He heard aḥādīth from Ahmad ibn Shaybān al-Ramli, Abū Umayyah al-Tarsusi, Muḥammad ibn Ḥammād al-Tihrani, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam al-Qiṭri, and others.

Those who transmitted from him include: Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Manda, Ibn Jumayʿ, the ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Azdi, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Naḥḥās, al-Khaṣīb ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj al-Ishbīlī, and his grandson Muḥammad ibn Dhakwān al-Tinnīsī—a teacher of al-Ḥabbāl—as well as a number of others.

Ibn Yūnus said, “He is reliable; he possesses sound audition certificates in his father’s books.”

He died in Shaʿbān 345 AH at the age of ninety-five.

The highest chains of transmission in Egypt ended with him, and he was the senior-most shaykh of ʿAbd al-Ghanī.

He also narrated—by written authorization—from Aḥmad ibn Shaybān.

Some people say, “ʿUthmān ibn Aḥmad narrated to us,” ascribing him to his grandfather.

ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim informed us; in our presence Abū al-Qāsim the judge informed us; ʿAlī ibn al-Musallam informed us; al-Ḥusayn ibn Ṭalab informed us; Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad informed us; ʿUthmān ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; Aḥmad ibn Shaybān narrated to us; Sufyān narrated from al-Zuhri, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said:

“The Prophet ﷺ dispatched a detachment toward the area of Najd. The allotted share came to twelve camels each, and the Prophet ﷺ granted us an additional camel apiece as a bonus.” (1)