[Al-Warrāq:] Criticar a los compañeros de Aḥmad es atacar al propio Aḥmad. Quien haga eso debe estar albergando algún tipo de rencor y no es sunní. 99.1

[Al-Warrāq:] To criticize Aḥmad’s associates is to attack Aḥmad himself. Anyone who does that must be harboring a grudge of some kind and is no Sunni. 99.1

[Al-Athram:] Los allegados de Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal a veces decidían renunciar a asuntos que no tenían consecuencia alguna para Dios, con el fin de evitar que se criticara a Aḥmad. 99.2

[Al-Athram:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s associates sometimes decide to give up matters that have no consequence as far as God is concerned in order to avoid provoking any criticism of Aḥmad. 99.2

[Abū l-Faḍl:] Escuché que, después de la muerte de Aḥmad, alguien le comentó a al-Mutawakkil que era probable que estallara un conflicto desagradable entre sus partidarios y los innovadores. 99.3

[Abū l-Faḍl:] I heard that after Aḥmad’s death, someone mentioned to al- Mutawakkil that unpleasantness was liable to break out between his partisans and the innovators. 99.3