Under the Dome of the Eagle, the Chief Judge Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Qurashī (1), known as Ibn al-Zakkī, performed the funeral prayer for him with the permission of al-Afḍal. Al-Afḍal himself—who was then the Sultan of Syria—thereupon descended into the grave and buried him with his own hands, in fulfillment of the debt of duty, service, and honor that he owed him.

It is reported that, at the order of al-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil, one of the most generous and eminent men, the sword with which he used to take part in jihad and hand-to-hand combat was interred beside him. They regarded this as a hopeful sign that on the Day of Resurrection the sword would be with him so that he might lean upon it until he enters Paradise, if Allah so wills, for through it Allah had granted him the breaking of His enemies and the exaltation of His friends, bestowing upon him the greatest of favors.

Afterwards a public condolence gathering was held for him in the Umayyad Mosque (2) for three days, attended by both the elite and the common folk (3), by subjects and officials alike.

Poets composed numerous elegies for him; among the finest is the one that al-ʿImād al-Kātib placed at the end of his book “al-Barq al-Shāmī.” It comprises two hundred and thirty-two verses and was reproduced in full by Shaykh Shihāb al-Dīn Abū Shāma in “al-Rawdatayn” (4). From its opening lines (5), in the kāmil meter, are the following:

Guidance once embraced us all, and sovereignty gathered what was scattered—
Yet Time has grown bleak, and all its fair qualities have fled.

Where is he whose very name inspired both fear and hope,
Whose awe and generosity were ever dreaded and desired?

Where is the one to whom our obedience was freely offered,
While his obedience was reserved for his Lord alone?

By Allah, where is the champion-king whose intentions were purely for Allah,
Whose victory was sought solely for His sake?

Where is he who never ceased to be our sovereign,
From whose bounty favor was hoped and whose might was feared?

Where is he whose (6) excellence gladdened Time itself,
And whose honors towered above those of all the eminent?

Where is he before whose valor the Franks bowed in utter humiliation,
And from whom they received their deserved reprisals?

His swords were the shackles upon the necks of the enemy,
While his benefactions were necklaces adorning the throats of mankind (7).

Al-ʿImād al-Kātib also composed, in lament for al-Malik al-Nāṣir (8), further verses in the kāmil meter (9).