In the same year:
ʿIzz al-Dīn (1), the son of the vizier Ibn Hubayra, escaped from prison together with a Turkish mamluk. A proclamation was made throughout the city: “Whoever returns him shall receive one hundred dinars, but whoever is found sheltering him, his house will be razed, he will be crucified on its doorway, and his children will be slaughtered before his very eyes.” A Bedouin informed the authorities of his whereabouts; he was seized in an orchard and given a severe beating. [He was then returned to prison, and the restrictions on him were increased.]
In that same year the Rāfiḍīs openly reviled the Companions and flaunted other abhorrent practices (2) which they had never dared to attempt in the earlier years for fear of Ibn Hubayra. A dispute also broke out among the commoners over the question of the Quran’s createdness, and the pilgrimage was led by Buzughsh.
Among the notable persons who died that year were:
• al-Ḥasan ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn Abī al-Ṭayyib ibn Rustum, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Iṣbahānī (3) al-Rustumī. He was among the foremost (4) of Allah’s devout, ever-weeping servants. He (5) said: “One day I attended the gathering of Ma Shādhah (6) while he was addressing the people. That night I saw the Lord of Majesty, who said to me: ‘You stood before an innovator and listened to his words; I shall deprive you of sight in this world.’” He continued, “When morning came I could no longer see, though my eyes remained open as though I were still sighted.”
• ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn (7) ibn al-Jabbāb (8) al-Aghlabī al-Saʿdī, the judge, Abū al-Maʿālī al-Miṣrī (9), known as al-Jalīs (10) because he used to sit in the company of the ruler of Egypt.