He died (1) in Aleppo. He was a distinguished scholar of Arabic, Qur’anic readings, and other disciplines; his commentary on the Shatibiyyah was composed with excellence and benefit, and Shaykh Shihab al-Din Abu Shama (2)—himself one of its commentators—approved of it.

Al-Najm (3), brother of al-Badr Mufaddal, was the shaykh of the Fadiliyyah (4) at the Kallasa. He held an ijazah from al-Salafi, the preacher of al-ʿAqibah, Badr al-Din Yahya ibn Shaykh ʿIzz al-Din ibn ʿAbd al-Salam (5). He was buried at Bab al-Saghir beside his grandfather, and his funeral was thronged with mourners. May Allah have mercy on him.

Saʿd al-Din (6) Muhammad (7) ibn Shaykh Muhyi al-Din ibn ʿArabi [al-Hatimi]. Abu Shama (8) mentioned him, praising his virtue, refinement, and poetry [and citing what shows strength in those qualities]—that is, provided he was not among his father’s adherents.

(Abu Shama (9) also recorded the death of al-Nasir Dawud in this same year) [his biography was given in the preceding section] (10).

Sayf al-Din ibn Sabrah (11), chief of police of Damascus. Abu Shama (12) relates that when he died a snake came and bit his thighs; it was also said (13) that it coiled itself in his shroud and the people were powerless to drive it away. He said: “He was a vile Nusayri Rafidi, addicted to wine. We ask Allah for protection and well-being.”