Abu Bakr al-Barqani: Trustworthy, eminent, and an authority, and once: The most steadfast and noblest of people
Abu Abd Allah al-Hakim al-Naysaburi: The Shaykh of the Arabs in our land, truthfulness was prevalent in his narrations, I accompanied him for nearly thirty years and never saw him abandon the night prayer, and he would read a seventh of the Quran every night, and once he went out with us for ten days on a military expedition
Al-Dhahabi: He was an eminent and respected authority, and once: The Imam, the Hafez, the most noble example
Abd al-Hayy ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali: The Hafez