Writing about him Abu 'l-Faraj Isfahani has made available to us the valuable pearls of wisdom that he left behind. For further details it is worth while studying "Nasmatu 's-sahr min tashayyu' wa shi'r".
'Allamah al-Dhahabi ameandika kuhusu huyu bwana katika kitabu chake Mizan al-I'tidal kuwa Ibn 'Adi alikuwa na mazoea ya kusema kuwa yeye alikuwa akilaumiwa kwa kuwa Mshia shupavu.