and al-Munkadir ibn Muḥammad, Bashīr ibn Ṭalḥah, and a number of others.
He was not greatly versed in ḥadith.

Those who narrated from him were his two sons—Sulaym and Dāwūd—together with Zuhayr ibn ʿAbbād, Aḥmad ibn Manīʿ, ʿAlī ibn Khushram, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yūnus al-Raqqī, Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥārith, and others.

He preached in Iraq, Syria, and Egypt; his fame spread far and wide, and crowds thronged to hear him. Within himself he combined asceticism, devotion, and awe of Allah, and his sermons left a deep impression on hearts.

Abū Ḥātim said, “He is a man of exhortations, but not strong (as a transmitter).”

Ibn ʿAdī said, “His ḥadith is munkar (irregular).”

Al-Dāraquṭnī said, “He transmits from weak narrators traditions that have no supporting chains.”

Ibn Yūnus recorded in his History that al-Layth ibn Saʿd attended one of his sermons, was impressed, and sent him 1,000 dinars.

It was also said that al-Layth granted him fifteen faddāns of land, and that Ibn Luhayʿah granted him five faddāns.

Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah said, “We were with Ibn ʿUyaynah when Manṣūr ibn ʿAmmār asked him about the Quran. Ibn ʿUyaynah rebuked him and pointed at him with his staff.

Someone said, ‘O Abū Muḥammad, he is a devout worshipper.’
He replied, ‘I see him as nothing but a devil.’ (1)”

ʿAbdaka al-ʿĀbid reported: It was said to Manṣūr, “You deliver such words, yet we observe certain things from you!”
He answered, “Then count me a pearl lying on a dunghill.”

Aḥmad ibn Abī al-Ḥawārī said, “I heard ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muṭarrif say:”}