Two men burned as rafidis at Damascus, 942

In the year 942 it was established before the judge of Damascus that the judge Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Dimashqi al-Hanafi, who had acted as a deputy judge for Ibn al-Shihna and Ibn Yunus, and a man called Husayn al-Bqsmati were both "Rafidis" (the term used in the source for Shia). They were burned beneath the Damascus citadel ².

Their necks, hands and feet were tied to stakes, the saddle, the wooden frame and firewood were piled on them, and the fire was lit until they were reduced to ash. The ash was thrown into the Barada river. This took place on Tuesday, the ninth of Rajab. Ibn Tulun records that Shaykh Qutb al-Din ibn Sultan, the Hanafi mufti, was asked about their killing and said that it was not permitted under the sharia, and that they should have been given the chance to repent ¹.