Abu Nasr ibn Makula: Trustworthy, Upright, Sound transmission, Prolific narrator, Possessor of fundamentals, Intelligent
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-"Atiqi: Trustworthy, Reliable, Virtuous, Prolific writer, Possessor of fundamentals, Intelligent
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: Trustworthy, Upright, Sound transmission, Prolific narrator
al-Dhahabi: The Imam, the Hadith scholar, the trustworthy, the God-fearing
Abd al-Hayy ibn al-"Imad al-Hanbali: The Hadith scholar, the precise
Abd ibn Ahmad al-Harawi: I have not seen in Baghdad anyone like al-Qawwas in trustworthiness, and after him Abu Bakr ibn Shadhan
Ubayd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Azhari: Trustworthy, Upright, Authority