Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Atiqi: Trustworthy
Al-Dhahabi: He narrated from his memory a false hadith as if he made a mistake in it, and once: the sign
Abd al-Hayy ibn al-'Imad al-Hanbali: One of the great speakers, and he was the most knowledgeable of poetry in his time
Ubayd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Azhari: Trustworthy, and he was one of the speakers on the Ash'ari doctrine