His name soon became renowned. He was a dignified notable of substantial wealth, to the point that he financed, out of his own pocket, the construction of a city wall for Seville.

Those who transmitted hadith from him include: the ḥadīth master ʿAbd al-Khāliq ibn Aḥmad al-Yūsufī; the judge Aḥmad ibn Khalaf al-Ishbīlī; al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Qurṭubī; Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Fihrī; the ḥadīth master Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Khathʿamī al-Suhaylī; Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Fakhkhār; Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf ibn Saʿādah; Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Kutāmī; Muḥammad ibn Jābir al-Thaʿlabī; Najabah ibn Yaḥyā al-Ruʿaynī; ʿAbd al-Munʿim ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-Khalūf al-Gharnāṭī; ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Labbāl al-Sharīshī; and many others. Under his instruction a number of leading imams completed their training.

The last individuals in al-Andalus to narrate from him by ijāzah were Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Shaqūrī and Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar al-Khazrajī, the merchant, in 616 AH. The latter introduced into al-Andalus a lofty isnād and a copious body of learning.

He was sharp-witted, eloquent, gracious in manners, and consummately noble. He served as chief judge (qāḍī) of Seville, where his administration was applauded. Yet because of his firmness and imposing authority he was later removed from office, after which he devoted himself wholly to the dissemination and documentation of knowledge.