Those who transmitted from him included the ḥadīth master Abū Mūsā, the ḥadīth master Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-ʿAṭṭār, and Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Naṣr al-Ṣaydalanī.

Abū Saʿd al-Samʿānī (1) said: “He was a righteous shaykh who taught Qurʾān recitation to children…,” after which he listed his teachers.

He died in Jumādā al-Ūlā of the year 513 AH. His brother Abū al-Muẓaffar Aḥmad lived on for several years after him, and his teacher Ibn Fūrak was among those who had narrated from al-Ṭabarānī.

Those who also died that year were: the Hanbalī authority Abū al-Wafā ʿAlī ibn ʿAqīl (2); the Chief Judge ʿAlī, son of the Chief Judge Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Dāmghānī; Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Sulamī ibn al-Mawāzīnī (3); Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Turkhān al-Turkī (4); the learned scholar Abū Saʿd al-Mubārak ibn ʿAlī al-Mukharrimī al-Hanbalī (5); and Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-Dūrī (6).

In that same year the Franks uncovered the Cave of Abraham—peace be upon him—opened it, and Abraham, together with his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob, was seen, their bodies showing no sign of decay. Gold and silver lamps were found with them as well. This event was recorded by Ḥamzah ibn Asad (7) in his History.