He narrated from al-Aʿmash, ʿAbd al-Aʿlā ibn Abī al-Musāwir, Misʿar, and a number of others.
Transmitters who reported from him include ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭanafisī, Muḥammad ibn Muṣaffā, Muḥammad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Karāmah, Aḥmad ibn Sinān, and many more.
He made frequent journeys to Iraq, and Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal spoke highly of him.
Aḥmad ibn Sinān al-Qaṭṭān related: Abū Muʿāwiyah said to us, “Write down the narrations of Yaḥyā ibn ʿĪsā, for I have often seen him with al-Aʿmash.” (1)
Al-Nasāʾī remarked, “He is not strong.”
Muḥammad ibn Muṣaffā reported: “Yaḥyā ibn ʿĪsā narrated to us; al-Aʿmash narrated to us, saying: ‘The people of Basra differed concerning public storytelling, so they came to Anas and asked, “Did the Prophet ﷺ deliver stories?” He replied, “No. He was only sent with the sword.”’” (2)
It is said that he died in 202 AH.
152 – al-Jārūd ibn Yazīd, Abū al-Ḍaḥḥāk al-ʿĀmirī *
The eminent jurist, Abū al-Ḍaḥḥāk al-ʿĀmirī of Naysābūr.