He transmitted hadith from: Yahya ibn Bukayr, Ruh ibn Salah, Yusuf ibn ‘Adi, Muhammad ibn Sinan al-‘Awqi, Musaddad, Isma‘il ibn Abi Uways, Sa‘id ibn Mansur, Ahmad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Yunus, Muhammad ibn al-Minhal al-Darir, Hudbah ibn Khalid, ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Asma’, Umayyah ibn Bistam, Abu Nasr al-Tammar, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, ‘Ubayd Allah ibn Muhammad al-‘Ayshi, Ibrahim ibn Hamzah al-Zubayri, Sulayman (the grandson of Shurahbil), Mahbub ibn Musa al-Antaki, ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn ‘Imran ibn Miqlas, Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir al-Hizami, Abu al-Rabi‘ al-Zahrani, and others of their standing.
Hadith was narrated from him by: Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Saghani, Muhammad ibn Isma‘il al-Bukhari—both of whom were older than he—Abu Hamid ibn al-Sharqi, Ibn Khuzaymah, Abu al-‘Abbas al-Daghuli, Abu Bakr ibn Ishaq al-Sibghi, Abu ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Akhram, Yahya ibn Muhammad al-‘Anbari, Da‘laj al-Sijzi, ‘Ali ibn Hamshadh, Isma‘il ibn Nujayd, and many others, the last of whom was Abu al-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Jum‘ah, who died one year after Ibn Nujayd.
Da‘laj said: A jurist from among the companions of Dawud ibn ‘Ali told me that Abu ‘Abd Allah once entered their gathering and sat at the back. He then spoke with Dawud, who was impressed and said, “Are you, perchance, Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Bushanji?”
He replied, “Yes.”
Dawud rose to meet him, seated him beside himself, and said, “Someone has come to you who imparts benefit yet seeks no benefit for himself.” (1)
Abu Zakariyya al-‘Anbari said: I attended the funeral of al-Husayn al-Qabbani, and Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Bushanji led us in the funeral prayer over him. When the people were about to disperse, the mount of Abu ‘Abd