عز الدين عبد الهادي الحنبلي

'Izz al-Din 'Abd al-Hadi ibn Sharaf al-Islam al-Hanbali; faqih, preacher, brave and fine-voiced in the Qur'an, of prodigious strength and stern for the Sunna — marvellous tales are told of his strength: he once faced a Frankish horseman and struck him with his mace, cleaving both his back and the horse's so that both fell; he had come to Egypt in Asad al-Din Shirkuh's company, and a crowd watched him lift the stone covering the Damascus mosque's well, carry it some steps and set it back; he built a madrasa in Egypt and died before its completion — he is the brother of Najm al-Din mentioned before him; he died in Egypt in 586. ¹