He transmitted hadith ⦗1⦘, and his poetry was graceful and translucent; he coined ⦗2⦘ fresh and elegant meanings. Among his verses are the following:

From the ṭawīl metre ⦗3⦘:
When I tested people, seeking ⦗4⦘ a loyal brother at the onset of hardship,
I hoped—in times of ease and of distress—and called out among the living, “Is there any helper?”
Yet, in what pained me I found none but a gloater, and in what pleased me none but a jealous one.
So I renounced the affection of all mankind, and went my way, turning to none but One.

You two, my eyes, enjoyed a single glance ⦗5⦘, yet you drove my heart to the bitterest waters;
My eyes, desist from my heart—for it is oppression when two join forces to slay one.

The jurist ⦗6⦘ Qadi ʿIyad ibn Musa al-Sabti ⦗7⦘, famed for his beneficial works, also composed poetry. Among his lines are:

From the basit metre:
Allah knows that since I have not seen you, I am like a bird whose two wings have lost their feathers;
Could I manage it, I would ride the sea toward you, for your distance from me has brought about my ruin.

Ibn Khallikan ⦗8⦘ wrote an exceptionally fine biographical notice of him ⦗9⦘.

ʿIsa ibn Hibat Allah ibn ʿIsa, Abu ʿAbd Allah al-Naqqash ⦗10⦘, heard hadith, and was born in 457 AH.