Ibrāhīm al-Harbī, Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Kharraz the Qurʾān-reciter, Bishr ibn Mūsā, al-Ḥārith ibn Abī Usāmah, and his own son ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Hawdhah, as well as Muḥammad ibn Shadhān al-Jawharī, Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Muʾaddib, and many others also narrated from him.

Abū Dāwūd transmitted—from Aḥmad—that he said, “How sound his ḥadith were!” (1)

Al-Athram likewise reported—from Aḥmad—that he said, “How precise this Deaf man was in what he related from ʿAwf!” meaning Hawdhah. He then added, “I hope he is truthful.” (2)

ʿAmr ibn ʿĀṣim al-Kilābī said, “I copied from Hawdhah the notebook of ʿAwf quite some time ago.” (3)

Abū Ḥātim stated: Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal asked me, “Whom do you frequent in Baghdad?” I answered, “Hawdhah ibn Khalīfah and ʿAffān.” He fell silent, indicating his approval. (4)

Aḥmad ibn Zuhayr reported on the authority of Yaḥyā: “The transmission of Hawdhah ibn Khalīfah from ʿAwf is weak.” (5)

Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥriz also cited Yaḥyā as saying, “He was not commendable; no one brought these ḥadith the way he did, and he was hard of hearing.” (6)

Yet Abū Ḥātim concluded, “He is truthful.” (7)