Abu Bakr ibn Nuqta al-Hanbali: Trustworthy in Hadith
Abu Sa'd al-Sam'ani: Trustworthy in Hadith
Abu Abd Allah al-Hakim al-Nishapuri: Praised him and magnified his status
Al-Dhahabi: The Imam, the world-renowned scholar, the transmitter of Khurasan, and the Judge of Judges
Abd al-Hayy ibn al-'Imad al-Hanbali: He was a prominent and respected leader, an Imam in jurisprudence, the highest authority in the chain of narrators