar, son of the amir Nur al-Dawla Shahinshah ibn Ayyub ibn Shadhi, was the ruler of Hama and the foremost of its commanders.
He was a heroic, courageous, intrepid, generous, and much-praised warrior. He took part in celebrated engagements alongside his uncle, Sultan Salah al-Din, who had appointed him as his deputy over Egypt; thus he had periods of service in Egypt and al-Fayyum.
He heard hadith from al-Silafi and Ibn ‘Awf, and he transmitted several pieces of his own poetry.
When the sultan fell ill in Harran, ‘Umar resolved to seize control of Egypt, but when the sultan regained his health,