At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
sunni-shafii (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
'Izz al-Din Ibn al-Sa'igh, chief qadi of Damascus; he stayed with the qadi Kamal al-Din al-Tiflisi until he ranked among his noblest companions, taught at the Shamiyya, then held the trusteeship of the bayt al-mal and the judgeship of Syria; dismissed in early 677 he showed mettle, gallantry and standing for the right; restored to office in early 680, he was then tried in Rajab 682 — they produced against him a writ of about a hundred thousand dinars until God delivered him; he withdrew to his orchard until he died; when death came he gathered his family, made wudu', led them in prayer and said: say la ilaha illa Allah with me — and kept saying it with them until he died. 1
Connections
- Died in
- Damascus
People and things also explored
the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 654
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Izz al-Din ibn al-Sa'igh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/izz-al-din-ibn-al-saigh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.