His death (1) occurred at daybreak on Friday, the 2nd of Jumada I of this very year, after he had passed the age of eighty. His funeral was thronged with people, and he was buried near the grave of Imam Ahmad, beside the attendant Mukhlis—may Allah have mercy on him.

Abu al-Hasan [ibn al-Damghani] (2), may Allah Most High have mercy on him (3): ʿAli ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAli ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab ibn Ḥafwiyah, Abu al-Hasan al-Damghani, Chief Qadi, the son of a Chief Qadi. He was born in Rajab 449 AH (4). He applied himself to study, excelled, and succeeded his father as Chief Qadi; he was then removed in favor of Abu Bakr al-Shami, and was later reinstated.

[He had first been appointed judge for Bab al-Taq in Baghdad when he was only sixteen years old] (5).

Ibn al-Jawzi said: “Among those who have held judicial office in Baghdad, no Chief Qadi is known to have been installed at a younger age than he.”

He also said: “No ruler is known [to have been entrusted with judicial authority] (6) for four caliphs other than him and (7) Shurayh—[with the exception of Abu Tahir Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Karkhi, whom we have seen appointed as judge for five caliphs, albeit in a delegated capacity: al-Mustazhir, al-Mustarshid, al-Rashid, al-Muqtafi, and al-Mustanjid] (8).”

He then set forth, by citing his honesty, piety, and probity (9), what attests to his scrupulousness and caution (10) and to the firmness of his character—may Allah have mercy on him.

[He remained] (11) in office for twenty-four years in total. He died in Muharram of this same year at the age of sixty-three years and six months, and he is buried near the shrine of Abu Hanifa—may Allah have mercy on him.

Al-Mubarak ibn ʿAli ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abu Saʿd al-Mukhrimi (12):