[Al-Walīd al-Naḥwī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal kyakkyawan mutum ne mai matsakaicin tsayi. Yana rina gashin kansa da lalle da henna, yana barin wasu baƙaƙen gashi a gemunsa. Tufafinsa masu kauri ne amma fararen. Lokacin da na gan shi yana sanye da rawani da wando mai ɗaure a ƙasa. 35.1

[Al-Walīd al-Naḥwī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was a handsome man of medium height. He dyed his hair lightly with henna, leaving some black hairs in his beard. His clothing was coarse but white. When I saw him he was wearing a turban and a breechclout. 35.1

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Mahaifina ya fara rina gashin kansa da gemunsa da lalle yana da shekara sittin da uku. 35.2

[ʿAbd Allāh:] My father began dyeing his hair and beard with henna when he was sixty-three. 35.2

[Al-Sijistānī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal bai taɓa shiga cikin tattaunawar mutane game da abubuwan da yawancinsu ke damuwa da su ba, amma duk lokacin da aka ambaci Hadisi sai ya yi magana. 35.3

[Al-Sijistānī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal never joined people in talking about the things that most of them care about, but whenever Hadith was mentioned he would speak. 35.3