Ibn 'Asakir al-Dimashqi: Hafiz, pious
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: He was a pious Hafiz, who compiled chapters and biographies
al-Dhahabi: Imam, Hafiz, traveler, truthful, and once: Truthful, and whoever spoke about him insisted that he narrates many strange narrations in his classifications
Abd al-Hayy ibn al-'Imad al-Hanbali: The Hafiz, travelled, wandered, compiled and categorized
Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad al-Rafi'i: Trustworthy, travelled extensively, compiled and narrated