Shaykh Hammād Al-Ansāri said:
Muqbil al-Wādi’i was my student . And once I told him ; I hope that you will become for Yemen what Ash-Shawkāni was for Yemen.
And i have never seen a student that strove to knowledge like him (Muqbil)
[Tarjumah ‘Allaamah Hammād Al-Ansāri – 2/606]