[Al-Ḥarbī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal yana karɓar gayyata zuwa bukukuwan aure, da walima, da kaciya, kuma yana cin abin da aka miƙa masa. 53.1

[Al-Ḥarbī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal would accept invitations to marriages, weddings, and circumcisions, and eat what was served. 53.1

[Al-Daʿʿāʾ:] Wani mutum ya taba gayyatar Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal zuwa wani taro, sai Aḥmad ya karɓi gayyatar. Daga baya ya yi ƙoƙarin janyewa, amma mutumin bai karɓi ƙin amincewa ba.

[Al-Daʿʿāʾ:] A man once invited Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal to an event and Aḥmad accepted. Later, he tried to back out of it, but the man wouldn’t take no for an answer.

A wurin taron mutumin ya je ya zaunar da Aḥmad kusa da wani wanda bai so ya zauna da shi ba. "Ibn Sīrīn, Allah ya yi masa rahama, ya yi daidai," in ji Aḥmad. "Ya ce, 'Kada ka taɓa ƙoƙarin girmama ɗan'uwanka ta hanyar yin abin da zai jawo masa wahala.' Wannan shi ne abin da ɗan'uwana nan ya yi mini." 53.2

At the event the man went and seated Aḥmad next to someone he did not want to sit with. “Ibn Sīrīn, God bless him, had it right,” said Aḥmad. “He said, ‘Never try to honor your brother by doing something that will cause him hardship.’ That’s what this brother of mine has done to me.” 53.2

[Ṣāliḥ:] Akwai wani mutum mai suna Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥakam al-ʿAṭṭār wanda yake halartar majalisar ʿAffān. Lokacin da ya zo lokacin yiwa ɗaya daga cikin ɗiyansa kaciya, ya gayyaci Yaḥyā, Abū Khaythamah, da wasu malaman hadisi da yawa, ciki har da mahaifina. Sauran sun riga sun tafi, sai mahaifina da ni muka bi bayansu. Da muka isa, aka zaunar da mu a wani ɗaki tare da wasu malaman hadisi da yawa. A wani lokaci sai ɗaya daga cikinsu ya ce, “Aḥmad, akwai wani abu da aka yi da azurfa a nan.” Mahaifina ya juya ya ga wata kujera.286 Sai ya tashi ya fita, kuma duk wanda yake cikin ɗakin tare da shi ya bi shi fita. 53.3

[Ṣāliḥ:] There was man called Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥakam al-ʿAṭṭār who used to frequent the circle of ʿAffān. When it came time for him to circumcise one of his sons, he invited Yaḥyā, Abū Khaythamah, and a number of other Hadith-men, including my father. The others went ahead and my father and I came along after them. When we arrived, we were given a seat in a room with several other Hadith-men. At some point one of them said, “Aḥmad, there’s something made of silver here.” My father turned and saw a chair.286 So he got up and left, and everyone who was in the room with him followed him out. 53.3

Da yake jin haka, mai masaukin, al-ʿAṭṭār, ya fita da gudu ya riske shi, yana rantsuwa cewa bai kawo wannan abu ciki ba kuma bai san yana wurin ba, yana kuma roƙon mahaifina ya dawo. Mahaifina ya ƙi. Sa'ad da ʿAffān ya zo, al-ʿAṭṭār ya roƙe shi ya yi magana da mahaifina ya shawo kansa ya dawo. ʿAffān ya yi magana da shi, amma hakan bai amfana ba, al-ʿAṭṭār kuwa ya shiga halin baƙin ciki matuƙa.

Hearing of this, the host, al-ʿAṭṭār, rushed out and caught up with him, swearing that he hadn’t brought the item in and didn’t know it was there, and asking my father to come back. My father refused. When ʿAffān came along, al-ʿAṭṭār asked him to speak with my father and persuade him to return. ʿAffān spoke with him but it did no good, and al-ʿAṭṭār was devastated.

[Al-Sawwāq:] Mun kasance a wajen liyafa a Ƙofar Ma'aikacin Kwalta, sai Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ya zo. Da ya taka gida, nan take ya ga kujera da aka yi wa ado da azurfa, sai ya fita. Mai gidan ya fito a bayansa, amma Aḥmad ya yi masa alama ya tafi, ya bar wurin yana cewa: "Kayan adon Majusawa! Kayan adon Majusawa!" 53.4

[Al-Sawwāq:] We were at the banquet at the Pitch-Worker’s Gate287 when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal arrived. As soon as he set foot in the house, he saw a chair with silver ornamentation, and went out again. The host came out after him, but Aḥmad waved him away and left, saying, “Magian finery! Magian finery!” 53.4