His brother:

261 – ʿUthmān ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿammar ibn Abī ʿImāmah, the shaykh, long-lived, Abū al-Maʿālī ʿUthmān ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿammar ibn Abī ʿImāmah al-Baghdādī, nicknamed al-Baqqāl (the grocer).

He heard hadith from Abū Ṭālib ibn Ghaylān and ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Razzān. He studied literature with ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Barhān and al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Dahhān, yet transmitted only a small number of reports.

Ibn al-Najjār said: “He was difficult, his conduct was not commendable; he neglected the prayers and committed forbidden acts. Among those who narrated from him were Ibn al-Ikhwah and al-Silafī.”

Al-Silafī remarked: “He studied language with Ibn Barhān, but his mind was somewhat unsound, though his outward manner was good.”

Al-Samʿānī relates: “I heard ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Anmāṭī say: ‘We met Abū al-Maʿālī ibn Abī ʿImāmah in the Manṣūr Mosque. We had with us a fascicle and wished to read it to him. We asked him, but he refused; we persisted, whereupon he raised his voice and declared, “People, bear witness that I am a liar! It is unlawful for you to listen to a liar—get up and leave.” ’ ”

He was a satirical poet, sharp-tongued and abusive.

He died in Rabīʿ al-Awwal, 517 AH, at the age of ninety-one.