[Muḥammad ibn Ṭāriq:] Ina zaune kusa da Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal sai na tambaye shi ko zan iya amfani da tukunyar tawadarsa. 52.1

[Muḥammad ibn Ṭāriq:] I was sitting next to Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and I asked him if I could use his inkpot. 52.1

Ya kalle ni. "Ni da kai, ba wanda ya kai haka da taka-tsantsan," ya ce da murmushi.

He looked at me. “Neither one of us is as scrupulous as all that,” he said with a smile.

[Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn:] Ban taɓa haɗuwa da wani kamar Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ba. Mun zauna tare da shi shekara hamsin, kuma ba sau ɗaya ba ya taɓa ɗaga kansa a kanmu saboda taƙawarsa da kyawun halayensa. 52.2

[Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn:] I never met anyone like Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. We sat with him for fifty years, and never once did he hold his piety and goodness over us. 52.2

[Ṣāliḥ:] Sau da yawa ina ganin mahaifina yana ɗaukar gartsi, yana zuwa ɗakunan masu haya don yin ayyuka da hannunsa biyu. Yakan je wurin masu sayar da kayan abinci ya sayi tulin itacen wuta ko wani abu, sannan ya ɗauke shi da kansa. 52.3