His brother Ishaq ibn Adam was one of the narrators of Ali al-Ridha (the eighth Shia Imam)[8] and his cousin Zakaria ibn Idris was also one of the narrators of Ja'far al-Sadiq (the sixth Shia Imam), Musa al-Kadhim (the seventh Shia Imam) and Ali al-Ridha (the eighth Shia Imam).[9]