Al-Abar mentions him without recording a date of death and says (1) that he was a man of deeds and exertion, unmatched in worship and devotion. He adds that Abū Madyan passed away in Tilimsān sometime around 590 AH, and that his final words were: “Allah, the Ever-Living,” after which his soul departed.

Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī said: “Abū Madyan was the sovereign of those who inherit the Prophetic legacy. The ḥadith scholar Jamāl al-Ḥuffāẓ ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Azdī had formed a pact of brotherhood with him in Bijāya. Whenever he entered Abū Madyan’s presence and beheld the outward and inward support with which Allah had favoured him, he would find within himself a lofty state he had never before experienced. At such moments he would declare, ‘This man is a true heir in every sense.’ ”

Muḥyī al-Dīn also reported that Abū Madyan used to say:
“Among the signs of a disciple’s sincerity at the beginning of his journey is his cutting himself off from people and fleeing from them. Among the signs that this flight is genuine is his presence with the Truth; and among the signs that his presence with the Truth is genuine is his return to the people. As for the statement of Abū Sulaymān al-Dārānī, ‘Had they truly arrived, they would never return,’ it does not contradict Abū Madyan’s words, for Abū Madyan meant their return to guide creation—and Allah knows best.”

110 – Ibn Bunān, Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Anbārī *
The client, the virtuous, the eminent, the man of dual authority, Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn