Abu Hatim al-Razi: Trustworthy, and once: Yahya is comparable to Zuhri
Abu Hatim ibn Habban al-Busti: He mentioned him in al-Thiqat
Abu Zar'ah al-Razi: Trustworthy
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: The most firm of people, and once: Trustworthy, and once: How precise he was and how intense his scrutiny
Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa'i: Trustworthy, Firm, and once: Trustworthy, Reliable
Ahmad ibn Salih al-Jili: Medinese Successor, Trustworthy, and he had knowledge of jurisprudence
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Trustworthy, Firm
al-Dhahabi: The Imam, the Hadith Memorizer, the Proof
Jarir ibn 'Abd al-Hamid al-Dabi: I have not seen a nobler Sheikh than him
Hammad ibn Zayd al-Jahdami: Medina did not leave behind anyone more knowledgeable in jurisprudence than Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari
Sufyan al-Thawri: He was more respected among the people of Medina than Zuhri, and once: The memorizers of people are four, and he mentioned him among them
Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah: The Hadith scholars of Hijaz were: Ibn Shihab, Yahya ibn Sa'id, and Ibn Juraij, they would bring Hadith in its entirety
Abd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf ibn Kharash: One of the Imams, Medinese
Abd al-Mu'min ibn Khalaf al-Dimyati: He used to practice Tadlis (concealing a chain of narrators)
Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Habiba: An Imam of the Muslims
Ali ibn al-Madini: From the companions of sound Hadith and trustworthy narrators, and there is nothing in my heart against their Hadith, and once: He used to practice Tadlis, and once: I have not seen anyone more firm and knowledgeable of men than him
Muhammad ibn Sa'd Katb al-Waqidi: Trustworthy, Narrated many Hadiths, Proof, Firm
Hisham ibn 'Urwah al-Qurashi: The trustworthy, the just, the agreeable, the reliable
Wahib ibn Khalid: I arrived in Medina and I did not see anyone except Yahya ibn Sa'id and Malik ibn Anas who was not known and recognized
Yahya ibn Ayyub al-Masri: He would narrate Hadith to me as if he were scattering pearls
Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan: He used to venerate him, and once: No one from the people of Hijaz is preferred over him, and once: He memorizes and practices Tadlis
Yahya ibn Ma'in: Trustworthy