Burhan al-Din ibn Muflih

The chief judge Burhan al-Din Ibrahim ibn Muflih, a Hanbali, Shaykh al-Islam, lord of scholars and judges, and the blessing of his age. The words and deeds of the leaders of all the schools were handed over to him, and he became the reference of jurists and people and the one relied on in affairs. He held the judgeship of Damascus several times with religion, scrupulousness and an authoritative voice. He wrote a commentary on "al-Muqniʿ" in jurisprudence, a book titled "al-Maqsad al-Arshad" on the biographies of the companions of Imam Ahmad arranged alphabetically, and a book on the principles of law.

He died in Damascus on the fifth of Shaʿban 884 AH, at a house in al-Salihiyya, and was buried in al-Rawda beside his forebears ¹.