Mun riga mun ambata cewa Ṣāliḥ an haife shi ne ga uwa ɗaya, ʿAbd Allāh kuma ga wata uwar, sannan Ḥusn bawar ta haifa masa al-Ḥasan da al-Ḥusayn, sannan wani ɗan na uku mai suna al-Ḥasan shima, sannan Muḥammad, Saʿīd, da Zaynab, wadda ake kira Umm ʿAlī. 64.1

We have already mentioned that Ṣāliḥ was born to one mother and ʿAbd Allāh to another, and that Ḥusn the slave bore him al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn, then a third child also named al-Ḥasan, then Muḥammad, Saʿīd, and Zaynab, who was called Umm ʿAlī. 64.1

[Ṣāliḥ:] Mahaifina ya taɓa fara ba ni haƙuri saboda Ḥasan da Saʿīd, yana cewa, "Duk ran da ya amince da Allah a matsayin Ubangijinsa, dole ne a haife shi a kan lokaci." Note: The rules say to write "God" rather than "Allah", so the correct rendering is: [Ṣāliḥ:] Mahaifina ya taɓa fara ba ni haƙuri saboda Ḥasan da Saʿīd, yana cewa, "Duk ran da ya amince da Ubangiji a matsayin Ubangijinsa, dole ne a haife shi a kan lokaci." 325 64.2

[Ṣāliḥ:] My father once started apologizing to me for Ḥasan and Saʿīd, saying, “Every soul that acknowledged God as his Lord has to be born sooner or later.”325 64.2

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Lokacin da ɗaya daga cikin jariran ya haihu, ʿAbd al-Aʿlā ya ba ni wata takarda ta taya murna don in kai wa mahaifina. Amma mahaifina ya jefar da ita, yana cewa: "Babu wani mutumin ilimi da zai rubuta irin wannan takarda, ko wani mai ilimin Hadisi ma. Abin da ake tsammani daga marubuci ne kawai!" 64.3

[ʿAbd Allāh:] When one of the babies was born, ʿAbd al-Aʿlā gave me a note of congratulations to deliver to my father. But my father flung it away, saying, “No man of learning would write a note like that, or any Hadith-man either. It’s what you’d expect from a scribe!” 64.3

Furān: Ni na kasance abokin kusa da Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Yana jin daɗi da ni har ma yakan karɓi kuɗi aro daga gare ni. 64.4

[Fūrān:] I was a close associate of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. He felt comfortable with me and he would even borrow money from me. 64.4

Duk lokacin da aka haifi jariri da dare alhali ban kasance a wurin ba don in ji labarin, sai ya zo da sassafe sosai ya zauna a kofar dakina. Amma ba ya yin kwankwasa, don haka ban taba sanin yana wurin ba sai da na fito don yin sallah. Sai ya tashi ya shiga sallah tare da ni.

Whenever he had a baby born at night when I wasn’t there to hear about it, he would come in the very early morning and sit by my door. But he wouldn’t knock, so I never knew he was there until I came out to pray. Then he would get up and join me.

Zan tambaye shi me yake yi a can da wuri haka, sai ya ce, "Mun samu jariri." Sannan ya tafi, ni kuma sai in yi sallar asuba. Bayan haka sai in je gada.326

I’d ask him what he was doing there so early and he’d say, “We had a baby.” Then he’d leave and I’d pray the morning prayer. Afterward I’d go to the bridge326

ko Ƙofar Bambaro327 don siyan abin da matan suke buƙata da kuma a kai shi gidansa.

or the Straw Gate327 to buy what the women needed and have it delivered to his house.