Those who transmitted from him were: Aḥmad al-Dawraqī; Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Jawharī; Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā al-Simsār—the broker, not al-ʿAnzī—Sariyy al-Saqaṭī; ʿUmar ibn Mūsā al-Jallāʾ; Ibrāhīm ibn Hāniʾ al-Naysābūrī; and many others besides them.

He rarely narrated fully-supported (musnad) reports.

He kept a tight rein on his own soul, for he was a leading figure in scrupulous piety and sincerity; later on he even buried his books.

Muʾammal ibn Muḥammad reported to us—by permission—saying: Zayd ibn al-Ḥasan informed us; Abū Manṣūr al-Shaybānī informed us; Abū Bakr al-Khaṭīb informed us; Abū Saʿd al-Mālinī informed me; ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Jaʿfar informed us; Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Sandalī narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā al-Simsār narrated to us: “I heard Bishr ibn al-Ḥārith say:

‘I heard al-ʿAwfī, from al-Zuhrī, from Anas, who said: The Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—had a signet ring made, wore it, and then discarded it.’”

Al-ʿAwfī is Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿd. (1)

It is related from Bishr that he was asked, “Will you not relate hadith?” He replied, “I certainly wish to narrate, but whenever I crave something, I give it up.” (2)

Isḥāq al-Ḥarbī said: “I heard Bishr ibn al-Ḥārith say, ‘Hadith is not among the provisions one takes for death.’ I said to him, ‘Yet you travelled to Abū Nuʿaym.’ He answered, ‘I repent to Allah.’” (3)

And Abū Ayyūb al-ʿAṭṭār reported that he heard Bishr say, “Ḥammād ibn Zayd narrated to us, then—”