He heard from: Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, Qutaybah ibn Saʿid, Ibrahim ibn Yusuf, Abu Kurayb, ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿImran al-ʿAbidi, Hisham ibn ʿAmmar, Muhammad ibn Musaffa, Humayd ibn Masʿadah, Ibn Abi ʿUmar al-ʿAdani, and many others.
He compiled a Musnad collection and other works.
Among those who narrated from him were: Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Haniʾ, Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Hashimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya, and others.
He was still teaching in 303 AH. I have not located the date of his death.
His namesake, the hadith scholar:
74 – Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Busti (with a dotless sīn).
He heard from Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah al-Bazzar and scholars of his generation. He is linked to the city of Bust (1) in the province of Sijistan, beyond the region of Herat.
Abu Hatim ibn Hibban al-Busti and others transmitted from him. He lived on until around 300 AH.