[ʿAbd Allāh:] Na ji mahaifina yana cewa, "Ubangijin Ɗaukaka ya bayyana a gare ni a mafarki, sai na tambaye Shi yaya zan fi kusantar da kaina zuwa gare Shi." 91.1

[ʿAbd Allāh:] I heard my father say, “The Lord of Glory appeared to me in a dream and I asked Him how best to draw nearer to Him. 91.1

"Ta cikin Maganata, Aḥmad," Ya ce.

“‘Through my Speech, Aḥmad,’ He said.

"Shin dole ne mu fahimce shi?" na tambaya.

“‘Do we have to understand it?’ I asked.

"Ya ce, 'Yana aiki ko kun fahimce shi ko ba ku fahimta ba.'" [Ṣadaqah ibn al-Faḍl:] Ina tafiya daga Kufa zuwa Baghdad ba tare da kuɗi a hannuna ba. Ta lokacin da na isa Mashigin Ṣarṣar na kusa mutuwa da yunwa. Na shiga wani masallaci a wurin na yi barci. Na farka sai na ga wani mutum yana girgiza ni da ƙafarsa. Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ne. Tare da shi akwai wani ɗan ɗaukar kaya ɗauke da burodi. 91.2

“He said, ‘It works whether you understand it or not.’” [Ṣadaqah ibn al-Faḍl:] I was traveling from Kufa to Baghdad without any money to spend. By the time I reached the Ṣarṣar Canal I was starving. I went into a mosque there and fell asleep. I woke up to find a man joggling me with his foot. It was Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. With him was a porter carrying bread. 91.2

"Jiya da dare na yi mafarki," ya ce. "Wata murya ta ce, 'Abokinka Ṣadaqah ibn al-Faḍl ya iso daga Kufa cikin wani mummunan hali, don haka ka je ka taimake shi.'"

“Last night I had a dream,” he said. “A voice said, ‘Your friend Ṣadaqah ibn al- Faḍl has arrived from Kufa in a bad way so go help him.’”