[Ḥanbal ibn Isḥāq:] Recuerdo que Aḥmad detestaba que alguien pusiera por escrito sus opiniones o sus juicios en materia de derecho. 29.1

[Ḥanbal ibn Isḥāq:] I remember that Aḥmad hated to have anyone write down his views or his judgments in matters of law. 29.1

[Aḥmad ibn al-Rabīʿ:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal nos dijo una vez: «He oído que Isḥāq al-Kawsaj está enseñando en Jurasán mis respuestas a cuestiones de derecho. ¡Sed testigos, todos vosotros: renuncio a todas ellas!». 29.2

[Aḥmad ibn al-Rabīʿ:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal once said to us, “I heard that Isḥāq al- Kawsaj is teaching my answers to legal questions out in Khurasan. Bear witness, all of you: I renounce them all!” 29.2

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Una vez vi a un hombre de Jurasán acercarse a Aḥmad y entregarle un cuadernillo. Él lo miró y, al ver que contenía algunas de sus propias palabras, se enojó y arrojó el documento lejos. 29.3

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I once saw a man from Khurasan approach Aḥmad and give him a quire. He looked at it and when he saw that it had some of his own words in it, he grew angry and tossed the document away. 29.3

[Aḥmad al-Burjī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal dijo una vez: «A veces cae del cielo un gorro alto, y hay que mover la cabeza así», y sacudió la cabeza como si quisiera evitar que un gorro se posara sobre ella. 29.4

[Aḥmad al-Burjī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal once said, “Sometimes a tall cap falls from the sky, and you have to move your head like this,” and he shook his head as if to keep a cap from settling on it. 29.4

Lo que quiso decir era que a ciertas personas se les impone el liderazgo. También parece haber querido decir que las buenas personas agachan la cabeza con modestia cuando eso sucede.

What he meant was that certain people have leadership thrust upon them. He also seems to have meant that good people duck their heads modestly when that happens.

Por modestia, Aḥmad también prohibió a la gente poner por escrito sus palabras, pero Dios decretó que fueran registradas, ordenadas y dadas a conocer a todos.172

Out of modesty, too, did Aḥmad forbid people to write his words down, but God decreed that they be recorded, put in order, and made known to all.172