Khidr; and al-Malik al-Zāhir, Mujīr al-Dīn Dāwūd; and al-Malik al-Mufaḍḍal, Quṭb al-Dīn Mūsā; and al-Malik al-Ashraf, ʿAzīz al-Dīn Muḥammad; and al-Malik al-Muḥsin, Jamāl al-Muḥaddithīn Ẓahīr al-Dīn Aḥmad; and al-Muʿaẓẓam, Fakhr al-Dīn Turānshāh; and al-Malik al-Jawād, Rukn al-Dīn Ayyūb; and al-Malik al-Ghālib, Naṣīr al-Dīn Malikshāh; and ʿImād al-Dīn Shādhī; and Naṣrat al-Dīn Marwān; and al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Abū Bakr; and the Lady Muʾnisa, wife of al-Malik al-Kāmil.

Narrating from him were Yūnus al-Fāriqī and the judge ʿImād al-Kātib.

He fell ill with a bilious fever; the sickness intensified, and on the ninth day he suffered a trembling fit and loss of consciousness. He was given two enemas, after which he found some relief and passed water; then he perspired until the sweat soaked through the mattress, and he died on the twelfth.

He passed away in the Citadel of Damascus, after dawn on Wednesday, 27 Ṣafar 589 AH.

Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn’s merits were many, above all his striving in jihad, for in that field he won unmistakable credit by lavishing wealth and high-bred horses on his troops. He possessed a sound mind, keen understanding, prudence, and firm resolve.

ʿImād states: “During the siege of Acre he released twelve thousand horses, and whenever battle was joined he rode only a borrowed mount. He wore nothing but what is lawful, such as linen and cotton. He kept his gatherings free of frivolity, and his assemblies teemed with men of learning. He preferred listening to hadith complete with chains of transmission. He was mild-tempered, quick to overlook slips, pious and pure, loyal and sincere; he would close his eyes rather than grow angry. He never turned away a petitioner, nor shamed a speaker. His charity and almsgiving were plentiful. He once reproved me for decorating my inkwell with silver; I replied that there was a permissive opinion on the matter cited by Abū Muḥammad al-Juwaynī. I never saw him pray except in congregation.”