son of al-Ḥasan ibn Bishr, better known as al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī.

He narrated ḥadith from his own father, Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd, ʿAlī ibn Ḥujr, Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Tirmidhī, ʿUtbah ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Marwazī, Yaḥyā Khatt, Sufyān ibn Wakīʿ, ʿAbbād ibn Yaʿqūb al-Rawājini (1), and others of their rank.

A man of travel and broad learning, he authored several works and enjoyed many distinctions.

Among those who transmitted from him were Yaḥyā ibn Manṣūr al-Qāḍī, al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, and other shaykhs of Nīshāpūr, for he visited the city and taught there in 285 AH.

He met Abū Turāb al-Nakhshabī and kept company with Aḥmad ibn Khadrawayh (2) and Yaḥyā ibn al-Jallāʾ (3).

He possessed maxims, admonitions, and a commanding presence—save for a single lapse that once appeared from him.

Among his sayings:
“Nothing in this world is a heavier load than showing kindness; whoever treats you kindly has securely bound you, while whoever shuns you has set you free.” (4)

He also said, “It is enough of a defect for a person to rejoice in what harms him.” (5)

And he said, “Whoever is ignorant of the qualities of servitude is even more ignorant of the attributes of lordship.” (6)