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His Remarks On Sincerity, On Acting For The Sake Of Appearances, And On Concealing One’s Pious Austerities
[Ibn al-Sammāk:] Na ji Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal yana cewa, "Nuna wa mutane tawadanka (inkwell) shi ne riya."173 30.1
[Ibn al-Sammāk:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “Letting people see your inkwell is showing off.”173 30.1
Al-Anṣārī ya ce, "Ina ganin cewa Ibn al-Sammāk wanda ya ruwaito wannan magana shi ne Muḥammad ibn Bundār al-Sammāk al-Jarjarāʾī, wanda ya yi zama da Aḥmad." [Al-Marrūdhī:] Wani mutum ya taɓa tambayar Ibn Ḥanbal, "Me mutanenka suka aikata har suka samu wannan daraja mai girma?" 30.2
Al-Anṣārī said, “I think the Ibn al-Sammāk who reported this comment is Muḥammad ibn Bundār al-Sammāk al-Jarjarāʾī, who associated with Aḥmad.” [Al-Marrūdhī:] Someone once asked Ibn Ḥanbal what his people had done to become so well regarded. 30.2
"Sun yi gaskiya," ya ce.
“They’ve been truthful,” he said.
[Al-Marrūdhī:] Bayan da wani ya ambaci gaskiya da himma, Aḥmad ya ce, "Wannan shi ne abin da ya sa wannan ƙungiyar174 ta fi sauran."30.3
[Al-Marrūdhī:] After someone mentioned being truthful and earnest, Aḥmad said, “That’s what makes this group174 better than others.” 30.3
[Al-Marrūdhī:] Na zauna tare da Aḥmad a Samarra kimanin watanni huɗu. A cikin wannan lokacin bai taɓa daina yin sallah da dare ba, yana karanta Alƙur'ani da rana, amma ko da ya kammala karatun Alƙur'ani duka, bai taɓa bayyana hakan ba. Yana yin dukan abin a ɓoye. 30.4
[Al-Marrūdhī:] I was with Aḥmad in Samarra for about four months. During that time he never stopped praying at night and reading the Qurʾan by day, but even when he finished a reading of the whole Qurʾan, he never let on. He did it all in secret. 30.4
Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad: Aḥmad ya taɓa haɗuwa da wani mutum wanda ya yi masa rashin gaskiya. 30.5
[Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad:] Aḥmad once ran into a man who had been dishonest with him. 30.5
"Idan ka gyara abubuwa, ba za ka ji tsoron kowa ba," ya ce masa. Na kuma ji shi yana cewa, a lokacin da aka tambaye shi ma'anar son wasu saboda Allah, cewa yana nufin son su ba tare da tunanin wani amfanin duniya ba.
“If you made things right,” he told him, “you wouldn’t have to be afraid of anyone.” I also heard him say, when he was asked what it meant to love others in God, that it meant loving them without thought of worldly gain.