Description of his status

    He is the full moon in its completion, and the adornment of the nights and the days, the throne of the Zaydiyyah and its pride, its ink and its ocean, the sun of the Sharīʿah and its full moon, the companion of the Qurʾān and the ally of its meanings, the sincere advisor, the guide to that which is therein, the absolute mujtahid, and the opener—with the keys—of every closed door. These titles were not without measure nor were they arbitrary descriptions; rather, they are the fruit of firmly-rooted knowledge and lofty fiqh. The scholars have unanimously agreed upon his virtue, and those far and near have submitted to his rank, so he became an example to be emulated, a trace to be followed, and a beacon of worship and taqwā, and a marjaʿ for adjudication and fatwā. Thus his station became like a pouring cloud in the generality of benefit; among the scholars, an Imām; among the fuqahāʾ, a ʿalam; and among the general public, a guide, a muftī, and a ḥakam. And little in his regard is: the crown of the age, the pearl of the time, the lamp of elucidation, and the scale of iḥsān.