Abu Zar'ah al-Razi: Truthful
Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasai: He called him Ali
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Acceptable
al-Daraqutni: Acceptable, he asserted that al-Sha'bi was mistaken in his name and kuniya, and once: al-Sha'bi was mistaken about him when he called him Ali, while he is Sahl, and he gave him the kuniya Abu al-Aswad while he is Abu al-Asad, and he said al-Hanafi and he is al-Qarari
al-Dhahabi: Reliable
Sulayman ibn Mihran al-A'mash: Sahl Abu al-Asad
Yahya ibn Ma'in: Reliable