Abu Bakr al-Bayhaqi: An Imam in himself, Trustworthy
Abu Hatim al-Razi: A Jurist, Follower of the Sunnah
Abu Hatim ibn Habban al-Busti: One of the Jurists of al-Sham, their Quran readers, their worshipers and their frontier warriors
Abu Abd Allah al-Hakim al-Naysaburi: Trustworthy
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: His Hadith is weak
Ahmad ibn Shuayb al-Nasa'i: Imam of the people of al-Sham
Ahmad ibn Salih al-Jili: Trustworthy
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani: Trustworthy, Great
al-Dhahabi: Sheikh al-Islam, the حافظ, the Jurist, the worshiper
al-Mizzi: Imam of the people of al-Sham in his time in Hadith and Fiqh
Sufyan ibn Uyaynah: Imam
Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi: An Imam in Hadith
Abd Allah ibn Dawud al-Khuraibi: The best of the people of his time
Amr ibn Ali al-Fallas: Reliable
Isa ibn Yunus al-Sabi'i: حافظ
Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i: I have not seen anyone whose Fiqh is more similar to his Hadith than al-Awza'i, and once: There was no one in al-Sham like al-Awza'i
Muhammad ibn Sa'd كاتب al-Waqidi: Trustworthy, Reliable, Truthful, Excellent, Good
Yahya ibn Ma'in: Trustworthy
Ya'qub ibn Shaybah al-Sadusi: Trustworthy, Reliable