His line of descent is: Hasan bin Ali - Hasan - Abdallah - Musa - Abdallah as-Salih - Sulayman - Da'ud - Abu Fatiq Abdallah - Abd ar-Rahman - Abu Tayyib Da'ud - Wahhas - Hamza bin Wahhas.
Sedangkan murid-muridnya yang masyhur adalah Al-Hakim bin 'Utaibah, Abu Ishaq As-Sabi'i, Suhai bin Abi Shalih, Muhammad bin Wasi', Jarir bin Hazim, Abu Bakar bin Ayyash, Syaiban An-Nahwi, Abdullah bin Idris, Ibnul Mubarak, Isa bin Yunus, Fudhail bin 'Iyadh, Al-Khuraibi, Hasyim, Abu Syihab Al-Hanath, Abu Nu'aim, Abdullah bin Musa dll.