Abu Bakr al-Isma'ili: He was careless about drinking, but he was a Hafez (scholar of Hadith).
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: It is likely that he used to drink the controversial wine.
Ibn 'Asakir al-Dimashqi: A Hafez scholar, knowledgeable about the days of people.
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: A Hafez scholar, knowledgeable about the days of people and their conditions.
Al-Daraqutni: In the questions of Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami, he said: 'He knew and understood, but he was not that great, for he used to drink intoxicants and get drunk, so what good was his understanding, knowledge, and memorization? I wish he had not narrated, for the necessity of knowledge is action, as is clear.' And in the questions of al-Suhaymi, he said: 'He is righteous, and it was said that he may have consumed alcohol and become intoxicated once.'
Al-Dhahabi: A late Hafez scholar, but he used to drink intoxicants.
Muhammad ibn al-Muzzaffar al-Hafiz: I saw Ali ibn Siraj al-Masri drunk on the back of a man carrying him from a tavern.