He also narrated from: ʿAbd Allah ibn Dinar, Zayd ibn Aslam, Rabiʿa al-Raʾy, Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, Abu Tuwala, Hisham ibn ʿUrwa, Thawr ibn Zayd, Abu Hazim al-Aʿraj, al-ʿAlaʾ ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman, Yahya ibn Saʿid and his brother Saʿd ibn Saʿid, ʿUmara ibn Ghaziyya, Muʿawiya ibn Abi Muzarrid, Khuthaym ibn ʿIraq, Sharik ibn Abi Namir, ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿUmar, Yunus ibn Yazid, Abu Wajza al-Saʿdi, ʿAmr ibn Abi ʿAmr, Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi ʿAtiq, and many others besides.
He was counted among the great vessels of knowledge.
Only a small number of reports were transmitted from him by his son Ayyub.
One man is also said to have passed on a complete collection from him.
Among those who related hadith from him are: Abu Bakr ʿAbd al-Hamid ibn Uways, Khalid ibn Makhlad, Abu Wahb, Saʿid ibn ʿUfair, Abu ʿAmir al-ʿAqadi, Marwan ibn Muhammad al-Tatari, Musa ibn Dawud, Mansur ibn Salama al-Khuzaʿi, Yahya ibn Hassan, Yahya ibn Salih al-Wuhazi, Yahya ibn Yahya, Saʿid ibn Abi Maryam, al-Qaʿnabi, ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Mubarak—despite his seniority—, Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn ʿAthma, Luwayn, ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Uwaysi, Ishaq al-Farawi, Ismaʿil ibn Abi Uways, and many others.
Ahmad, Ibn Maʿin, and al-Nasaʾi declared him reliable.
Ahmad ibn Hanbal said, “There is nothing objectionable about him; he is trustworthy.”
Yahya ibn Maʿin said, “He is dearer to me than al-Darawardi.”
Muhammad ibn Saʿd said, “He was of Berber origin, handsome, well-presented, and intelligent. He issued legal opinions in Medina and was in charge of its land tax (1). He was trustworthy and transmitted a great many hadiths.”
Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Dhuhli said, “Ibn Abi ʿAtiq—his full name is Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr—so far as I know, no one narrated from him except Sulayman ibn Bilal.”
Ayyub ibn Sulayman told me, “I do not know of anyone in Medina who transmitted from him other than my father.”