Abu al-Fath ibn Abi al-Fawaris: He was trustworthy, his matter passed with beauty, and he did not know the Hadith
Abu Nuaym al-Asbahani: Trustworthy
Al-Hasan bin Shahab al-Akbari: He does not know anything of knowledge except that his hearing was accurate
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: He was one of the sheikhs accredited by the rulers. He was the son of Khallad. He did not know anything of knowledge except that his hearing was accurate
Al-Dhahabi: The Sheikh, the truthful, the hadith scholar, the Musnad of Baghdad, and he once said in Tarikh al-Islam: A man of little virtue but high isnad
Abd al-Hayy ibn al-'Imad al-Hanbali: He was devoid of knowledge, and his hearing was accurate
Authors of al-Ihtifal bi-Ma'rifat al-Ruwat al-Thiqat: The man was trustworthy in his narration, but his knowledge of the arts and sciences of hadith was far from it