Ending the Ubaydid Khutba and Restoring the Abbasid Khutba in Egypt

Sources report that Saladin established the Friday sermon for the Abbasids in Egypt after the sermon for al-Adid, the last Fatimid caliph, was discontinued. The account places it in Muharram 567 AH. ¹

al-Suyuti quotes al-Imad al-Katib that Saladin established the sermon for the Banu al-Abbas on the first Friday in Egypt, and then on the second Friday in Cairo. al-Adid died on the day of Ashura, and Saladin took over the palace and what was in it. ¹

al-Suyuti quotes Ibn al-Athir that Nur al-Din wrote to Saladin ordering him to do so, and Saladin excused himself out of fear that the Egyptians would rise up. Then a non-Arab known as al-Amir al-Alim invoked al-Mustadi from the pulpit before the preacher spoke, and no one objected. Saladin therefore ordered the preachers, the following Friday, to stop the sermon for al-Adid. The sermon was made for the caliph al-Mustadi. ¹

The "Shadharat al-Dhahab" reports that al-Adid died soon after, and it was said that he died of grief. Saladin showed sorrow for him and sat to receive condolences. He then took over the palace, moved al-Adid's children and household to another place, and provided for their needs. ²

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