He died in Aleppo, after the Great Calamity, in the opening days of Rabīʿ al-Ākhir, 658 AH.
- Lāhiq, Abū al-Karam Lāhiq ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim
The shaykh, Abū al-Karam Lāhiq ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim ibn Qāsim ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥamd (1) al-Anṣārī, originally from Artāḥ and later an Egyptian resident, a milk-seller, silk-dealer, and Ḥanbalī.
He was born sometime after 570 AH (2).
He alone obtained the written authorization of al-Mubārak ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ṭabbākh, by virtue of which he transmitted al-Bayhaqī’s Dalāʾil al-Nubuwwa. He also heard narrations from his grandfather’s uncle, Muḥammad ibn Ḥamd al-Artaḥī.
He was righteous and self-restrained.
Among those who narrated from him were the ḥāfiẓ al-Mundhirī, al-Rashīd al-ʿAṭṭār, al-Dimyāṭī, ʿAlam al-Dīn al-Dawādārī, Yūsuf ibn ʿUmar al-Khutanī, Abū Bakr ibn Yūsuf ibn al-Ṣannāj, and others.
He died in Jumādā (3) al-Ākhira, 658 AH, and the last of his companions to die was Abū Bakr ibn Yūsuf al-Ṣannāj.