Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi: He studied jurisprudence and hadith in his youth, and wrote in jurisprudence, then he became busy with the science of hadith and became an imam in it
Ahmad ibn Sulayman ibn Khalaf al-Baji: A hafiz, trustworthy
Ibrahim ibn Hibat Allah al-Asnawi: He was an imam, hafiz, and pious
al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Khalal: He was one of a kind
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: We wrote from him, trustworthy, pious, precise, and firm. I have not seen among our sheikhs anyone more firm in his memorization of the Quran, knowledgeable in jurisprudence, has a share of Arabic knowledge, abundant in hadith, good understanding, and insight
al-Dhahabi: The imam, the jurist, the hafiz, the firm, the sheikh of jurists and hadith scholars
Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Subki: The great hafiz, he was an imam and hafiz
Ubayd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Azhari: When he dies, this matter will be gone, meaning hadith. And once: We have not seen a sheikh more precise than him
Imad al-Din ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi: He was knowledgeable in the Quran, hadith, jurisprudence, and grammar
Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Kirmani: I have not seen anyone among the hadith scholars more devout than him