Yūnus b. Badrān b. Fayrūz Jamāl al-Dīn al-Miṣrī. He served as a chief judge (qāḍī al-quḍāt) in his time. He pursued knowledge and advanced in it. He abridged the book al-Umm by Imam al-Shāfiʿī. He authored a voluminous work on the obligations (farāʾiḍ). After Taqī Ṣāliḥ, who was blind and had committed suicide, he was appointed by Vizier Ṣufiyyuddīn b. Shukr as a lecturer (mudarris) at the al-Amīnīya madrasa. He was engaged in his own affairs. Later, he was appointed deputy of the Bayt al-Māh in Damascus. He was sent by the ruler of Damascus as an envoy to various sovereigns and caliphs. After dismissing Zaki Ibn az-Zakī, Malik Muʿaẓẓam appointed him as chief judge of Damascus and, upon completion of its construction, also as lecturer of the great ʿAdiliyya madrasa. He gave the first lesson there. In this lesson, as we have also mentioned in previous sections, the notables and nobles (ʿayyān wa ashraf) were present. He used to say, "First, tafsīr (Qur'anic exegesis) lessons should be given." After completing tafsīr from beginning to end, he would say, "After tafsīr, the lesson on fiqh comes." He placed great importance on the authentication of records (sijill). Every morning, and on Tuesdays throughout the day, he gathered all the witnesses of the city and those who had documents to authenticate at the portico (aywān) of the ʿAdiliyya madrasa. He summoned the witnesses before him, and they presented their testimonies. In this way, he verified the records. Every Friday afternoon, after the ʿAṣr prayer, he would sit at the Mashhad of ʿUthmān beside Kamāl al-Shibāqī and issue judgments until the evening prayer, sometimes until the night prayer. He frequently engaged in scholarly discussions and devoted himself to knowledge. He followed a good path. No one ever claimed that he took anything from anyone.
Abū Shāma said: He was criticized solely because he advised some heirs to settle with the Bayt al-Māl (public treasury). He was also censured for appointing his son Ṭājj Muḥammad, who did not have a good conduct, as his deputy. But he himself was a chaste, dignified, and awe-inspiring person. He claimed to be from the Shayba branch of the Quraysh tribe. For this reason, people spoke against him. After him, Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad b. Khalīl al-Juwaynī was appointed as judge.
Jamal al-Miṣrī passed away in the month of Rabīʿ al-Awwal of this year. He was buried in his house located in Rās al-Darb al-Rayḥān near the Damascus Mosque. Today, he is buried in the latticework east of the Madrasa al-Ṣadriyya. This tomb was, naturally, inside his house. Because his tomb was inside his house, the satirical poet Ibn ʿAnīn wrote the following poem:
"Jamal al-Miṣrī completed his work perfectly. Because he took his tomb inside his house. Thus, the living were saved from stoning him. And he kept the dead away from his own fire."