Abu Abd Allah al-Hakim al-Naysaburi: The Shaykh of honor in his time, with high ambition, apparent worship, and pure qualities, he was asked for narration but refused, then he finally agreed, I held a dictation council for him, and I selected a thousand hadiths for him
Al-Dhahabi: Truthful narrator
Abd al-Hayy ibn al-'Imad al-Hanbali: Righteous