Its fertilizing winds, and He made its valleys flow with the necks of the camels, and He made its rugged terrain easy, and He showed to those who thought it distant its nearness.¹

Ibn Kathir said: "The book al-Jami' is one of the six books to which scholars in all regions refer."²

Al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi said: "His book al-Jami' indicates his deep expertise in this field, in jurisprudence, and in the disagreements of scholars."³ He also said in another place: "His Jami' is sufficient to establish his imamate, his memorization, and his jurisprudential knowledge."⁴

He said in yet another place: "In al-Jami' there is beneficial knowledge, abundant benefits, and the principal points of legal questions, and it is one of the foundations of Islam."⁵

Al-Hafiz Abu Tahir al-Silafi said: "The scholars of the East and the West have agreed upon the authenticity of the five books."⁶

Shaykh Ahmad Shakir, may God have mercy on him, said:⁷ "The book of al-Tirmidhi is distinguished by three qualities that you will not find in any of the six canonical books of the Sunna or others:

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¹ al-Nafh al-Shadhi, 1/162–163.
² al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, 11/71.
³ Tarikh al-Islam, deaths 261–280, p. 460.
⁴ Siyar A'lam al-Nubala', 13/276.
⁵ al-Siyar, 13/274.
⁶ Tarikh al-Islam, deaths 261–280, p. 462.
⁷ See his introduction to al-Tirmidhi, 1/66–67.