Abu Hatim ibn Hibban al-Busti: Upright in Hadith
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani: Not reliable
Abu Zur'ah al-Razi: Denier of Hadith, and once said: Not truthful
Abu Sa'd al-Sam'ani: Trustworthy
Abu Sa'id al-Sirafi: Scholar of language and poetry, narrated much from al-Asma'i
Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa'i: Abandoned in Hadith
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Trustworthy
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: Trustworthy
Al-Dhahabi: Trustworthy, a scholar of Arabic language and poetry
Tha'lab al-Nahwi: He preferred him and gave him precedence
Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari: Denier of Hadith
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Naysaburi: Denier of Hadith
Muslima ibn al-Qasim al-Andalusi: Trustworthy, a master of Arabic