Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah: How clever he was
Ahmad ibn Salih al-Jalili: Trustworthy, but he had some Shiite tendencies
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani: Truthful, he was criticized for Shiism
Authors of Tahdhib al-Tahdhib: Trustworthy
Yahya ibn Ma'in: There is nothing wrong with him