Abu Bakr al-Bayhaqi: He is one of the trustworthy ones
Abu Ja'far al-Nafi'li: He would be among the people of the Sunnah were it not for an affliction he had
Abu Hatim ibn Habban al-Busti: He was a good, virtuous scholar of the Quran readings, one of the pious hadith scholars
Abu 'Abd Allah al-Hakim al-Naysaburi: A trustworthy scholar, one of the leading Quran reciters
Abu 'Amr al-Dani: A trustworthy follower of the Sunnah, reliable
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: By Allah, in our view, he is trustworthy and reliable
Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa'i: Trustworthy
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Trustworthy, he had a preference in Quran readings
Al-Husayn ibn al-Fahm al-Baghdadi: I have not seen anyone more noble than him
Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Jiyani: One of the sheikhs of Muslim
Al-Daraqutni: He was a devout and virtuous worshiper
Al-Dhahabi: One of the noble imams, one of the prominent figures, and he had a preferred reading that I recite by
Yahya ibn Ma'in: Truthful and trustworthy, and once: It was not known what the hadith was