His kunyah (teknonym) was Abū Aḥmad al-Ṭabarānī. He listened to ḥadīth in Mecca, Baghdad, and other cities.
He was honored and noble, and ʿAbdulghani b. Saʿīd heard ḥadīth from him. Afterwards, he resided near Mount Banyas in Damascus.
He devoted himself to exalted worship until he passed away in the month of Rabīʿ al-Awwal of that year.