Abu Hatim al-Razi: He is truthful, he came to al-Qawariri and asked him about hadiths, so he narrated to him
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: He used to send Hanbal ibn Ishaq to Ibn Sa'd every Friday to take from him two parts of al-Waqidi's hadith, to look at them until the following Friday, then return them and take others
Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Harbi: Ahmad ibn Hanbal used to send Hanbal ibn Ishaq to Ibn Sa'd every Friday to take from him two parts of al-Waqidi's hadith, to look at them until the following Friday, then return them and take others. Ibrahim said, 'If he had gone to hear them, it would have been better for him
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Truthful, excellent, and he said in al-Lisan: One of the great, trustworthy, and knowledgeable hafiz
Al-Husayn ibn al-Fadl al-Baghdadi: He was very knowledgeable, with many hadiths, narrations, seeking knowledge, and books. He wrote hadiths and other books on gharib and fiqh
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: He is among the people of justice, and his hadith indicates his truthfulness, as he is cautious in many of his narrations. Perhaps Mus'ab al-Zubayri mentioned to Yahya a hadith from him from the strange things he narrates, and attributed it to lying
Al-Dhahabi: Hafiz, truthful, and once: the knowledgeable, authoritative hafiz
Yahya ibn Ma'in: Liar