Among those who narrated from him were his nephew ʿAdī ibn Aḥmad, Ibn Ṣāʿid, Ibn al-Munādī, Ibn Qāniʿ, Ismāʿīl al-Khuṭabī, Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Salm, Abū Bakr al-Shāfiʿī, Ibn al-Sammāk, and others. He also transmitted hadith in Baghdad. Al-Khaṭīb (1) declared him reliable. Ibn al-Munādī reported: “News of his death reached us from Adhana, stating that it occurred in Dhū al-Qaʿda of the year 292 AH.” Many people recorded traditions from him on account of his trustworthiness and precision.
19 – al-Nūsharī, Abū Mūsā ʿĪsā ibn Muḥammad *
He served as al-Muktafī’s deputy over Egypt. The commander, Abū Mūsā ʿĪsā ibn Muḥammad, held the governorship for five years, fought Muḥammad ibn al-Khalīj, consolidated his rule, and maintained control of the province until his death in Shaʿbān 297 AH—his tenure thus lasting five years.
20 – Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿUbayd Allah al-Naysābūrī **
The son of Muḥammad ibn Ṭughān, he was an authoritative imam, firmly reliable, and highly proficient—Abū al-Faḍl al-Naysābūrī, commonly known as “al-Turk.”