He narrated from: his father—may Allah be pleased with him—ʿAli, ʿAmmar, Abu Dharr, ʿUthman, ʿAʾishah, ʿUthman ibn Abi al-ʿAs, Muʿawiyah, ʿImran ibn Husayn, ʿAbd Allah ibn Mughaffal al-Muzani, and others; and from Abu Muslim al-Jadhmi and Hakim ibn Qays ibn ʿAsim al-Minqari.
He also transmitted mursal reports from Ubayy ibn Kaʿb.
Those who narrated from him include: al-Hasan al-Basri, his brother Yazid ibn ʿAbd Allah, Abu al-Tayyah Yazid ibn Humayd, Thabit al-Bunani, Saʿid ibn Abi Hind, Qatadah, Ghailan ibn Jarir, Muhammad ibn Wasiʿ, Abu Nadrah al-ʿAbdi, Yazid al-Rishk, Humayd ibn Hilal, Saʿid al-Jurayri, his nephew ʿAbd Allah ibn Haniʾ ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Shikhkhir, ʿAbd al-Karim ibn Rushayd, Abu Naʿamah al-Saʿdi, and many others beside them.
Ibn Abi al-Khair informed us—through al-Labban; al-Haddad informed us; Abu Nuʿaym informed us; Yusuf al-Najirami (1) narrated to us; al-Hasan ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us; ʿAffan narrated to us; Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us—on the authority of Thabit, from Mutarrif ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Shikhkhir, from his father, who said:
“I came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was praying, and from his chest there issued a sound like the bubbling of a cauldron, caused by his weeping.” (2)