Abu Bakr al-Barqani: He was not good at hadith. I asked him to read some hadith to me, so he took his book and did not know what to say, except that what he heard was correct from his brother.
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: Trustworthy
Abd al-Hayy ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali: He was ignorant, he could neither read nor write