Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi: He was a devout worshiper, a scholar, a jurist, a debater, an arguer, and a diver into subtle meanings.
Abu Sa'id ibn Yunus al-Masri: Trustworthy
Abu Muhammad al-Fityani: He was trustworthy in religion, patient with little and coarse food.
Ibn Abi Hatim al-Razi: Truthful
Ibn Khalkan: The Imam of the Shafi'is, and the most knowledgeable of them in his ways, fatwas, and what is narrated from him
Al-Dhahabi: He was a leader in jurisprudence, but he did not have sufficient knowledge of hadith
Khayr al-Din al-Zirikli: He was a devout worshiper, a scholar, a jurist, and strong in argumentation.
Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Subki: The great Imam, the supporter of the madhhab, and the full moon of its sky, and once: He was a mountain of knowledge, a debater, and an arguer
Amr ibn Uthman: I have not seen anyone among the worshipers, in the many I have met, more diligent in worship than al-Muzani, nor more consistent in worship than him, and I have not seen anyone more respectful of knowledge and its people than him, and he was the strictest on himself in piety, and the most lenient on people in that
Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i: The supporter of my madhhab, and once: If Satan were to debate with him, he would defeat him