Abu Bakr ibn al-Muqri al-Asbahani: The great, righteous, and trustworthy sheikh
Ahmad ibn Kamil al-Shajari: He preferred him over all his peers in judgment, narration, and justice
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: Trustworthy, upright, an authority known for his righteousness and worship
Al-Daraqutni: In the questions of Abi Abd al-Rahman al-Salami, he said: Trustworthy and reliable
Al-Dhahabi: The Judge, the scholar, the Hadith memorizer, the trustworthy