The scholars’ praise for the book and their unanimous acceptance of it and of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī:

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī and Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim have been received with a level of acceptance accorded to no other work. That distinction is the direct result of the exhaustive care the two Imams devoted to these two noble collections—verifying every report, exercising the utmost caution, and rigorously isolating the authentic from all else. It is therefore unsurprising that voices have continually celebrated their stature, highlighting the unique qualities and virtues they possess. I have already quoted some of those appreciations in the previous essay on Imām al-Bukhārī and his al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaḥīḥ. Here, I shall cite a few remarks that concern Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim specifically: