The masterful ḥadīth scholar—brilliant, accomplished, beneficial, and an outstanding transmitter—Nāṣir al-Dīn Muḥammad (1) ibn Tugh­rīl (2) ibn ʿAbd Allāh, whose father was a money-changer and whose family hailed from Khwārazm, heard a vast body of material and read independently. A rapid reader, he tackled both major and minor works, compiled and produced a great many transmissions, and excelled in this discipline. While on his travels, death overtook him in Ḥamāh on Saturday, the twelfth (3) of Rabīʿ al-Awwal; he was buried the next day in the cemetery of Ṭaybah—may Allah have mercy on him.

Our shaykh, the imam, scholar, and devoted worshiper, Shams al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh (4) ibn al-ʿAfīf Muḥammad ibn Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim ibn Niʿmah al-Maqdisī al-Nābulusī al-Ḥanbalī, served as imam of the Ḥanbalī mosque there. Born in 649 (5) AH, he heard many transmissions and engaged abundantly in worship. He possessed a pleasant voice, radiated majesty and composure, and was marked by an attractive appearance and noble bearing. In 733 AH, after our return from Jerusalem, I read to him many tracts and useful excerpts. He was the father of our colleague Shaykh Jamāl al-Dīn Yūsuf, one of the Ḥanbalī muftis and a leading figure among them, famed for goodness and piety. He passed away on Thursday, the twenty-second of Rabīʿ al-Ākhir and was buried there (6)—may Allah have mercy on him.

Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Majd Ibrāhīm al-Murshidī (7), resident of Munyat Murshid (8), was sought out by people for visitation. He hosted guests according to their rank, spent exceedingly large sums, and, to all outward appearances, accepted nothing from anyone—Allah knows best his inner state. Originally from the village of Dahruṭ (9), he lived in Cairo for a time and pursued study there; it is said that he read al-Tanbīh in jurisprudence. He then withdrew to Munyat Murshid, became widely known among the people, and made the pilgrimage several times. Whenever he entered Cairo,