[Isma'il al-Daylami:] 'Amr al-Naqid ya ce, "Muna karatu tare da Wakf'i sai ga Ahmad ibn Hanbal ya shigo ya zauna." Sannan ya fara bayanin yadda Ahmad yake girmama Wakf'i. Daga nan ya ce: "Na gaya wa Ahmad yadda malaminmu yake ganin darajarsa, na tambaye shi dalilin da ya sa baya magana a gabansa. Ya ce, 'To me ma idan yana ganin darajata? Har yanzu dole ne in girmama shi.'" 6.1

[Ismāʿīl al-Daylamī:] ʿAmr al-Nāqid said, “We were studying with Wakīʿ when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal came in and sat down.” He began describing how deferential Aḥmad was to Wakīʿ. Then he said: “I told Aḥmad how highly our teacher thought of him and asked him why he wouldn’t speak in his presence. He said, ‘So what if he thinks highly of me? I still have to treat him with reverence.’” 6.1

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Na ji Muhannaʾ ɗan Yaḥyā l-Shāmī yana ruwaya cewa: "Na ga Aḥmad ɗan Ḥanbal a majalisin karatun Sufyān, tare da ʿAbd al-Razzāq zaune a gabansa. Na tuna ina tunani, 'Ina mamaki ko sun san wanda suke zaune tare da shi.'" Ma'anar wannan ita ce: Shin sun san yadda Ibn Ḥanbal yake da ilimi sosai? 6.2