Muntakhab al-tawarikh 123.6

123.6

When I brought it to Shaikh Mubarak he was loud in his praises of Miyan Hatim’s knowledge of theology and said, “Tell him, after conveying my salutations, that I did not affix my seal to the application for a decision as I expected that this occasion would arise.” When I showed the document to Shaikh Baha’u-’d-din he said, “As other muftis had confirmed the decision I trusted to what they said, and did not go deeply into the question, and there certainly was negligence on my part.” The readiness of Shaikh Baha’u-’d-din, the mufti, who was a man of high position and great virtue, to acknowledge his fault, was evidence of his perception and love of truth, and of his rectitude and justice— “At the head of that letter which Asaf wrote He wrote, ‘God had mercy on the most just.’” Miyan Hatim, after enjoying the blessing of the opportunity of teaching and imparting instruction for a period of seventy years, passed away from this transitory world in the year H. 968 (A.D. 1560-61). The chronogram of his death has been already given; the words, “With the King he is powerful,” were found to give the date of his death. He left his son, Shaikh ‘Abdu-’l-Hatim by name, as his successor as a religious leader and Shaikh, but not as ustad. He too rejoined his venerable father in the year H. 989 (A.D. 1581) and left some degenerate sons as his heirs.