[ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī:] Lokacin da na ga gidan Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, abin da kawai nake tunani shi ne yadda ya yi kama da na Suwayd ibn Ghafalah, wanda aka ce yana da ƙasƙanci sosai kuma ba shi da kayan daki da yawa. 45.1

[ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī:] When I saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s house, all I could think of was how much it resembled Suwayd ibn Ghafalah’s, which was said to be very humble and sparsely furnished. 45.1

[Marubuci:] Suwayd ibn Ghafalah na ɗaya daga cikin manyan Tabi'ai. Ya tashi a madadin ƙabilarsa don ya ga Manzon Allah ﷺ, amma Manzon ya rasu kafin isowarsa. Ya zama abokin Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, ʿUthmān da ʿAlī. Ya kasance babban mai kauracewa duniya.

[The author:] Suwayd ibn Ghafalah was one of the great Successors. He set out on behalf of his tribe to see the Emissary of God, who died before his arrival. He became a companion of Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, ʿUthmān, and ʿAlī. He was a great renouncer of the world.

[ʿImrān ibn Muslim:] A duk lokacin da Suwayd ibn Ghafalah ya ji ana cewa wane ya karɓi wani kuɗi, ko wane an naɗa shi a wani muƙami, sai ya ce, "Gurasa da ɗan gishiri sun isa gare ni." 45.2

[ʿImrān ibn Muslim:] Whenever Suwayd ibn Ghafalah heard it said that So-and-So had received a sum, or So-and-So had been appointed to an office, he remarked, “A crust and a bit of salt are enough for me.” 45.2

[Al-Maymūnī:] Gidan Aḥmad ƙarami ne kuma cike yake. Ko a lokacin zafi yana kwana a ƙasa. Kawunsa ya gaya mini cewa koyaushe yana gaya masa ya kwana a sama, amma bai yarda ba.243 Na kuma ga inda yake kwana. Duk abin da yake da shi shi ne bargo244 da katifa mai datti.245 45.3

[Al-Maymūnī:] Aḥmad’s house was small and cramped. Even in the heat he would sleep downstairs. His uncle told me that he was always telling him to sleep upstairs but he wouldn’t.243 I saw where he slept, too. All he had was a quilt244 and a dirty mattress.245 45.3

[Ḥasan ibn Sayyār:] Sa'ad da nake koyon sana'a, na tafi tare da maigidana don yin shafe-shafe a wani daki na Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Aḥmad ya umarce shi da ya shafe shi da hannu, ba da abin shafe-shafe na ƙarfe ba.

[Ḥasan ibn Sayyār:] When I was an apprentice, I went with my master to plaster a room for Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Aḥmad told him to plaster it by hand, not with a trowel.

Mun kuma shimfiɗa tayal a ƙasa. Da muka gama, sai ya yi farin ciki ya ce, “Wannan yayi kyau kuma yana da tsafta. Mutum zai iya yin salla a kansa.” 45.4

We also tiled the floor. When we were finished, he looked pleased and said, “That’s good and clean. A man can pray on that.” 45.4

Babu tabarma ko wani abin shimfiɗa a cikin ɗakin.

There were no mats or floor coverings in the room.

Ya ba ni tulin dabino guda.

He gave me a handful of dates.

[Al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥārith:] Na taba shiga gidan Aḥmad. A filin cikin gidan, na ga wata tabarma da ta tsufa, da wata matashiya ta fata, ga littattafansa da takardunsa warwatse a kewayenta. Akwai kuma wata tulun ruwa ta yumɓu. 45.5

[Al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥārith:] I once went into Aḥmad’s house. In the open space inside, I saw a threadbare mat and a leather cushion, with his books and papers scattered all around it. There was also a clay water jug. 45.5

[Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd:] Aḥmad yana da ƙofar baka a cikin gidansa. Na lura ya rataye wani tsummoki na gashi a bakin ƙofar.246 45.6

[Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd:] Aḥmad had an arched doorway inside his house. I noticed he had hung a hair-cloth across the entrance.246 45.6

[Abū Dāwūd:] Na lura da cewa ƙofar gidan Aḥmad tana da wani labule da aka yi da tabarma, mai tsinke-tsinke kuma mai gogewa, an rataye shi a kanta. Kusa da shi kuma na ga wani abu kamar tsayayyun wuraren da matafiya suke amfani da su, a kansa akwai tulunan ruwa da yawa. 45.7

[Abū Dāwūd:] I noticed that the door of Aḥmad’s house had a matted, threadbare cloth hanging across it. Nearby I saw something like the stands that travelers use, with several jars on it. 45.7

[Muḥammad ibn Mūsā:] Aḥmad ya yi wata babbar ƙofa da bulo. Bayan wani lokaci da na gan ta, sai ya miƙa labule na gashin akuya a kanta. 45.8

[Muḥammad ibn Mūsā:] Aḥmad had a big doorway made of brick. When I saw it some time later, he had stretched a curtain of hair-cloth across it. 45.8

[Al-Zuhrī:] Aḥmad ya taɓa cewa, yayin da yake shigar da ni cikin gidansa, "Ka ga wannan ƙofar tawa? Na yi bashi domin gina ta."247 45.9

[Al-Zuhrī:] Aḥmad once said, as he led me into his house, “See this doorway of mine? I went into debt to build it.”247 45.9

[Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan:] Sau da yawa na sami Aḥmad zaune a tsaye da ƙafafunsa a haɗe a kan wani ƙaramin yadin ji da yake mallaka, a gaban wani tukunyar gawayi mai ƙafafu uku da aka yi da yumɓu, tare da garwashi a cikinta. 45.10

[Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan:] More than once I found Aḥmad sitting cross-legged on a small piece of felt cloth he owned, in front of a three-legged coal-pan248 made of clay, with embers in it. 45.10