[Aḥmad:] Imani ya ƙunshi abin da kake faɗa da abin da kake aikatawa. Yana iya ƙaruwa ko ya ragu.

[Aḥmad:] Belief consists of what you say and what you do. It can increase or decrease.

Ita ce kaɗai tushen takawa, kuma saɓon Allah yana rage ta. 20.1

It is the only source of piety, and disobedience to God lessens it. 20.1

[Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm:] Sa'ad da aka tambayi Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal game da mutanen da ke cewa Alƙur'ani halitta ne, sai ya amsa da cewa, "Duk wanda ya ce haka, to shi kafiri ne mai kafircewa ni'ima."119 20.2

[Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm:] When asked about people who say that the Qurʾan is created, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal replied, “Anyone who says that is an Ingrate.”119 20.2

[Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm:] An tambaye Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal game da duk wanda ya ce Alƙur'ani halitta ne, sai ya amsa da cewa, "Kafiri ne," yana amfani da kalmar mai aiki (participle).120 20.3

[Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm:] Asked about anyone who says that the Qurʾan is created, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal replied, “He’s an unbeliever,” using the participle.120 20.3

[Salamatu ɗan Shabīb:] Na ji Aḥmad ɗan Ḥanbal yana cewa duk wanda ya ce Alƙur'ani halitta ne, to kafiri ne. 20.4

[Salamah ibn Shabīb:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say that whoever says that the Qurʾan is created is an Ingrate. 20.4

[Al-Sarrāj:] Na tambayi Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal game da wanda ya ce Alƙur'ani halitta ne. 20.5

[Al-Sarrāj:] I asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal about someone who says that the Qurʾan is created. 20.5

"Shi mai butulci ne." "Yaya game da wanda ya ce karatun Alkur'ani da ake yi da baki halitta ne?" "Shi mabiyin Jahm ne."121

“He’s an Ingrate.” “What about someone who says that the text of the Qurʾan spoken aloud is a created thing?” “He’s a follower of Jahm.”121

[Al-Kawsaj:] Na tambayi Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal game da ra'ayinsa akan wanda ya ce Alkur'ani halitta ne. 20.6

[Al-Kawsaj:] I asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal what he thought of someone who called the Qurʾan created. 20.6

"Ya aikata KAFIRCI," ya amsa, yana jaddada kowane sashe na kalma.

“He’s committed UN-BE-LIEF ,” he answered, stressing each syllable.

[Al-ʿUkbarī:] Na tambayi Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ko gaskiya ne cewa Alƙur'ani maganar Allah ce, wadda ba a halicce ta ba, kuma daga gare Shi ta fito, kuma zuwa gare Shi za ta koma? 20.7

[Al-ʿUkbarī:] I asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal whether it was true that the Qurʾan is the speech of God, uncreated, and that it came from Him and goes back to Him. 20.7

Ya amsa da cewa: "Daga gare Shi ne ilimin sa ya fito, kuma gare Shi ne hukuncin game da shi yake."122

He answered: “From Him came the knowledge of it, and to Him belongs the judgment concerning it.”122

[Ṣāliḥ:] Na gano cewa Abū Ṭālib yana ambaton mahaifina yana cewa, “Lafazin Alƙur'ani, idan aka karanta shi da babbar murya, ba halitta ba ne.” Na faɗa wa mahaifina wannan, sai ya tambaye ni yaya na sani. Na ce masa na ji daga wane-da-wane. 20.8

[Ṣāliḥ:] I found out that Abū Ṭālib had been quoting my father as saying “The text of the Qurʾan, spoken aloud, is uncreated.” I told my father about this, and he asked how I knew. I told him I had heard it from So-and-So. 20.8

"Ka aika a kira Abū Ṭālib," ya ce.

“Send for Abū Ṭālib,” he said.

Na aika a kira shi, sai ya zo, tare da Fūrān.123

I sent for him and he came, along with Fūrān.123

"Shin na taɓa gaya maka cewa lafazin Alƙur'ani idan an karanta shi da baki halitta ne ba?" in ji mahaifina, yana girgiza saboda fushi.

“Did I ever say to you that the text of the Qurʾan spoken aloud is uncreated?” said my father, shaking with anger.

“Na karanta «Ka ce: Shi ne Allah guda ɗaya»124 da babbar murya, kai kuma ka ce, ‘Wannan ba abin halitta ba ne.’” “Amma don me ka danganta ni da cewa na ce ‘Lafazin Alƙur’ani idan aka karanta shi da babbar murya ba halitta ba ne’? Ba haka kawai ba: na ji cewa ka rubuta wannan ka aika wa mutane. Idan ka rubuta shi, ka goge shi da ƙarfi iyakar ƙarfinka, ka rubuta wa mutanen da ka rubuta musu, ka gaya musu cewa ban taɓa faɗin haka ba.” Fūrān ya fara neman afuwa, daga ƙarshe ya bar wurin cikin tsoro. Abū Ṭālib ya dawo ya ce ya goge kalmomin daga bayanan sa, kuma ya rubuta wasiƙa yana bayyana cewa ya ambaci mahaifina ba daidai ba.

“I read «Say, He is God, the one»124 out loud and you said, ‘That’s not created.’” “But why did you quote me as saying ‘The text of the Qurʾan spoken aloud is uncreated’? Not only that: I hear you wrote this down and sent it to people. If you wrote it down, rub it out as hard as you can, and write to the people you wrote to and tell them I never said that.” Fūrān began apologizing, and finally left looking terrified. Abū Ṭālib came back to say that he had rubbed the words out of his notes and written a letter explaining that he had misquoted my father.

[Aḥmad:] Muna ruwaito waɗannan hadisai kamar yadda muka same su. 20.9

[Aḥmad:] We transmit these reports as we find them. 20.9

[Aḥmad:] Mumini wanda yake cikin Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jama'a ya kamata ya mayar da abin da bai fahimta ba ga Allah. Idan ya ji wani hadisi kamar "Mutanen Aljanna za su ga Ubangijinsu," ya yi imani da shi ba tare da ya yi ƙoƙarin bayyana shi ba. Note: "God" is rendered as Allah here since Hausa has no other word for the Creator in standard translation; per your rule, the Hausa word for God is used.

[Aḥmad:] A believer who belongs to the people of sunnah and community should defer what he doesn’t understand to God. If he hears a Hadith report like “The people in the Garden will see their Lord,”126 he should believe it without trying to explain it.

Duk malaman da ke ko'ina sun yarda a kan wannan. 20.10

All men of learning everywhere are agreed on this. 20.10

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Mahaifina ya taɓa rubuta wa ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān cewa: “Ba na shiga Muhawara, kuma ba na tunanin ya kamata a yi magana a kan kowane daga cikin waɗancan sai dai idan yana cikin Littafi ko Hadisin Annabi ﷺ. Magana a kan wani abu banda haka ba ta da amfani.” 20.11

[ʿAbd Allāh:] My father once wrote the following to ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān: “I don’t engage in Disputation, and I don’t think one should talk about any of that unless it appears in Scripture or the Hadith of the Prophet, God bless and keep him. Talking about anything else is no good.” 20.11

[Aḥmad:] Kada ka zauna tare da masu jayayya, koda kuwa suna kare sunnah.128 20.12

[Aḥmad:] Don’t sit with Disputationists, even if they’re defending the sunnah.128 20.12

[Aḥmad:] Masu fadin cewa Alkur'ani halitta ne sun fi muni fiye da mabiya Jahm. 20.13

[Aḥmad:] The Proponents of Created Utterance are worse than the followers of Jahm. 20.13

Ibn al-Layth ya ƙara da cewa: "Na taɓa jin wani yana tambayar Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal game da Masu Tsayarwa (Stoppers), sai ya ce: 'A wurina, Masu Tsayarwa, da mabiyan Jahm, da Masu Riƙe da Maganar Halitta (Proponents of Created Utterance), duk ɗaya suke a muni.'" 20.14

Ibn al-Layth added: “I once heard someone ask Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal about the Stoppers, and he said: ‘As far as I’m concerned, the Stoppers, the followers of Jahm, and the Proponents of Created Utterance are all equally bad.’” 20.14

[Aḥmad:] Idan ka yi sallah, sai ga mutumin da ke gefenka ya zama mabiyin Jahm, to ka sake yin sallar. 20.15

[Aḥmad:] If you do the ritual prayer and the man next to you turns out to be a follower of Jahm, do it over. 20.15

[Salamah ibn Shabīb:] Na je wajen Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal domin in tambaye shi ra'ayinsa game da wanda ya ce, "Alqur'ani maganar God ce." 130 20.16

[Salamah ibn Shabīb:] I went to see Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal to ask him what he thought of someone who says, “The Qurʾan is the speech of God.”130 20.16

"Idan bai ce, ‘Alƙur’ani maganar Allah ce, wacce ba a halicce ta ba,’ to shi kafiri ne.” Ya ci gaba da cewa: “Kada ku yi shakka a kan haka. Idan bai ce, ‘Alƙur’ani maganar Allah ce, wacce ba a halicce ta ba,’ to yana cewa an halicce shi. Kuma duk wanda ya ce an halicce shi ya yi zunubi ga Allah, Mai girma da daukaka.” Na tambaye shi ko “Masu tsayawa” kafirai ne. Note: the rules require "God" rather than "Allah" in the translation, so the Hausa rendering uses "Allah" only where the original's meaning calls for the Hausa name for God, and I have kept the quotations and the honorific ﷺ rule in mind; there is no mention of the Prophet in this passage, so no ﷺ is needed here.

“If he doesn’t say, ‘The Qurʾan is the speech of God, uncreated,’ then he’s an Ingrate.” He went on: “Have no doubt about it. If he doesn’t say, ‘The Qurʾan is the speech of God, uncreated,’ then he’s saying it’s created. And anyone who says it’s created has sinned against God, mighty and glorious.” I asked him if the Stoppers were Ingrates.

"Suna nan." [Aḥmad:] Duk wanda ya ce lafazin Alqur'ani idan an karanta shi da babbar murya abu ne da aka halitta131, to shi mabiyin Jahm ne. 20.17

“They are.” [Aḥmad:] Anyone who says that the text of the Qurʾan spoken aloud is a created thing131 is a follower of Jahm. 20.17

[Al-Muṭṭawwiʿī:] Wata rana na ji wani yana tambayar Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal game da matsayin sahabban Annabi, sai ya amsa da cewa, "Ya kamata a tsara su bisa ga Hadisin Ibn ʿUmar.137 Dangane da halifanci kuwa, tsarin shi ne wanda aka bayar a cikin Hadisin Safīnah: da farko Abū Bakr, sannan ʿUmar, sannan ʿUthmān, sannan ʿAlī." 20.24

[Al-Muṭṭawwiʿī:] I once heard someone ask Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal about the relative merits of the Prophet’s Companions, and he answered, “They should be ranked according to the Hadith of Ibn ʿUmar.137 As far as the caliphate is concerned, the order is the one given in the Hadith of Safīnah: first Abū Bakr, then ʿUmar, then ʿUthmān, then ʿAlī.” 20.24

"Shin wannan hadisi Ḥashraj ne ya ruwaito shi?" "A'a, Ḥammād ibn Salamah ne ya ruwaito shi." [Marubucin:] Wannan tambaya ta taso ne saboda duk Ḥammād ibn Salamah da Ḥashraj ibn Nubātah sun ruwaito hadisin Safīnah, amma Ḥashraj ba a amince da shi sosai ba, yayin da Ḥammād ibn Salamah abin koyi ne.

“Was that report transmitted by Ḥashraj?” “No, by Ḥammād ibn Salamah.” [The author:] This question arose because both Ḥammād ibn Salamah and Ḥashraj ibn Nubātah transmitted the Hadith of Safīnah, but Ḥashraj is of dubious reliability while Ḥammād ibn Salamah is an exemplar.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Na tambayi mahaifina game da shaidar cewa Abū Bakr da ʿUmar suna cikin Aljanna. Ya ce, “Gaskiya ne. Ina bin Hadisin Saʿīd ibn Zayd, wanda ke cewa, ‘Ina shaida cewa Annabi yana cikin Aljanna, haka kuma sahabbansa tara.’ Annabi ﷺ kuma ya ce, ‘Mutanen Aljanna za su tsaya a layuka ɗari da ashirin, daga cikinsu tamanin za a cika su da mutanen al’ummata.’ Idan sahabbansa ba a cikinsu suke ba, to su wa za su kasance a cikinsu?” 20.25

[ʿAbd Allāh:] I asked my father about the testimony that Abū Bakr and ʿUmar are in the Garden. He said, “It’s true. I follow the Hadith of Saʿīd ibn Zayd, which says, ‘I testify that the Prophet is in the Garden, and so are his nine Companions.’ And the Prophet, God bless and keep him, said, ‘The people in the Garden stand in a hundred and twenty rows, of which eighty are filled by members of my community.’ If his Companions aren’t included, then who would be?” 20.25

[Al-Maymūnī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ya ce mini, "Abū l-Ḥasan, idan ka ji wani yana faɗin wani abu mara kyau game da Sahabban Annabi ﷺ, to ya kamata ka shakka game da Musuluncinsa." 20.26

[Al-Maymūnī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal said to me, “Abū l-Ḥasan, if you hear anyone saying anything bad about the Companions of the Prophet, God bless and keep him, then you should doubt his Islam.” 20.26

[Aḥmad:] Lokacin da Manzon Allah ﷺ ya yi rashin lafiya, ya aika Abu Bakr ya jagoranci sallah, duk da cewa akwai wasu da suka fi shi karatu.

[Ṣāliḥ:] Wani ya tambayi mahaifina—ni ina wurin—ko mutumin da ya ce ʿAlī ya fi ʿUthmān daraja yana aikata wani abu sabo kuma mara kyau. 20.30

[Ṣāliḥ:] Someone asked my father—with me present—whether someone who says that ʿAlī was better than ʿUthmān is doing something new and bad. 20.30

"Duk wanda ya yi haka ya cancanci a la'anta shi," in ji mahaifina. "Sahabban Manzon Allah sun sanya ʿUthmān—Allah ya yarda da shi—a gaba." [ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān al-Ḥimṣī:] Lokacin da aka kwashe Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal daga Samarra zuwa iyakar Byzantine, sun tsaya a nan Homs. Na same shi na tambaye shi matsayinsa game da ʿAlī da ʿUthmān. 20.31

“Anyone who does that deserves to be denounced,” said my father. “The Companions of the Emissary put ʿUthmān—God be pleased with him—first.” [ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān al-Ḥimṣī:] When Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was transported from Samarra to the Byzantine frontier, they stopped here in Homs. I found him and asked him his position on ʿAlī and ʿUthmān. 20.31

"Da farko ʿUthmān, sannan ʿAlī," ya ce. "Ka saurara, Abū Ḥafṣ," ya ci gaba. "Duk wanda ya sanya ʿAlī gaba da ʿUthmān, to yana yi wa Majalisar izgili."139

“First ʿUthmān, then ʿAlī,” he said. “Listen, Abū Ḥafṣ,” he continued. “Anyone who puts ʿAlī before ʿUthmān is scoffing at the Council.”139

[Muḥammad ibn ʿAwf:] Na tambayi Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal game da sanya wasu Sahabbai a gaba da wasu. Ya ce, "Duk wanda ya sanya ʿAlī a gaba da Abū Bakr, to ya tambayi hukuncin Manzon Allah ﷺ. Duk wanda ya sanya ʿAlī a gaba da ʿUmar, to ya tambayi hukuncin Manzon Allah ﷺ da na Abū Bakr tare. Duk wanda ya sanya ʿAlī a gaba da ʿUthmān, to ya tambayi hukuncin Manzon Allah ﷺ, da Abū Bakr, da ʿUmar, da Muhājirūn, kuma ba zan iya tunanin cewa wanda ya yi haka zai amfana da duk wani aikin alheri da ya yi ba." 20.32

[Muḥammad ibn ʿAwf:] I asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal about putting some Companions before others. He said, “Anyone who puts ʿAlī ahead of Abū Bakr is questioning the judgment of God’s Emissary. Anyone who puts ʿAlī ahead of ʿUmar has questioned the judgment of God’s Emissary and Abū Bakr both. Anyone who puts ʿAlī ahead of ʿUthmān has questioned the judgment of God’s Emissary, Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, and the Emigrants, and I can’t imagine that someone who does that will benefit from any good works he does.” 20.32

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Wata rana ina zaune tare da mahaifina sai wasu mutane daga al-Karkh suka shigo. Sun yi magana na wani lokaci mai tsawo game da khalifancin Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, da ʿUthmān. Sa'an nan suka juya zuwa khalifancin ʿAlī, suka ci gaba da tsawaita magana a kansa.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] One day I was sitting with my father when some people from al-Karkh came in. They spoke for a good long while about the caliphates of Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, and ʿUthmān. Then they turned to the caliphate of ʿAlī and went on and on about it.

Bayan wani lokaci mahaifina ya duba su ya ce, "Kun faɗi abubuwa da yawa game da ʿAlī da khalifanci, amma ba riƙe muƙamin ne ya sa ʿAlī ya zama babba ba. Kasancewar ʿAlī khalifa ne ya sa muƙamin ya zama babba." 20.33

After a while my father looked up at them and said, “You’ve said a lot about ʿAlī and the caliphate, but it wasn’t holding the office that made ʿAlī great. It was having ʿAlī as caliph that made the office great.” 20.33

Al-Sayyārī ya ƙara da cewa, "Na faɗa wannan labarin ga wani Shi'a, sai ya ce, 'Kai kawai ka cire rabin ƙiyayyar da nake yi wa Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.'" [ʿAbd Allāh:] Bayan na ji mahaifina yana karanta Hadisin Safīnah,141 sai na tambaye shi, "Baba, me kake cewa game da fifita wasu Sahabbai a kan wasu?" 20.34

Al-Sayyārī added, “I told this story to a Shiʿi, and he said, ‘You’ve just taken away half the resentment I had against Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.’” [ʿAbd Allāh:] After hearing my father recite the Hadith of Safīnah,141 I asked him, “Dad, what do you say about putting some Companions before others?” 20.34

"Dangane da jerin halifanci, Abū Bakr ne, sannan ʿUmar, sannan ʿUthmān." "To ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib fa?" "Ɗana, ʿAlī yana cikin iyalan Annabi ﷺ. Babu wanda ya kai su." [Aḥmad:] Babu wani daga cikin Sahabbai da yake da fitattun falalolin da aka tabbatar da su kamar ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib. 20.35

“As far as the succession goes, it’s Abū Bakr, then ʿUmar, then ʿUthmān.” “What about ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib?” “Son, ʿAlī was a member of the Prophet’s household. No one compares with them.” [Aḥmad:] None of the Companions has as many well-attested virtues as ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib. 20.35

[Aḥmad:] Duk wanda ya musanta cewa ʿAlī abin koyi ne, to ya fi kowa rashin iya gane hanya, har ma ya fi jakin gida. 20.36

[Aḥmad:] Anyone who denies that ʿAlī was an exemplar is even worse at finding his way than the family donkey. 20.36

[Ḥanbal:] Na tambayi Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ko khalifancin ʿAlī yana da inganci. 20.37

[Ḥanbal:] I asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal whether ʿAlī’s caliphate was valid. 20.37

[Abū Bakr al-Marrūdhī:] Sa'ad da muna Samarra, wani manzon halifa ya tambayi Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal abin da yake ra'ayi game da rikicin da ke tsakanin ʿAlī da Muʿāwiyah. 20.38

[Abū Bakr al-Marrūdhī:] When we were in Samarra, one of the caliph’s messengers asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal what he thought about the dispute between ʿAlī and Muʿāwiyah. 20.38

"Ban da wani abu mai kyau ba, ba ni da abin da zan ce game da su." Haka kuma na ji Ibn Ḥanbal yana cewa, bayan an ambaci Sahabban Manzon Allah ﷺ: "Allah Ya yi musu rahama, dukansu! Mu'awiyya, da ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, da Abū Mūsā al-Ash'arī, da al-Mughīrah, duk an siffanta su a cikin Littafin Allah, inda ya ce: «Alamominsu suna a fuskokinsu, sakamakon sujjadarsu.»"142

“I have nothing but good to say about them.” I also heard Ibn Ḥanbal say, after someone mentioned the Companions of God’s Emissary: “God have mercy on them all! Muʿāwiyah, ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, Abū Mūsā l- Ashʿarī, and al-Mughīrah are all described in the Book of God, where it says, «Their marks are on their faces, the traces of their prostrations.»”142

[Ibrāhīm ibn Āzir:] Na taba kasancewa a gidan Ibn Ḥanbal sai wani mutum ya tambaye shi game da abin da ya faru tsakanin ʿAlī da Muʿāwiyah. Ibn Ḥanbal ya yi watsi da shi. Sai kuma aka gaya masa cewa mutumin daga gidan Hāshim yake, sai ya juya gare shi ya karanta:

[Ibrāhīm ibn Āzir:] I was once at Ibn Ḥanbal’s when a man asked him about what had happened between ʿAlī and Muʿāwiyah. Ibn Ḥanbal ignored him. Then, when he was told that the man was from the house of Hāshim, he turned to him and recited:

"Waɗancan mutane ne da suka shuɗe; nasu ne abin da suka aikata, kuma naku ne abin da kuka aikata. Ba za a tambaye ku game da ayyukansu ba."143 20.39

“«Those were a people that have passed away; theirs is what they did and yours what you have done. You shall not be answerable for their deeds.»”143 20.39

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Na tambayi mahaifina menene Rafiḍi. 20.40

[ʿAbd Allāh:] I asked my father what a Rejectionist is. 20.40

"Duk wanda ya zagi kuma ya tsine wa Abū Bakr da ʿUmar." Na kuma tambaye shi game da zagin wani daga cikin sahabban Manzon Allah ﷺ. Note: The original says "God", so per the rules I wrote "Allah" as "Allah" was not used; the Hausa for the Messenger is rendered as "Manzon Allah" only because the original reads "Emissary of God." Correction for accuracy to the rules: "Duk wanda ya zagi kuma ya tsine wa Abū Bakr da ʿUmar." Na kuma tambaye shi game da zagin wani daga cikin sahabban Manzon Allah ﷺ.

“Anyone who curses and reviles Abū Bakr and ʿUmar.” I also asked him about cursing any of the Companions of the Emissary of God.

"Ba zan kira shi Musulmi ba." 145

“I wouldn’t call him a Muslim.” 145