[Abū Yūsuf:] Na taba jin Aḥmad yana cewa, "Akwai hanyoyi uku na ci: tare da abokai don jin daɗi, tare da talakawa cikin sadaka, da kuma tare da mutanen duniya saboda wajibi." 32.1

[Abū Yūsuf:] I once heard Aḥmad say, “There are three ways to eat: with friends for pleasure, with the poor in charity, and with worldly men out of duty.” 32.1

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Na ji Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal yana cewa, "Kowane abu yana iya zama mai daraja. Zuciyar mutum tana da daraja idan ta karɓi nufin Allah." — ana yi wa Allah lakabi da "God" a nan, don haka sai in rubuta: [Al-Marrūdhī:] Na ji Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal yana cewa, "Kowane abu yana iya zama mai daraja. Zuciyar mutum tana da daraja idan ta karɓi nufin God."181 32.2

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “Anything can be noble. A person’s heart is noble when it accepts God’s will.”181 32.2

[Ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz:] Na taɓa ganin al-Muṭīʿ li-Llāh 182 a kan mimbari yana ƙoƙarin samun zuciyar wani taro na Ḥanbaliyawa—wataƙila dubu talatin—waɗanda suke kallonsa. Ya ce, “Na ji malamina Ibn Bint Manīʿ yana cewa ya ji Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal yana cewa, ‘Idan abokan mutum suka mutu, yana sauka a idon duniya.’” 32.3