Abu Ya'la al-Khalili: Too famous to be mentioned, a scholar in many sciences, an Imam
Ahmad ibn Ali al-Sulaymani: He is biased towards the Shiites, Al-Dhahabi refuted him by saying: This is an accusation based on false suspicion
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Isfarayini: If a man traveled to China just to obtain the Tafsir of Muhammad ibn Jarir, it would not be too much
Ibn Khallikan: He was an Imam in many sciences, and he was trustworthy in his narration
Al-Adnawi: One of the Imams
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: He was knowledgeable in the Sunnah and its paths, its Sahih and its weak narrations, its abrogating and abrogated narrations, knowledgeable of the sayings of the Companions and the Followers, and those who came after them among those who differed in rulings, and matters of Halal and Haram
Al-Daraqutni: People spoke about him in various ways
Al-Dhahabi: Trustworthy, truthful, with slight Shiite tendencies and loyalty that does not harm, and once: One of the great Imams of Islam, the relied upon
Al-Qifti: The Imam, the great scholar, the unique one of his time, and the unparalleled one of his era
Al-Mubarak ibn al-Athir al-Jazari: The most trustworthy in narrating history
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti: The Imam, the Hafiz
Khalil ibn Aybak al-Safadi: Trustworthy in his narration, and his history is the most accurate of histories, and once: He was an Imam in many sciences
Sibṭ ibn al-'Ajami: Sheikh of Islam, trustworthy, truthful, with Shiite tendencies and loyalty that does not harm
Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Subki: The Imam, the scholar
Imad al-Din ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi: One of the Imams of Islam in knowledge and deeds
Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Khuzaymah: I do not know anyone on the face of the earth more knowledgeable than him
Muhammad ibn al-Jazari al-Muqri: One of the prominent scholars