Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i: I have not seen anyone like him
Abu al-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi: Trustworthy, righteous, and devout
Abu Hatim al-Razi: Trustworthy, and once said: He reached the Companions, but no hearing from them has been established for him
Ahmad ibn Salih al-Jili: Trustworthy
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Trustworthy, learned reciter
al-Dhahabi: One of the scholars of Kufa
Habib ibn Abi Thabit al-Asadi: I have not seen anyone like him
Ziyad ibn Kulayb al-Kufi: I have not seen anyone like him, and once said: He left no one like him after him and praised him
Salamah ibn Kuhayl al-Hadrami: I have not seen anyone like him
Shu'bah ibn al-Hajjaj: He left no one like him after him
Abd al-Malik ibn Abjar: I have not seen anyone like him, and I have not seen him among a people except that I saw his superiority over them
Muhammad ibn Sa'd Kathir al-Waqidi: Trustworthy, and he has authentic hadiths
Mahiuddin al-Nawawi: They agreed on his eminence, his leadership, his abundance of knowledge of the Quran and other things, and his piety
Yahya ibn Ma'in: Trustworthy, and once said: Talha, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather, that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 'It is nothing.' They say: He has no companionship