Abu al-Qasim ibn Bashkuwal: From Kufa, resided in Mecca, virtuous, trustworthy
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah: If there was any good in us, we would have written down his words
Abu Hatim al-Razi: Truthful
Abu Hatim ibn Hibban al-Busti: Mentioned him among the trustworthy and praised him
Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa'i: Trustworthy, reliable, a righteous man
Ahmad ibn Salih al-Jili: Trustworthy
Ibrahim ibn al-Ash'ath, servant of al-Fudail ibn 'Iyad: In the beginning, he used to rob travelers between Abiward and Merv, and the reason for his asceticism was that he heard a reciter reciting (Has the time not come for those who believe that their hearts should be humbled at the remembrance of Allah), so he said: Yes, the time has come, and he entered into asceticism
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Trustworthy, worshiper, Imam, famous ascetic
Al-Daraqutni: Trustworthy
Al-Dhahabi: Trustworthy, highly regarded
Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah: Trustworthy
Sharik ibn 'Abd Allah al-Nakha'i: An authority for the people of his time
Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi: Righteous, but not a Hadith scholar
Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak al-Marwazi: Whenever I looked at him, it renewed my grief and made me despise myself, then he cried
Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah al-'Absi: Trustworthy, truthful, but not an authority
Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari: He died in Mecca in 187
Muhammad ibn Sa'd, scribe of al-Waqidi: Trustworthy, upright, narrated many Hadiths
Muhammad ibn 'Amr al-Mawsili: He considered him an authority