dˈʊɹɹɪŋ hɪz lˈæɾɚ tˈɛnjɚɹ æz ɐ dʒˈʌdʒ ɪn dɐmˈæskəs, ˈæl ˈɪz bɪkˌeɪm ɛmbɹˈɔɪld ɪn kˈɑːntɹəvˌɜːsi dˈuː tə hɪz vjˈuːz ðæt ˈælə hɐz ɐ dᵻɹˈɛkʃən, hˈɛl ɪz nˌɑːt ɪtˈɜːnəl ænd hɪz sˈɛnʃɚɹ ʌv ˈɪbən ˈaɪbʌks kjˈuː ɐ lˌɛɾɚwˈʌnˈiːsˈɪksθɹˈiː ˌaɪtˈɪldə dˈiː ɐ ˈeɪtʃ pˈoʊᵻm, hˌuːz kˈɑːntɛnts hiː hˈɛld tə kˈɑːnstɪtˌuːt dˌɪsbᵻlˈiːf.
During his latter tenure as a judge in Damascus, al-'Izz became embroiled in controversy due to his views that Allah has a direction, Hell is not eternal and his censure of Ibn Aybuk's qaṣĩdah (poem), whose contents he held to constitute disbelief.