He narrated from a host of the Companions—most of those transmissions are mursal (with a missing link).
Among those from whom he related are: Thawban, Abu Umamah al-Bahili, Muʿawiyah, Abu Hurayrah, al-Miqdam ibn Maʿdikarib, Ibn ʿUmar, ʿUtbah ibn ʿAbd, ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr, ʿAbd Allah ibn Busr al-Mazani, Dhu Mikhbar the nephew of the Negus, Jubayr ibn Nufayr, Hujr ibn Hujr, Rabiʿah ibn al-Ghazi, Khiyar ibn Salamah, ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi Hilal, ʿAmr ibn al-Aswad—who is ʿUmayr—Kathir ibn Murrah, Malik ibn Yakhamir, Abu Bahriyah, Abu Ruhm al-Samaʿi, and others.
He also transmitted mursal reports from Muʿadh ibn Jabal, Abu al-Dardaʾ, ʿAishah, ʿUbadah ibn al-Samit, Abu ʿUbaydah ibn al-Jarrah, and others.
Those who narrated from him include: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Taymi, Hassan ibn ʿAtiyyah, ʿAmir ibn Jashib, Fudayl ibn Fadalah, Thawr ibn Yazid (1), al-Ahwas ibn Hakim, Bahir ibn Saʿd, Safwan ibn ʿAmr, Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Shuʿaythi, Yazid ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi Malik, Ibrahim ibn Abi ʿAblah, his daughter ʿAbdah bint Khalid, and others; the last of them to pass away was Hariz ibn ʿUthman al-Rahabi.
He is counted among the foremost imams of jurisprudence.
Ibn Saʿd, al-ʿIjli, Yaʿqub ibn Shaybah, Ibn Khirash, and al-Nasaʾi all declared him reliable.
Ismaʿil ibn ʿAyyash narrated: “ʿAbdah bint Khalid and Umm al-Dahhak bint …”