Abu Bakr ibn Nuqtah al-Hanbali: He was trustworthy in hadith, knowledgeable and understanding
Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami: The حافظ (preserver) of Isfahan
Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Mardawayh: He was in his time, a point of reference, and there was no one in any of the horizons more reliable or with a better memory than him
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani: Acceptable
Ibn Khallikan: He was one of the prominent hadith scholars, and one of the great trustworthy preservers
Ibn Asakir al-Dimashqi: The Imam and حافظ (preserver)
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: I have not seen anyone called by the name of 'al-Hafiz' except Abu Nu'aym and Abu Hazim al-Abdawi, and he once said: 'I saw in Abu Nu'aym things in which he was lenient'
Al-Dhahabi: The Imam, the trustworthy حافظ (preserver), and he once said: 'The author of many books, there was some criticism of him but nothing that prevents accepting his narrations
Taqi al-Din ibn Qadi Shibah: The great حافظ (preserver), combining knowledge of Fiqh and Sufism, and the ultimate authority in hadith
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti: The great حافظ (preserver), the Muhaddith of his era
Khalil ibn Aybak al-Safadi: The crown of hadith scholars and one of the flags of the religion. He had high standing in narration, memorization, understanding and knowledge, and journeys were made to seek knowledge from him
Abd al-Hayy ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali: The great حافظ (preserver), with beneficial and famous books, and once: 'A حافظ (preserver) and historian, one of the trustworthy in memorization and narration, and no attention should be paid to those who criticized him because he is truthful and reliable, just as one should not listen to the words of Abu Nu'aym about Ibn Mandah, as the words of each of them about the other are not acceptable
Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Subki: A trustworthy and established Imam, truthful, and one of the prominent figures who combined high standing in narration with ultimate knowledge
Muhib al-Din ibn al-Najjar: The crown of hadith scholars, and one of the flags of the world
Yusuf ibn Taghri Bardi: He was one of the prominent figures