Abu al-Fath al-Azdi: A man of anecdotes and entertainment, not from the people of Hadith
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: I do not know anything about him except good
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani: Maqbul (Acceptable)
al-Dhahabi: Thiqah (Reliable)
Musnifeen of Tahrir Taqrib al-Tahdhib: Saduq Hasan al-Hadith, narrated from by many, and mentioned by Ibn Hibban and Ibn Shaheen among the Thiqat, and we do not know of any criticism against him