Those who transmitted his narrations included: al-Bukhari, Abu Dawud, al-Nasa’i, al-Qazwini, Abu Muhammad al-Darimi, Abu Hatim, the two Abu Zur‘ahs—one from Rayy and the other from Damascus—Baqiyy ibn Makhlad, Ibrahim al-Harbi, Ahmad ibn al-Mu‘alla, his two sons ‘Amr and Ibrahim, Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Baghandi, Ahmad ibn Ayyub—the father of al-Tabarani—Zakariyya, nicknamed “the Tailor of the Sunnah,” Muhammad ibn Khuraym al-‘Uqayli, Ibn Qutaybah al-‘Asqalani, ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Attab al-Zifti, Ja‘far al-Firyabi, Muhammad ibn Bishr ibn Mamuwyah, and a host of others.
Ibn Abi Hatim said: He was known as “Duḥaym the Orphan.” I heard my father say, “Duḥaym could discern and preserve (hadith); he is reliable.”
Al-Nasa’i said: “Reliable, trustworthy.”
Abu Ahmad al-Hakim stated: “Duḥaym served as judge in al-Ramla for a time.”
Those who heard from him included Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Dhuhli and al-Hasan ibn Shabib al-Ma‘mari.
Abu Bakr al-Khatib remarked: “He lectured in Baghdad in earlier days, and among the Baghdadis who narrated from him were al-Hasan al-Za‘farani, al-Ramadi, Hanbal, ‘Abbas al-Duri, and Ibrahim al-Harbi.”
He adhered to the legal school of al-Awza‘i.
‘Abdan related: I heard al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Baḥr say, “Duḥaym came to Baghdad in the year 212 AH; I saw my father, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Yahya ibn Ma‘in, and Khalaf ibn Salim sitting before him like little boys.”
I (the author) say: These men were older than he, yet they honored him as the arriving scholar and respected him for his mastery of memorization.
Ahmad al-‘Ijli said: “Duḥaym is reliable; he used to journey repeatedly to Baghdad, and they mentioned the faction—”