Abu Dawud al-Sijistani: Thiqah (Trustworthy)
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: Thiqah Salih al-Hadith (Trustworthy, Righteous in Hadith), and once: Thiqah Thiqah Salih al-Hadith
Ahmad ibn Shuayb al-Nasa'i: Thiqah (Trustworthy)
Ibn Abi Hatim al-Razi: Shaykh (Scholar)
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani: Shaykh Saduq (Scholar, Truthful)
Al-Daraqutni: Ahmad praised him
Al-Dhahabi: Saduq (Truthful)
Yahya ibn Ma'in: Thiqah (Trustworthy), La ba's bihi (No problem with him), and in the narration of al-Mufaddal ibn al-'Ala': Munkar al-Hadith (Rejector of Hadith)