Su Presencia Imponente
His Imposing Presence
[Muḥammad ibn Muslim:] Nos sentíamos demasiado intimidados por Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal como para discrepar con él o discutir con él sobre cualquier cosa. 36.1
[Muḥammad ibn Muslim:] We were too much in awe of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal to disagree with him or argue with him about anything. 36.1
Esto se debía a lo imponente que era y a lo intimidante que resultaba la devoción al Islam con la que había sido bendecido.194
This was because of how imposing he was, and how intimidating the devotion to Islam he had been blessed with.194
[Al-Marrūdhī:] Al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad, el encargado del puente, que vivía en mi barrio, me dijo: «He conocido a Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, y a fulano, y a mengano», todos ellos hombres de autoridad, «pero nunca vi a nadie tan imponente como Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. En una ocasión fui a hablar con él sobre un asunto y, en cuanto lo vi, me estremecí». 36.2
[Al-Marrūdhī:] Al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad, the superintendent of the bridge, who lived in my neighborhood, told me, “I’ve met Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, and So-and-So, and Soand- So”—all of them men of authority—“but I never saw anyone as overpowering as Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. I once went to talk to him about something, and the moment I saw him, I shuddered.” 36.2
Al-Kalbī, el jefe de inteligencia, fue una vez a verlo de noche, pero él y sus hombres estaban demasiado intimidados como para llamar a su puerta, así que llamaron a la puerta de su tío en su lugar. Aḥmad dijo que los oyó llamar y respondió.
Al-Kalbī, the chief of intelligence, once came to see him at night, but he and his men were too intimidated to knock on his door and so knocked on his uncle’s door instead. Aḥmad said that he heard them knocking and answered.
[ʿAbdūs:] Aḥmad una vez me vio reír. Todavía me avergüenza. 36.3
[ʿAbdūs:] Aḥmad once saw me laugh. I’m still embarrassed about it. 36.3
[Al-Qāsim ibn Sallām:] He estado con Abū Yūsuf, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd y ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī, y nunca me sentí tan intimidado como cuando estuve con Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Cuando estaba en prisión, fui a visitarlo.
[Al-Qāsim ibn Sallām:] I’ve sat with Abū Yūsuf, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī, and I was never as intimidated as I was when I sat with Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. When he was in prison, I went to visit him.
Alguien me hizo una pregunta, pero con Aḥmad presente tenía miedo de responderla. 36.4
Someone asked me a question but with Aḥmad there I was afraid to answer it. 36.4
Ibn Makram añadió: «Le conté esta historia a Yaʿqūb ibn Shaybah, y dijo: "Probablemente temía equivocarse con Aḥmad allí."»
Ibn Makram added: “I told Yaʿqūb ibn Shaybah this story, and he said, ‘He was probably afraid to make a mistake with Aḥmad there.’”