Those who transmitted from him were Ismaʿil al-Saffar, Ibn Najih, Abu ʿUmar al-Zahid, Abu ʿAli ibn al-Sawwaf, Abu Bakr al-Shafiʿi, Abu al-Qasim al-Tabarani, Abu Bakr al-Qatiʿi, and a host of others.
He came from a family of dignity and noble lineage.
Al-Khatib said, “He was trustworthy, upright, intelligent, and steady.” (1)
Ibn al-Muqriʾ said, “Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Abi Khubzah narrated to us: I heard Bishr ibn Musa say, ‘I heard Abu Usamah say, “Hisham ibn ʿUrwah narrated to us,” and I remembered nothing from him beyond that.’” (2)
Ismaʿil al-Khattabi (3) said, “I heard Bishr ibn Musa narrate: ‘My maternal uncle Hayyan ibn Bishr al-Asadi took me to Yahya ibn Adam, and I prayed behind Abu ʿAmr al-Shaybani the grammarian; he recited Surah al-Sajdah and then made the prostration.’” (4)
Abu Bakr al-Khallal, the jurist, said, “Ahmad ibn Hanbal used to honor Bishr ibn Musa and even wrote a letter of recommendation for him to al-Humaydi in Mecca.” (5)
Al-Daraqutni declared him “trustworthy.”
Ismaʿil al-Khattabi reported that he died with four days remaining in Rabiʿ al-Awwal of the year 288 AH.