He was a devout, abstemious, and scrupulously pious man⦗1⦘, a dedicated worshipper who trod the path of the righteous predecessors, as⦗2⦘ is the practice of most later-day hadith scholars. Gifted with complete excellence in many fields, he remained upon this fine course until he died in his residence at the Ashrafiyya Dār al-Ḥadīth on the night⦗3⦘ of Wednesday, the twenty-fifth of Rabīʿ al-Ākhir 643 AH. The funeral prayer was held for him in the Great Mosque of Damascus, after which the people escorted his bier as far as the inner side of Bāb al-Faraj; they could not proceed beyond⦗4⦘ it because the Khwārazmians were besieging the city. Only about ten persons accompanied him to the Ṣūfiyya burial ground⦗5⦘. May Allah have mercy on him and envelop him in His grace⦗6⦘.

Qāḍī Shams al-Dīn Ibn Khallikān⦗7⦘—one of his instructors—spoke highly of him.

Al-Sabṭ⦗8⦘ relates: “Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn⦗9⦘ recited to me, in his own words—may Allah have mercy on him—these lines (in the shortened kāmil metre):

Beware the four wāws, for they are deadly snares:
The wāw of bequests, of deposits, of agency⦗10⦘, and of endowments.

Ibn Khallikān also reports⦗11⦘ from him⦗12⦘ that he said⦗13⦘: ‘While asleep I was inspired with these words: Repel⦗14⦘ the urge to ask as long as you can bear hardship, for each day brings fresh provision. Persistence in seeking strips away one’s dignity. Relief is very near to the distressed⦗15⦘. Hardship may well be one of Allah’s disciplines⦗16⦘, and shares of fortune come in ranks—so do not hasten to pluck a fruit before…’