Nujayḥ (1)—whom he had once envied for having died there during the Hajj the two of them made before this pilgrimage—, to the east of the grave of ʿAqīl (may Allah be pleased with them). After him, the judgeship passed to ʿIzz al-Dīn, son of Taqī Sulaymān al-Dimashqī (1).

Judge Najm al-Dīn: Aḥmad (2) ibn ʿAbd al-Muḥsin ibn Ḥasan ibn Maʿālī al-Dimashqī, a Shāfiʿī. He was born in 649 AH, studied under Tāj al-Dīn al-Fazārī, acquired deep learning and distinction, was first appointed as a muʿīd and thereafter as judge in Jerusalem. He later returned to Damascus, taught at the Najībiyyah, and for a time deputized for Ibn Ṣaṣrā in the judiciary. He died in the aforementioned Najībiyyah on Sunday, the twenty-eighth of Dhū al-Qaʿdah; the funeral prayer was held for him at ʿAṣr in the congregational mosque, and he was buried at Bāb al-Ṣaghīr.

Ibn Qāḍī Shuhbah: the eminent shaykh, mentor of the students and their instructor, Kamāl al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (3) ibn Muḥammad (4) ibn Dhūʾayb al-Asadī al-Shuhbī, a Shāfiʿī. He was born in 653 AH in Ḥawrān, came to Damascus, and studied under Shaykh Tāj al-Dīn al-Fazārī, from whom he benefited greatly, serving as his muʿīd and completing his studies with him. He likewise kept close to the shaykh’s brother, Sharaf al-Dīn, from whom he learned grammar and language. Distinguished in jurisprudence and grammar, he held a study circle opposite the Ḥanbalī miḥrāb, spent the entire month of Ramadan in retreat, and never married. Of dignified appearance and venerable white beard, he lived comfortably and dressed well while remaining detached from worldly excess. A regular stipend from his duties as muʿīd, jurist, and senior scholar at the mosque met his needs. He never occupied a formal teaching chair nor issued fatwās, although he was fully qualified to do so; he abstained out of scrupulousness.

He had heard many works, among them the Musnad of Imām Aḥmad. He passed away in the Mujāhidiyyah school (5), where he resided, on the night of Tuesday, the twenty-first of Dhū al-Ḥijjah. The funeral prayer was performed for him after Ẓuhr, and he was buried in the cemeteries of Bāb al-Ṣaghīr.

In the same year died al-Sharaf Yaʿqūb ibn Fāris al-Jaʿbarī (6), a merchant in Furjat Ibn ʿAmūd. He had memorized the Qurʾān, led the prayers in the Masjid al-Qaṣab (7), and kept company with Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn Ibn Taymiyyah and the judge Najm al-Dīn al-Dimashqī. He had amassed considerable wealth.