He studied ḥadīth alongside his grandfather with Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maqdisī, d. 737 AH (1), and his grandfather authorized him to transmit his book Tarīkh al-Islām (History of Islam) (2).

2 – His son Abū al-Dardāʾ ʿAbd Allāh. He was born in 708 AH; his father arranged for him to hear from a large number of scholars, he narrated ḥadīth, and he died in Dhū al-Ḥijjah 754 AH (3).

3 – His son Shihāb al-Dīn Abū Hurayra ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. Born in 715 AH, he attended, together with his father, numerous ḥadīth booklets (4). He also learned from ʿĪsā al-Muṭʿim al-Dallāl, d. 719 AH. His father compiled for him forty ḥadīths drawn from nearly one hundred transmitters. He began teaching in 740 AH, and his death was delayed until Rabīʿ al-Ākhir 799 AH (5). He left a son named Muḥammad, who studied ḥadīth alongside his grandfather (6); the latter likewise granted him permission to transmit Tarīkh al-Islām (7).