He was counted among the aṣḥāb al-wujūh (1).
Al-Ḥākim said: “Of all the companions he best understood the school and the ordering of its issues. He studied jurisprudence under Abū Isḥāq and others, convened a circle for dialectical debate and another for public dictation, and dictated for a considerable period. He passed away in Jumādā al-Ākhirah of the year 384 AH, at the age of seventy-six—may Allah have mercy on him.”
Aḥmad ibn Hibat Allāh informed us; ʿAbd al-Muʿizz informed us; Zāhir informed us; Abū Saʿd Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm informed us; Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Sahl, the Imām, informed us; Makkī ibn ʿAbdān narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Bishr narrated to us; Mālik ibn Suʿayr narrated to us; al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Jābir—who said:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Aim for moderation and stay on course, for no one will be saved by his deeds.”
They asked, “Not even you, O Messenger of Allah?”
He placed his hand upon his head and replied, “Not even I, unless Allah envelops me in His mercy.”
331 – al-Marzubānī, Muḥammad ibn ʿImrān ibn Mūsā ibn ʿUbayd *
The meticulous polymath and authority on historical reports, Abū ʿUbayd Allah Muḥammad ibn ʿImrān ibn Mūsā