one volume; al-Jadal (Dialectics), three fascicles; Darʾ al-Ḍaym fī Ṣawm Yawm al-Ghaym (Removing Harm Concerning Fasting on a Cloudy Day), one fascicle; al-Manāsik (The Rites of Pilgrimage), one fascicle; Taḥrīm al-Dubr (The Prohibition of Anal Intercourse), one fascicle; Taḥrīm al-Mutʿa (The Prohibition of Temporary Marriage), one fascicle; al-ʿIdda fī Uṣūl al-Fiqh (The Provision in Legal Theory), one fascicle; al-Farāʾiḍ (The Prescribed Shares of Inheritance), one fascicle; Qiyām al-Layl (Night-Vigil Prayer), three fascicles; Munājazat al-ʿUmr (A Contest with Time), one fascicle; al-Satr al-Rafīʿ (The Lofty Veil), one fascicle; Dhamm al-Ḥasad (Condemnation of Envy), one fascicle; Dhamm al-Muskir (Condemnation of Intoxicants), one fascicle; Dhikr al-Qaṣaṣ (A Remembrance of the Storytellers), one volume; al-Ḥuffāẓ (The Ḥadith Masters), one volume; al-Āthār al-ʿAlawiyya (The Alid Traditions), one volume; al-Sihām al-Muṣīb (The Arrows that Hit the Mark), two fascicles; Ḥāl al-Ḥallāj (The Case of al-Ḥallāj), two fascicles; ʿAṭf al-Umaraʾ ʿalā al-ʿUlamāʾ (The Inclination of Princes toward Scholars), two fascicles; Futūḥ al-Futūḥ (The Conquest of Conquests), two fascicles; Iʿlām al-Aḥyāʾ bi-Aghlāṭ al-Iḥyāʾ (Notifying the Living of the Errors in the “Iḥyāʾ”), two fascicles; al-Ḥath ʿalā al-ʿIlm (An Exhortation to Pursue Knowledge), one volume; al-Mustadrak ʿalā Ibn ʿAqīl (A Supplement to Ibn ʿAqīl), one fascicle; Lafṭat al-Kabid (A Heart-Rending Glance), one fascicle; al-Ḥath ʿalā Ṭalab al-Walad (Encouragement to Seek Offspring), one fascicle; Laqṭ al-Manāfiʿ fī al-Ṭibb (Gleanings of Benefits in Medicine), two volumes; Ṭibb al-Shuyūkh (Medicine of the Elderly), one fascicle; al-Murtajal fī al-Waʿẓ (Spontaneity in Preaching), one volume; al-Laṭāʾif (Subtleties), one volume; al-Taḥfa (The Gift), one volume; al-Maqāmāt (The Assemblies), one volume; Shāhid wa Mashhūd (The Witness and the Witnessed), one volume; al-Arj (The Fragrance), one volume; Maghānī al-Maʿānī (Melodies of Meanings), one volume; Luqaṭ al-Jumān (Gathered Pearls), two fascicles; Zawāhir al-Jawāhir (Splendors of Gems), one volume; al-Majālis al-Badriyya (The Badrian Gatherings), one volume; Yāwāqīt al-Khuṭab (Sapphires of Sermons), two fascicles; Laʾālīʾ al-Khuṭab (Pearls of Sermons), two fascicles; Khuṭab al-Jumʿ (Friday Sermons), three fascicles; al-Mawāʿiẓ al-Saljūqiyya (The Seljuk Admonitions); al-Luʾluʾa (The Pearl); al-Yāqūta (The Ruby); Taṣdīqāt Ramaḍān (Ramadan Testimonies); al-Taʿāzī al-Mulūkiyya (Royal Condolences); Rūḥ al-Rūḥ (The Spirit of the Spirit); and Kunūz al-Rumūz (Treasures of Symbols).

It was said that his compilations surpassed three hundred in number.

Among his aphorisms is the remark: “Whenever a man’s hopes gather together, his appointed term hastens to scatter them.”

He also said, concerning a preacher: “Beware the physician who is an ignoramus; he may give a poison a name without knowing what the named thing really is.”

There was in his assembly a man whose eloquence pleased him and to whom he would lend an attentive ear. One day the man fell silent, so Abū al-Faraj turned to him and said, “Aaron, your diction is a support to my Moses-like speech—so let it flow!”