Muḥammad ibn Naṣr al-Marwazī, Abū Bakr ibn Abī Dāwūd, Ibn Khuzaymah, Muḥammad ibn ʿAqīl al-Balkhī, Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Maḥbūb, Ḥājib ibn Aḥmad al-Ṭūsī, and others besides them.

He composed a History of Marw.

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Ḥātim said: “ʿAlī ibn al-Junayd transmitted from him, and I saw my father linger in praising him, speaking of his learning and legal expertise.” ⦗1⦘

I say: He is counted among the Shāfiʿī jurists and was a ṣāḥib wajh—an authority whose independent opinions carry weight. He held that the adhān is obligatory only for the Friday prayer, and, following the school of Dāwūd, he maintained that raising the hands in the opening takbīrah of the prayer is likewise obligatory.

Some scholars of his era even likened him to Ibn al-Mubārak in knowledge and virtue—may Allah have mercy on them both.

Al-Bukhārī records in his Ṣaḥīḥ ⦗2⦘: “Aḥmad narrated to us; al-Muqaddamī narrated to us…,” and it has been said that the Aḥmad in that chain is this very man.

Al-Nasāʾī said, “Trustworthy,” and on another occasion, “There is nothing objectionable about him.”

Al-Dāraqutnī likewise declared him “trustworthy,” adding, “Ibn Ṣāʿid narrated from him.”

Ibn Abī Dāwūd remarked: “He was among the ḥuffāẓ—those who have committed hadith to memory.” ⦗3⦘