Abu Hatim al-Razi: Saduq (Truthful)
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: Among the reliable narrators of Baghdad
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Thiqah (Trustworthy), and once: One of the reliable narrators upon whose trustworthiness and acceptance as a source there is consensus, and no weakening of him by Ibn al-Madini has been established
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: A حافظ (preserver) of the hadith of Shu'bah and others
Al-Dhahabi: Thiqah (Trustworthy)
Salih ibn Muhammad Juzrah: Saduq (Truthful)
Abd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf ibn Kharash: Saduq (Truthful)
Ali ibn al-Madini: Thiqah (Trustworthy)
Muhammad ibn Sa'd Katab al-Waqidi: Thiqah (Trustworthy), Saduq (Truthful) in hadith
Yahya ibn Ma'in: Thiqah (Trustworthy), and once: There was nothing wrong with him