Ibn Ḥanbal, Allah ya yarda da shi, ya yi tafiye-tafiye masu nisa don neman Hadisi, ya kuma shafe lokaci mai tsawo yana tattarawa, bai bari kansa ya shagala da neman abin rayuwa ko neman mata ba, sai da ya cimma abin da ya sa a gaba. 7.1

Ibn Ḥanbal, may God be pleased with him, traveled great distances in search of Hadith and spent a long time acquiring it, and did not permit himself to be distracted by earning a living or seeking a wife until he had achieved what he set out to do. 7.1

[Aḥmad:] Ban yi aure ba sai da na haura shekara arba'in. 7.2

[Aḥmad:] I didn’t marry until I was past forty. 7.2

[Aḥmad al-Dawraqī:] Na ji Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal yana cewa, “Mun rubuta wani Hadisi sau shida ko bakwai, duk da haka ba mu ji tabbaci game da asalinsa ba. To ta yaya mutum zai ji tabbaci game da wani rahoto da ya rubuta sau ɗaya kawai?” ko kalmomi makamancin haka. 7.3

[Aḥmad al-Dawraqī:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “We’ve written down six or seven versions of a Hadith and even then didn’t feel sure of its provenance. So how can someone feel sure of a report they’ve written only once?” or words to that effect. 7.3

[Ṣāliḥ:] Na ji mahaifina yana cewa, “Na rubuta hadisai miliyan guda da hannuna, banda waɗanda aka rubuta mini.” 7.4

[Ṣāliḥ:] I heard my father say, “I’ve written down a million Hadith reports in my own writing, not counting the ones written down for me.” 7.4