and five hundred AH, (1) and his death (2) came on the very day al-Malik al-ʿĀdil entered the Egyptian Citadel, at the judge’s madrasa—suddenly, on Tuesday, the sixth of Rabiʿ al-Ākhir. The people honored his funeral with great ceremony, and on the following day al-Malik al-ʿĀdil himself visited his grave and grieved for him. It is said (3) that al-Malik al-ʿĀdil appointed Ṣafī al-Dīn Ibn Shukr as vizier; (4) when al-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil heard this, he prayed to Allah Most High not to keep him alive to witness that government, for there had been rivalry between them. He therefore died—may Allah have mercy on him—without anyone ever inflicting upon him a wrong that harmed him, (5) nor did he ever see in the realm anyone greater than he, or even his equal. Poets poured forth eulogies for him, and among the finest (6) is the ode by Judge Hibat Allah ibn Sināʾ al-Mulk: (7)

[From the kāmil metre]
ʿAbd al-Raḥīm is mercy to creation entire;
in his companionship they fear no chastising fire.
O questioner of him, of the means he employed:
he has reached the heavens—ask him the paths he enjoyed.
All ages know that the edge of his speech is drawn
by the strides of his prowess and words sharply shorn.
The loftiest ranks rose high above humankind
through the height of his office (8) and his lineage refined.
The vizierate came proposing itself as a bride,
though its suitors before had exhausted their pride.
No need to adorn him with titles, for knowledge— (9)
his very names made those honors mere vestige.
Whenever another reached for it, Fortune bent away: (10)
dust cling to your hand—you are no peer to that sway!
Go on your road—you are none of her chosen;
turn back again—you are not of her lords or her dozen. (11)
By the might of our master—and master of all—
the sun of hard days has been humbled to fall.
His happiness came to his doors unbidden,
unlike those who chase after doors, hope-ridden.
Kings bow their faces before his face;
nay, they are driven to his gate in abject grace.
He busied the kings with the words he would say, (12)
while his own soul was lost in remembrance and prayer’s array.