[Ibn Abī l-Dunyā:] Na ji Abū Yūsuf ibn Bukhtān—wanda musulmi ne nagari—yana ruwaya cewa a lokacin da Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ya rasu, wani mutum ya yi mafarki inda ya ga fitila a kan kowane kabari. Sa'ad da ya tambaya dalili, aka ce masa: "Ba ka gani ba? Da zarar an sa wannan mutum a cikinsu, sai kaburburan dukan matattu suka haskaka. Wasu daga cikin matattun da ake azabtarwa an gafarta musu." 95.1

[Ibn Abī l-Dunyā:] I heard Abū Yūsuf ibn Bukhtān—who was a good Muslim—report that when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal died, someone had a dream where he saw a lamp on every grave. When he asked why, he was told, “Don’t you see? As soon as that man was put in among them, the tombs of all the dead were illuminated. Some of the dead who were being tormented were forgiven.” 95.1

[ʿUbayd ibn Sharīk:] Wata ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na jinsi (drag queen) da ya mutu an gan shi a mafarki yana cewa, "An gafarta mini: tun da aka sanya Aḥmad a cikinmu, duk wanda ya mutu aka binne aka gafarta masa." 95.2

[ʿUbayd ibn Sharīk:] A drag queen524 who died was seen in a dream saying, “I’ve been forgiven: as soon as Aḥmad was placed among us, everyone dead and buried was forgiven.” 95.2

[Al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad:] Lokacin da mahaifiyar al-Qaṭīʿī ta rasu, sai ya binne ta kusa da Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Bayan 'yan dare sai ta bayyana gare shi a mafarki. Ya tambaye ta yadda abubuwa suka kasance a gare ta, sai ta ce, “Allah ya saka maka da alheri, ɗana! Kowane dare”—ko kuma “Kowane daren Juma'a”—“wani igiyar rahama takan sauka a kan kabarin mutumin da ka binne ni kusa da shi, kuma tana rufe mu duka da aka binne a nan, ciki har da ni.” 95.3

[Al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad:] When al-Qaṭīʿī’s mother died, he had her buried near Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. A few nights later she appeared to him in a dream. He asked her how she had fared and she said, “God bless you, my son! Every night”—or “Every Friday night”—“a wave of mercy descends on the grave of the man you buried me near, and it covers all of us buried here, including me.” 95.3

[Al-Jammāl:] Wata dare, a cikin makabartar da aka binne Aḥmad a cikinta, na karanta ayar «Daga cikinsu akwai wanda za a la'anta, akwai kuma wanda za a yi wa albarka.»525 Sai na yi barci, na ji wata murya tana cewa, "Saboda kasancewar Aḥmad a nan, babu wanda ake la'anta a nan, godiya ta tabbata ga Allah!" 95.4

[Al-Jammāl:] One night, in the cemetery where Aḥmad is buried, I recited the verse «Among those some shall be damned, and others shall be blessed.»525 Then I nodded off and heard a voice say, “Because of Aḥmad’s presence, no one here is damned, thank God!” 95.4

[Marubucin:] Wani daga cikin farkon Musulmai an ce ya bada labarin kamar haka. 95.5

[The author:] One of the early Muslims is said to have told the following story. 95.5

Inda nake zaune akwai wata tsohuwa, mai ibada, wadda ta shafe shekara hamsin tana bautawa Allah. Wata rana ta farka cikin firgici. Note: the rules ask that "God" not be written as "Allah", so the correct rendering is: Inda nake zaune akwai wata tsohuwa, mai ibada, wadda ta shafe shekara hamsin tana bauta wa Ubangiji. Wata rana ta farka cikin firgici.

Where I lived there was an old woman, a Worshipper, who had spent fifty years serving God. One day she woke up in terror.

"Da daddare wani aljani ya zo wurina," in ji ta. "Ya ce shi ne abokin zamana na namiji."526

“Last night a jinni came to me,” she said. “He said he was my male counterpart.526

Ya gaya mini cewa aljannu sun ji mala'iku suna yi wa juna ta'aziyya game da mutuwar wani mutumin kirki mai suna Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal wanda za a binne shi a wani wuri kaza-da-kaza. Allah zai gafarta wa duk wanda ya zauna kusa da wurin, don haka idan ka ji mutuwa tana zuwa, ka je can. Ka yarda da ni, ina gaya maka wannan ne don amfaninka. Za ka mutu da daren da shi zai mutu." Abin da ya faru ke nan, don haka mun san cewa mafarki ne na gaskiya.

He told me that the jinns had overheard the angels offering each other condolences on the imminent death of a righteous man named Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal who would be buried in Such-and-Such a place. God will forgive anyone who takes up residence nearby, so if you can go there when you feel death coming on, do it. Please believe me: I’m telling you this for your own good. You’ll die the night after he does.” And that’s what happened, so we knew it was a truthful dream.

[Abū l-Barakāt:] Ina da wani aboki mai suna Thābit: mutum mai adalci wanda ke karanta Alƙur'ani, yana kira ga mutane zuwa ga alheri, kuma yana hana su aikata mugunta. Lokacin da ya rasu, ban yi masa sallah ba saboda wani abu ya hana ni. Sai ya zo mini a mafarki. Lokacin da na gaishe shi, bai amsa ba, ya juya gefe. 95.6

[Abū l-Barakāt:] I had a friend named Thābit: a righteous man who read the Qurʾan, called on people to do good, and forbade them to do ill. When he died, I didn’t pray over him because something happened to prevent me. Then he came to me in a dream. When I greeted him, he didn’t answer, and turned aside. 95.6

"Thābit!" na ce. "Yaya za ka yi watsi da ni tun da mun kasance abokai nagari?" "To idan abokai ne mu, don me ba ka yi mini salla ba?" Sai na nemi afuwarsa, sannan na roƙe shi ya gaya mini yadda al'amura suke a makabartar Aḥmad, tun da an binne shi a can.

“Thābit!” I said. “How can you ignore me when we’ve been such good friends?” “So if we’re friends, why didn’t you pray over me?” I apologized to him then asked him to tell me how things were in Aḥmad’s burial ground, since he’d been buried there.

"Babu wanda a nan yake jin Wuta," in ji shi.

“No one here feels the Fire,” he said.

"Me game da makabartar Quraishawa?" "Ban san game da hakan ba," ya ce. "Na riga na faɗa maka abin da na sani kawai." "Idan wani sabon mutum ya zo ya shiga cikinku, kuna ziyartarsa ku tambaye shi tambayoyi?" "Muna ziyarta mu tambaya game da mutanen da yake barin baya, waɗanda suke raye." [Marubucin:] Na karanta wani abu da malamina Abul-Hasan ʿAli ɗan ʿUbaidullahi ɗan Az-Zaghuni ya rubuta da hannunsa, kamar haka: "Lokacin da aka binne Abu Ja'afar ɗan Abu Musa, zuriyar Manzon Allah ﷺ, kusa da shi, sai aka tono kabarin Ahmad ɗan Hanbal."

“What about the burial ground of Quraysh?” “I don’t know about that,” he said. “I’ve told you as much as I know.” “When someone new comes to join you, do you visit them and ask them questions?” “We visit and ask about the living people they’ve left behind.” [The author:] I read something my teacher Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Zāghūnī wrote in his own hand, as follows: “When the Prophet’s descendant Abū Jaʿfar ibn Abī Mūsā was buried next to him, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s tomb was exposed.

Gawarwakinsa bai lalace ba, kuma kafanin sa yana nan cikakke, babu wani ruɓewa a cikinsa.” 95.7

His corpse had not putrified and the shroud was still whole and undecayed.” 95.7

Abū Jaʿfar ya rasu shekara 129 bayan Ibn Ḥanbal.

Abū Jaʿfar died 129 years after Ibn Ḥanbal.