Those who narrated from him include his son ʿAbd Allah, al-Walid ibn Muslim, Ibn al-Mubarak, ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Wahid, Muhammad ibn Shabur, Ayyub ibn Suwayd, Husayn al-Juʿfi, and many others besides them.

Yahya ibn Maʿin and Abu Hatim regarded him as reliable.

Abu Mushir caught up with him and saw him but did not hear any hadith from him. We have also been informed that the caliph al-Mansur summoned him to Baghdad, so he went and presented himself before him.

Al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated from Ibn Jabir, who said:
“I used to ride pillion behind my father during the days of al-Walid. Sulayman ibn Yasar came to us, so my father invited him to the bathhouse and prepared food for him. In the time of Hisham ibn ʿAbd al-Malik I used to frequent the distribution offices.”

Sadaqah ibn Khalid likewise reported from Ibn Jabir, who said:
“Khalid ibn al-Lajlaj said to Makḥul, ‘Ask this man—meaning Ibn Jabir—about what has happened and what has not.’”

Ahmad ibn Hanbal said, “There is nothing objectionable about Ibn Jabir.”

Al-Walid said, “I heard ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Yazid ibn Jabir say, ‘Do not record knowledge except from one who is known for pursuing hadith.’”

Abu ʿUbayd and Khalifah ibn Khayyat said he died in 153 AH, while Abu Mushir and a group of others said he passed away in 154 AH.

As for his companion and namesake:

58 – ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Yazid ibn Tamim al-Sulami, the Damascene *
A companion of Makḥul; the scholars unanimously judged him weak. Both men travelled to Iraq and narrated hadith there, and Abu Usamah also heard from this al-Sulami.