[Al-Ḥarbī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal biasa menerima undangan pernikahan, walimah, dan khitanan, serta memakan apa yang dihidangkan. 53.1

[Al-Ḥarbī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal would accept invitations to marriages, weddings, and circumcisions, and eat what was served. 53.1

[Al-Daʿʿāʾ:] Seorang laki-laki pernah mengundang Ahmad bin Hanbal ke suatu acara, dan Ahmad menerima undangan itu. Kemudian ia mencoba membatalkannya, tetapi laki-laki tersebut tidak mau menerima penolakan.

[Al-Daʿʿāʾ:] A man once invited Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal to an event and Aḥmad accepted. Later, he tried to back out of it, but the man wouldn’t take no for an answer.

Di acara itu, orang tersebut pergi dan mendudukkan Aḥmad di samping seseorang yang tidak ingin ia duduki bersamanya. "Ibnu Sīrīn, semoga Allah merahmatinya, benar," kata Aḥmad. "Beliau berkata, 'Jangan pernah berusaha memuliakan saudaramu dengan melakukan sesuatu yang akan menyebabkan kesusahan baginya.' Itulah yang dilakukan saudaraku ini kepadaku." 53.2

At the event the man went and seated Aḥmad next to someone he did not want to sit with. “Ibn Sīrīn, God bless him, had it right,” said Aḥmad. “He said, ‘Never try to honor your brother by doing something that will cause him hardship.’ That’s what this brother of mine has done to me.” 53.2

[Ṣāliḥ:] Ada seorang laki-laki bernama Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥakam al-ʿAṭṭār yang biasa menghadiri majelis ʿAffān. Ketika tiba waktunya ia mengkhitankan salah satu putranya, ia mengundang Yaḥyā, Abū Khaythamah, dan sejumlah ahli hadis lainnya, termasuk ayahku. Yang lain datang lebih dulu, sementara ayahku dan aku datang setelah mereka. Ketika kami tiba, kami dipersilakan duduk di sebuah ruangan bersama beberapa ahli hadis lainnya. Pada suatu saat salah seorang dari mereka berkata, “Aḥmad, di sini ada sesuatu yang terbuat dari perak.” Ayahku menoleh dan melihat sebuah kursi.286 Maka ia pun berdiri dan pergi, dan semua orang yang berada di ruangan itu bersamanya ikut keluar. 53.3

[Ṣāliḥ:] There was man called Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥakam al-ʿAṭṭār who used to frequent the circle of ʿAffān. When it came time for him to circumcise one of his sons, he invited Yaḥyā, Abū Khaythamah, and a number of other Hadith-men, including my father. The others went ahead and my father and I came along after them. When we arrived, we were given a seat in a room with several other Hadith-men. At some point one of them said, “Aḥmad, there’s something made of silver here.” My father turned and saw a chair.286 So he got up and left, and everyone who was in the room with him followed him out. 53.3

Mendengar hal ini, sang tuan rumah, al-ʿAṭṭār, bergegas keluar dan menyusul ayahku, bersumpah bahwa ia tidak membawa barang itu masuk dan tidak tahu bahwa barang itu ada di sana, lalu memintanya kembali. Ayahku menolak. Ketika ʿAffān datang, al-ʿAṭṭār memintanya untuk berbicara dengan ayahku dan membujuknya kembali. ʿAffān berbicara dengannya, tetapi tidak membuahkan hasil, dan al-ʿAṭṭār pun sangat kecewa.

Hearing of this, the host, al-ʿAṭṭār, rushed out and caught up with him, swearing that he hadn’t brought the item in and didn’t know it was there, and asking my father to come back. My father refused. When ʿAffān came along, al-ʿAṭṭār asked him to speak with my father and persuade him to return. ʿAffān spoke with him but it did no good, and al-ʿAṭṭār was devastated.

[Al-Sawwāq:] Kami sedang berada dalam jamuan di Gerbang Pembuat Ter (Bāb al-Zafatt) ketika Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal datang. Begitu ia menginjakkan kaki di dalam rumah, ia melihat sebuah kursi berhiaskan perak, lalu ia keluar kembali. Tuan rumah keluar menyusulnya, tetapi Aḥmad memberi isyarat agar ia menjauh lalu pergi, sambil berkata, “Perhiasan Majusi! Perhiasan Majusi!” 53.4

[Al-Sawwāq:] We were at the banquet at the Pitch-Worker’s Gate287 when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal arrived. As soon as he set foot in the house, he saw a chair with silver ornamentation, and went out again. The host came out after him, but Aḥmad waved him away and left, saying, “Magian finery! Magian finery!” 53.4