Abu Nasr ibn Makula: A meticulous examiner, eloquent, and a diver into meanings
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: The Imam of the Shafi'is in his time, he narrated a few hadiths
al-Daraqutni: He died in the year 306 AH, and I was born in that year
al-Dhahabi: A role model for the Shafi'is. As for jurisprudence, he was its standard-bearer and the most knowledgeable among his peers, the author of classifications
Hassan ibn Muhammad al-Faqih: A Sheikh from among the scholars said to him, 'I deem you to be the man who comes at the turn of every hundred years'
Imad al-Din ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi: One of the Imams of the Shafi'is, and through him the Shafi'i school of thought spread
Authors of al-Ihtifaal bi Ma'rifat al-Ruwat al-Thiqat: They deemed him trustworthy