among the finest incidents that occurred concerning ʿAbd al-Mughīth is the following:

It is related that one of the caliphs—most probably al-Nāṣir—came to visit him incognito (1). Shaykh ʿAbd al-Mughīth recognised him but did not let on that he had done so (2). The caliph asked him about Yazid: “Is it permissible to curse him or not?” He replied, “I do not sanction cursing him (3), for were I to open that door the people would end up cursing our own caliph (4).” The caliph said, “And why is that?” (5) He answered, “Because he commits many reprehensible deeds—this, that, and the other,” and he began to list for the caliph his repugnant actions and the various wrongs perpetrated under his rule (6) so that he might desist from them. The caliph left him and departed, deeply affected by the shaykh’s words (7) and having benefited from them.

ʿAbd al-Mughīth passed away in Muḥarram of this very year (8)—may Allah Most High have mercy on him (9).

Ibn Ẓufar the Ascetic (10): In the same year Shaykh ʿAlī ibn Khaṭṭāb ibn Ẓufar (11), the devout worshipper, one of the renunciants and men of karāmāt (miraculous graces), passed away. He resided on Jazīrat Ibn ʿUmar. Ibn al-Athīr said in al-Kāmil (12): “I have never seen anyone like him in the beauty of his character, his dignified bearing, his miracles, and his worship.” May Allah have mercy on him.

The amir Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muqaddam (13) was one of the deputies of al-Malik al-Nāṣir (14) Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn. After the conquest (15) of Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), a number of people entered iḥrām (ritual consecration) there during the season of ḥajj with the intention of travelling on to the Sacred Mosque. Ibn Muqaddam was amīr al-ḥajj, commander of the pilgrimage caravan, that year (16), and when they were at ʿArafāt (the plain of ʿArafāt) he struck… (17)