Abu Hatim al-Razi: Thiqah Muttaqin
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani: More noble than the son of Abu Fadak
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: Sheikh al-Islam, a righteous man
Ahmad ibn Shuayb al-Nasa'i: Thiqah
Ahmad ibn Salih al-Jalil: Thiqah, follower of the Sunnah
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Thiqah Hafiz
Abd al-Baqi ibn Qani' al-Baghdadi: Thiqah Mamun Thabt
Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah al-'Absi: Thiqah but not a Hujjah
Muhammad ibn Sa'd Kathir al-Waqidi: Thiqah Saduq, follower of the Sunnah and the Jama'ah