Abu Ahmad al-Hakim: He fabricated hadith
Abu Ahmad ibn Adi al-Jurjani: The texts of al-Waqidi's reports are not preserved, and he is between weak
Abu Bishr al-Dulabi: His hadith is abandoned
Abu Bakr al-Bayhaqi: He is not strong in hadith, and once: His narrations are not to be used as evidence
Abu Hatim al-Razi: His hadiths from the people of Medina from unknown sheikhs are Munkar, and once: He used to fabricate
Abu Hatim ibn Hibban al-Busti: He narrates from the trustworthy the reversed and from the proven the problematic, so much so that it may have crossed the mind that he was the one who deliberately did that
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani: I do not write down his hadith nor do I narrate from him what I suspect he fabricated
Abu Zur'a al-Razi: His hadith is abandoned, and once: Weak: So he was asked? Do you write down his hadith? He said: I am not surprised except that people abandoned his hadith
Abu 'Amr al-'Aqdi: The sheikhs and the hadiths are of no benefit except for him
Abu Muhammad al-Maseebi: Trustworthy, reliable
Abu Yahya Zakariya ibn Muhammad al-Azhari: Trustworthy, reliable
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: He abandoned him, and once: A liar, I have no doubt that al-Waqidi used to reverse them, meaning the hadiths
Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasai: He is not trustworthy, and once: The liars known for lying on the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he mentioned him, and once: His hadith is abandoned
Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Harbi: He was the most knowledgeable of the people about the affairs of Islam, as for the pre-Islamic period, he did not know anything about it
Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Jawzajani: He was not convincing
Ishaq ibn Rahawayh: He is among those who fabricate hadith
Isma'il ibn Zakariya: He abandoned him
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Abandoned despite his vast knowledge, and weak
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: Abandoned
Al-Daraqutni: He is disputed, weakness is evident in his hadith, and he once said: Others are more reliable than him
Al-Dhahabi: The consensus has settled on the weakness of al-Waqidi
Al-Shighani: Trustworthy
Al-Qasim ibn Salam al-Harawi: Trustworthy
Zakariya ibn Yahya al-Saji: He is accused, and once: His hadith is questionable and disputed
Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Darawardi: That is the Commander of the Faithful in hadith
Ali ibn al-Madini: I do not approve of him in hadith, nor in genealogy, nor in anything, and once: He is not in a position to narrate, and Ibrahim ibn Abi Yahya is a liar, and he is in my opinion better than al-Waqidi, and once: He has twenty thousand hadiths, meaning they have no basis, and once: He fabricates hadith, and once: His hadith is abandoned
Mujahid ibn Musa al-Khatli: I have not written from anyone who memorized more than him
Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Dahli: Trustworthy
Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i: All of al-Waqidi's books are lies, there were seven men in Medina who fabricated chains of narration, one of them was al-Waqidi
Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Maseebi: Trustworthy, reliable
Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari: His hadith is abandoned, and once: They remained silent about him
Muhammad ibn Bashshar al-'Abdi: I have not seen anyone who lies more than him
Muhammad ibn Sa'd, al-Waqidi's scribe: He was knowledgeable in battles, biography, conquests, and the differences of opinion among people in hadith
Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Makhrami: He abandoned him
Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr: He abandoned him, and once: As for his hadith here, it is mediocre, and as for the hadith of the people of Medina, they know it better
Muhyi al-Din al-Nawawi: Weak by their consensus
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Naysaburi: His hadith is abandoned
Mus'ab ibn Abdullah al-Zubayri: By Allah, I have never seen anyone like him, and once: Trustworthy, reliable
Mu'awiya ibn Salih al-Dimashqi: Weak
Ma'n ibn 'Isa al-Qazzaz: He was asked about him, so he said: I am being asked about al-Waqidi, al-Waqidi should be asked about me
Hashim ibn Bashir al-Wasiti: If he is a liar, there is no one like him in the world, and if he is truthful, there is no one like him in the world
Yahya ibn Ma'in: Weak, and once: He is nothing, and once: He used to reverse the hadith of Yunus, changing it from Ma'mar, he is not trustworthy
Yazid ibn Harun al-Ayli: Trustworthy
Ya'qub ibn Shaybah al-Sadusi: Trustworthy