Ibn al-Jawzi said:
In this same year a rain of pure blood fell upon Yemen (1), to the point that it dyed people’s clothes.

Among the eminent figures who passed away in that year were:

• al-Hasan ibn Dhi al-Nun ibn Abi al-Qasim ibn Abi al-Hasan, Abu al-Mafakhir al-Naysaburi (2). He came to Baghdad and delivered exhortations there, repeatedly attacking the Ashʿaris (3); the Hanbalis therefore grew fond of him. When they later examined his beliefs they discovered that he was in fact a Muʿtazili, so his popularity waned and, on his account, turmoil broke out in Baghdad. Ibn al-Jawzi (4) heard some of his poetry, including the following:

[al-Basit]
The generous have died—they passed, departed, and are gone;
with them, their very acts of generosity have also died.
They left me among a people devoid of sense—
were they to glimpse a guest’s shadow in a dream, they would expire.

• ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab al-Hanbali (5), the judge, Bahaʾ al-Din. He was versed in the two legal schools (6) of Abu Hanifah and Ahmad, and would debate on behalf of both. He was buried alongside his father and grandfather in the Cemetery of the Martyrs.

• ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abi Nasr ibn ʿUmar (7), Abu al-Maʿali al-Jili. A jurist who was righteous, devout, and ascetic, he was poor and owned no house, spending his nights in abandoned mosques. He accompanied the pilgrims and remained in Mecca, worshipping his Lord and imparting knowledge; its inhabitants spoke of him with praise.

• The jurist (8) Abu Bakr ibn al-ʿArabi al-Maliki (9), commentator on al-Tirmidhi (10).