Scholarly commendations of him:
– Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿIrāqī said: “The shaykh, the learned scholar; complete and virtuous; an imām, a master of ḥadīth, beneficial and accomplished; a meticulous ḥāfiẓ, exact, trustworthy, and reliable.” (1)
– Muḥammad al-Fāsī said: “He is the foremost memoriser of our age when it comes to ḥadīths and reports and to the names of narrators—early and late, with both elevated and shorter chains—while also possessing a strong grasp of ḥadīth defects and commendable skill in fiqh and other fields.” (2)
– Ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn said: “A ḥadīth scholar, a ḥāfiẓ.” (3)
– Ibn Fahd said: “The eminent imām and erudite ḥāfiẓ; unique in his time, pride of the age, the last of the great memorisers, the standard-bearer of the illustrious imāms, the cornerstone of critical scholars, the seal of the outstanding ḥuffāẓ and celebrated judges.” (4)
– Yūsuf ibn Taghrī Birdī said: “Shaykh al-Islām, ḥāfiẓ of the age, destination of seekers, muftī of the various schools, Commander of the Believers in ḥadīth.” (5)
– Al-Sakhāwī said: “Shaykh al-Islām, unrivalled among the eminent imāms, ḥāfiẓ of the age, the last of the mujtahids … the standard-bearer of the sciences and tradition.” (6)