Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-ʿAṭṭār; Abū al-Qāsim Ibn ʿAsākir (1); Abū al-Ḥasan al-Murādī; Ibn Yāsir al-Jayyānī; Abū al-Khayr al-Qazwīnī; Ibn Ṣadaqah al-Ḥarrānī; Abū Saʿd ibn al-Ṣaffār; ʿAbd al-Salām ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Akāf; ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Shaʿrī; Manṣūr ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim al-Farāwī; Abū al-Futūḥ Muḥammad ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Fāṭimī; Abū al-Mafākhir Saʿīd ibn al-Maʾmūnī; al-Muʾayyad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī, and several others.

By written authorization, the qāḍī Abū al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḥarastānī and others likewise transmitted from him.

ʿAbd al-Ghāfir mentions him in his Siyaq, saying: “He was the jurist of the Sacred Precinct—outstanding in jurisprudence and legal theory, a guardian of foundational maxims. Raised among the Sufis, he was favored with the blessing of their spiritual breath. He studied legal theory and Qur’anic exegesis with Zayn al-Islām al-Qushayrī, then attended the lessons of Imām Abū al-Maʿālī, clinging to his teaching for as long as he lived. He mastered the law, set down its principles in writing, and came to be numbered among that imam’s celebrated disciples. He performed the pilgrimage, held study circles in Baghdad and other lands, displayed his knowledge in the Two Holy Sanctuaries, and there left a lasting impression and reputation. He never strayed beyond the scholars’ proper bounds nor the righteous servants’ way of humility and simplicity in dress and livelihood. Quietly he earned his living by drafting legal contracts, being connected by marriage to the Shihāmiyya circle. He taught at the Nāṣihiyya school, led the prayers in the Muṭarraz Mosque, and there convened a weekly dictation session every Sunday. His preaching gatherings overflowed with benefit and heartfelt counsel. He narrated the Two Ṣaḥīḥs and al-Khaṭṭābī’s Gharīb al-Ḥadīth. May Allah lengthen his days and extend his respite, so that the Muslims may continue to enjoy the benefit granted through him.”