[ʿAbd Allāh:] Kami mendengar riwayat dari ayahku, Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ḥanbal bin Hilāl bin Asad bin Idrīs bin ʿAbd Allāh bin Ḥayyān bin ʿAbd Allāh bin Anas bin ʿAwf bin Qāsiṭ bin Māzin bin Shaybān bin Dhuhl bin Thaʿlabah bin ʿUkābah bin Ṣaʿb bin ʿAlī bin Bakr bin Wāʾil bin Qāsiṭ bin Hinb bin Afṣā bin Duʿmī bin Jadīlah bin Asad bin Rabīʿah bin Nizār bin Maʿadd bin ʿAdnān bin Udd bin Udad bin al-Hamaysaʿ bin Ḥamal bin al-Nabt bin Qaydhār bin Ismāʿīl bin Ibrāhīm Khalilullah, ʿalaihi as-salām abadi. 2.1

[ʿAbd Allāh:] We heard reports from my father, Aḥmad son of Muḥammad son of Ḥanbal son of Hilāl son of Asad son of Idrīs son of ʿAbd Allāh son of Ḥayyān son of ʿAbd Allāh son of Anas son of ʿAwf son of Qāsiṭ son of Māzin son of Shaybān son of Dhuhl son of Thaʿlabah son of ʿUkābah son of Ṣaʿb son of ʿAlī son of Bakr son of Wāʾil son of Qāsiṭ son of Hinb son of Afṣā son of Duʿmī son of Jadīlah son of Asad son of Rabīʿah son of Nizār son of Maʿadd son of ʿAdnān son of Udd son of Udad son of al-Hamaysaʿ son of Ḥamal son of al-Nabt son of Qaydhār son of Ismāʿīl son of Ibrāhīm the Friend of God,13 on whom eternal peace. 2.1

[Ibnu Baṭṭah:] Ibu Aḥmad berasal dari Bani Syaybān. Namanya Ṣafiyyah, putri Maymūnah, putri ʿAbd al-Malik al-Syaybānī dari kabilah ʿĀmir. Ayah Aḥmad pernah singgah sebagai tamu di kalangan kabilahnya, lalu menikahinya. Kakeknya, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Sawādah ibn Hind al-Syaybānī, adalah seorang pemimpin di tengah kaumnya. Orang-orang Arab badui biasa berkemah di dekat mereka, dan ia akan menjamu mereka.14 2.14

[Ibn Baṭṭah:] Aḥmad’s mother was of Shaybān. Her name was Ṣafiyyah, daughter of Maymūnah, daughter of ʿAbd al-Malik al-Shaybānī of the clan of ʿĀmir. Aḥmad’s father had come to stay as a guest of her clan and then married her. Her grandfather, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Sawādah ibn Hind al-Shaybānī, was a leader among his people. The Arab tribesmen would camp nearby and she would offer them hospitality.14 2.14