[Al-Warrāq:] Sukar abokan Aḥmad yana nufin kai hari ga Aḥmad da kansa. Duk wanda ya yi haka dole ne yana riƙe da wani ƙiyayya ta wani irin, kuma ba Sunniyi ba ne. 99.1

[Al-Warrāq:] To criticize Aḥmad’s associates is to attack Aḥmad himself. Anyone who does that must be harboring a grudge of some kind and is no Sunni. 99.1

[Al-Athram:] Abokan Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal wasu lokuta sukan yanke shawarar barin al'amuran da ba su da wani sakamako a wajen Allah, don kaucewa haifar da suka ga Aḥmad. 99. Note: the rules say never write "Allah" and to write "God" in Hausa as the Hausa word for God. Corrected: [Al-Athram:] Abokan Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal wasu lokuta sukan yanke shawarar barin al'amuran da ba su da wani sakamako a wajen Ubangiji, don kaucewa haifar da suka ga Aḥmad. 99.2

[Al-Athram:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s associates sometimes decide to give up matters that have no consequence as far as God is concerned in order to avoid provoking any criticism of Aḥmad. 99.2

Abū l-Faḍl: Na ji cewa bayan rasuwar Aḥmad, wani ya ambaci wa al-Mutawakkil cewa wata matsala na iya tashi tsakanin magoya bayansa da masu bidi'a. 99.3

[Abū l-Faḍl:] I heard that after Aḥmad’s death, someone mentioned to al- Mutawakkil that unpleasantness was liable to break out between his partisans and the innovators. 99.3

"Kada ka ƙara gaya mini wani abu game da su," al-Mutawakkil ya faɗa wa mai ba da labari.

“Don’t tell me anything more about them,” al-Mutawakkil told the informant.

"Maimakon haka, ku goyi bayan ɓangarensu. Aḥmad da mutanensa su ne shugabannin al'ummar Muḥammad. Allah ya san sarai irin jarrabawar da Aḥmad ya sha, domin Shi ne ya ɗaukaka shi zuwa ga shahara a lokacin rayuwarsa da kuma bayan rasuwarsa; kuma magoya bayansa su ne mafi kyau da zai iya fata. Ina ganin Allah zai ba Aḥmad ladan da yake bai masu gaskiya." [Al-Marrūdhī:] Ibn Suḥt, wanda yake dangin aure ne ga Ibn Ḥubāb al-Jawharī, ya ce, "Na yi mafarki na ga wasu mutane, sai kuma wani mutum sanye da fararen kaya yana cewa, 'Allah ya gafarta wa Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal da duk wanda ya kare shi.'" 99.4

“Instead, take their side. Aḥmad and his people are the lords of Muḥammad’s community. God knows well enough the ordeal Aḥmad suffered, since He raised him to fame during his life and after his death; and his partisans are the best he could wish for. I daresay that God will give Aḥmad the reward He gives to the truth-tellers.” [Al-Marrūdhī:] Ibn Suḥt, who was Ibn Ḥubāb al-Jawharī’s relation by marriage, said, “I dreamed I saw some people, and a man in white saying, ‘God has forgiven Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and all who defend him.’” 99.4

Abū l-Qāsim: Na ji wani mutumin kirki yana ba da labari cewa wani daga cikin abokansa ya bayyana a mafarki, aka tambaye shi yadda Allah ya yi masa hukunci. 99. Note: the rules require "God" rendered in Hausa rather than "Allah", so the translation should read: Abū l-Qāsim: Na ji wani mutumin kirki yana ba da labari cewa wani daga cikin abokansa ya bayyana a mafarki, aka tambaye shi yadda Ubangiji ya yi masa hukunci. 99.5

[Abū l-Qāsim:] I heard a righteous man relate that one of his fellows appeared in a dream and was asked how God had judged him. 99.5

"Ya gafarta mini," ita ce amsar.

“He forgave me,” was the reply.

“Wane ne mafi yawan mutanen Aljanna?” “Mabiyan al-Shāfiʿī.” “Me game da Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal fa?” “Kai ka tambaye ni wanda yawansu ya fi, ba wanda darajarsu ta fi ba. Al-Shāfiʿī yana da adadi mafi girma, amma mabiyan Aḥmad suna da daraja mafi girma.” [Al-Ḥimmānī:] Na yi mafarki ina zaune a ƙarƙashin baranda a gida sai Annabi ﷺ ya bayyana. Ya tsaya a bakin ƙofa yana riƙe hannayensa a kan firam ɗin ƙofar, ya yi kiran sallah, ya sanar da cewa sallah ta fara. Sa'an nan ya ce, “Waɗanda aka tsira sun tsira, waɗanda aka la'anta kuwa sun halaka.” 99.6

“So who are the majority of people in the Garden?” “Followers of al-Shāfiʿī.” “What about Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal?” “You asked me who the majority were, not who the highest ones were. Al-Shāfiʿī has the greater number, but Aḥmad’s people have the higher rank.” [Al-Ḥimmānī:] I dreamed I was sitting under a portico at home when the Prophet appeared. He stood in the doorway with his hands resting on the jamb, issued the call to prayer, and announced that prayer had begun. Then he said, “The saved are saved and the damned damned.” 99.6

"Manzon Allah," na tambaya, "su waɗanne ne waɗanda aka tsira?" "Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal da mabiyansa." [Al-Ḥarbī:] Na yi mafarki cewa ina cikin wata ƙungiya, ana riƙe mu ba da yardarmu ba, kuma na ji ba daɗi game da hakan. Sai wata murya ta tambaye ni, "Me kake?" 99.7

“Emissary of God,” I asked, “who are the saved?” “Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and his followers.” [Al-Ḥarbī:] I dreamed I was in a group and we were being held against our will and I was unhappy about it. Then a voice asked, “What are you?” 99.7

"Masu bin Ibn Ḥanbal." "To, ku tafi; Ḥanbalāwa ba za a tsare su ba." Sai ga kamar wata murya ta ce, "Babu wani mabiyin makarantar Ḥanbalī da aka taɓa riƙe shi da laifin zunubansa." Ibn ʿAqīl—Allah ya yi masa rahama!—yana cewa: 99.8

I said, “Followers of Ibn Ḥanbal.” “Go, then; Ḥanbalīs aren’t to be confined.” Then it felt as if a voice said, “No adherent of the Ḥanbalī school has ever been held accountable for his sins.” Ibn ʿAqīl—God have mercy on him!—used to say: 99.8

"Matsalar makarantarmu ita ce mambobinmu da kansu. Idan wani Hanafi ko Shafi'i ya yi fice a karatunsa, sai a nada shi alkali ko wani matsayi, kuma sakamakon wannan nadin zai iya sadaukar da kansa ga koyarwa da bincike. Mutanen Ahmad kuwa, a daya bangaren, da wuya su yi wani karatu ba tare da sun yanke shawarar sadaukar da kansu ga ibada da barin duniya ba, saboda yadda kungiyar ke da tsoron Allah. Sakamakon haka, sukan daina zama malamai."

“The problem with our school is our own members. If a Ḥanafī or a Shāfiʿī excels in his studies, he’s appointed to a judgeship or some other position and as a result of his appointment can devote himself to teaching and research. Aḥmad’s people, on the other hand, can hardly study anything without deciding to devote themselves to pious exercises and renounce the world, given how godly the group tends to be. As a result, they stop being scholars.”