He received his transmissions in Kūfa from Abū Nuʿaym al-Mulāʾī and others of that rank; in Damascus from Abū Mushir al-Ghassānī and his peers; in Ḥimṣ from ʿAlī ibn ʿAyyāsh, Abū al-Yamān, and several others; in Mecca from al-Ḥumaydī; in Tinnīs (1) from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf; in Egypt from Saʿīd ibn Abī Maryam and scholars of comparable standing; and in Iṣfahān from Bakr ibn Bakkār and al-Ḥusayn ibn Ḥafṣ.
Those who later narrated from him include Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Manda, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Yazīd, Abū Bakr ibn Abī Dāwūd, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar ibn Fāris, and many others besides them.
Ibn Abī Ḥātim said, “We heard from him, and he is trustworthy and truthful.” (2) Abū Shaykh remarked, “He was a precise memoriser.” Abū Nuʿaym al-Iṣbahānī added, “He ranked among the foremost memorisers and jurists.” Abū Shaykh also observed, “He used to review hadith with his colleagues.” (3)
He passed away in 267 AH.
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