Abu al-Fath ibn Abi al-Fawaris: If a man were to travel from Khurasan to hear a word from Abu al-Hasan al-Hamami or from Abu Ahmad al-Farisi, his journey would not be wasted in our opinion.
Abu al-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi: He was truthful, religious, virtuous, and of good belief.
Abu Sa'd al-Sam'ani: The reciter of the people of Baghdad, and their hadith scholar in his time
Abu Nasr ibn Makula: Trustworthy
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: Truthful, religious, virtuous, of good belief, and unique in the chains of narrations of the Quranic readings and their sciences in his time, and once: He was truthful, religious, virtuous, and unique in the chains of narrations of the Quranic readings and their loftiness
Al-Dhahabi: The highest chain of narration in the Quranic readings ended with him
Abd al-Hayy ibn al-'Imad al-Hanbali: The highest chain of narration in the Quranic readings ended with him
Muhammad ibn al-Jazari al-Muqri: Trustworthy, skilled, and prominent