ibn Muslim ibn Tamām (1) ibn Ḥusayn ibn Yūsuf al-Ṣāliḥī, a Shāfiʿī whose father had performed the pilgrimage. He died in the Masrūriyya Madrasa (2), and the funeral prayer was held for him shortly after the noon prayer on Thursday, the fourteenth of Dhu al-Ḥijja. He was buried on the lower slopes of Mount Qāsiyūn. Born early in 682 AH, he heard hadith from Ibn al-Bukhārī (3) and others, later transmitting them himself. A man of broad learning, he studied diligently, mastered the sciences, issued fatwas, reviewed lessons, and taught. He possessed abundant virtues, valuable researches and insights, lofty aspiration, and great esteem. Affable and benevolent, he was scrupulous in fulfilling people’s rights. He served as judge in Damascus—first as deputy and later independently—taught in the leading madrasas, and died while occupying the chair at the Shāmiyya al-Barrāniyya. A large number of notable figures attended his funeral (may Allah have mercy on him).
Shaykh al-Islām, Chief Judge Ibn al-Bārzī: Sharaf al-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim Hibat Allah (4) son of the judge Najm al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm, son of the judge Shams al-Dīn Abū al-Ṭāhir Ibrāhīm, son of Hibat Allah, son of Muslim, son of Hibat Allah al-Juhanī al-Ḥamawī (5), better known as Ibn al-Bārzī, Chief Judge of Ḥamāh.
A prolific author whose many useful works cover numerous disciplines, he was born on the fifth of Ramadan 645 AH. He heard a vast amount of hadith, mastered a wide range of sciences, and wrote an equally large number of books. Of fine character and frequently present in scholarly gatherings, he held sound convictions concerning the righteous and enjoyed great esteem among the people. He licensed several townsmen to issue legal opinions. Though he went blind near the end of his life, he continued to sit in judgment for a time, then resigned the office in favour of his grandson, Najm al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Ibrāhīm (6), while still keeping a watchful eye on the position. He died on the night of Wednesday, the twentieth of Dhu al-Qaʿda, after performing the ʿishāʾ prayer and witr—never having missed an obligatory or supererogatory prayer. The funeral prayer was offered the next day, and he was buried at ʿAqabat Naqīrayn. He was ninety-three years old.
Judge Muḥyī al-Dīn ibn Faḍl Allah, the Secretary of State: he is Abū al-Maʿālī Yaḥyā (7) ibn Faḍl Allah ibn Mujallī (8) ibn Daʿjān ibn Khalaf al-ʿAdawī al-ʿUmarī.