Yahya ibn Maʿin said, “He was the most knowledgeable person regarding the hadith of Ibn Jurayj, yet he did not put himself forward for the sake of hadith (1).” He then spoke of the man’s nobility and dignified appearance.

He also said, “He was truthful; he never raised his gaze to the sky, and people held him in reverence.”

ʿAbd Allah ibn Ayyub al-Mukharri remarked, “Had you seen ʿAbd al-Majid, you would have beheld a venerable man owing to his worship.”

Al-Ḥusayn al-Raqqi reported, “ʿAbd al-Majid narrated to us, and he had not lifted his head toward the sky for forty years. He added, ‘And his father was even more devout than he.’”

Abu Dawud said, “ʿAbd al-Majid was a leading figure in irjāʾ (2).”

Yaʿqub ibn Sufyan stated, “He was an innovator and a caller to it (3).”

Salamah ibn Shabib recounted, “I was with ʿAbd al-Razzaq when news reached us of ʿAbd al-Majid’s death—in the year 206 AH—whereupon he said, ‘Praise be to Allah who has relieved the community of Muhammad from ʿAbd al-Majid’ (4).”

Ibn ʿAdi said, “The main criticism leveled against him concerned irjāʾ (5).”

Harun ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Hammal declared, “I have never seen anyone more humble before Allah than Wakiʿ, yet ʿAbd al-Majid was even more humble than he (6).”