[Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh:] Ketika Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal melakukan perjalanan untuk belajar kepada ʿAbd al-Razzāq, uangnya habis, lalu ia menyewakan dirinya kepada seorang sopir unta selama perjalanan ke Sana'a. Teman-temannya telah menawarkan bantuan, tetapi ia menolak menerima apa pun dari siapa pun. 41.1

[Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh:] When Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal made the journey to study with ʿAbd al-Razzāq, he ran out of money, so he hired himself out to a camel driver for the duration of the journey to Sanaa. His companions had offered help, but he refused to accept anything from anyone. 41.1

[ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd:] ʿAbd al-Razzāq menceritakan kepada kami: "Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal datang dan tinggal di sini hampir dua tahun. Pada suatu waktu aku berkata kepadanya, 'Aḥmad, tidak ada jalan bagimu untuk mendapatkan uang di wilayah ini, maka ambillah ini'"—dan di sini ʿAbd al-Razzāq mengeluarkan segenggam dinar untuk menunjukkan maksudnya—"'dan belanjakanlah untuk dirimu sendiri!' Namun Aḥmad berkata, 'Aku baik-baik saja,' dan menolak menerima apa pun dariku." 41.2

[ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd:] ʿAbd al-Razzāq told us: “Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal came and stayed here for almost two years. At one point I said to him, ‘Aḥmad, there’s no way for you to make any money in this part of the world, so take this’”—and here ʿAbd al-Razzāq put out a handful of dinars to show us what he meant—“‘and spend it on yourself!’ But Aḥmad said, ‘I’m fine,’ and refused to accept anything from me.” 41.2

[Al-Wāsiṭī:] Saya mendengar bahwa Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, ketika meninggalkan Yaman, menggadaikan sandalnya kepada seorang tukang roti sebagai ganti makanan. Ia juga menyewakan dirinya kepada para penggembala unta ketika ia pergi. ʿAbd al-Razzāq menawarkan kepadanya beberapa dirham yang baik,212 namun ia tidak mau menerimanya. 41.3

[Al-Wāsiṭī:] I heard that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, as he was leaving Yemen, pawned his sandals to a baker in exchange for some food. He also hired himself out to some camel drivers when he left. ʿAbd al-Razzāq offered him some perfectly good dirhams,212 but he wouldn’t take them. 41.3

[Al-Ramādī:] Suatu ketika, di desa tempat ʿAbd al-Razzāq tinggal, kami menyebut nama Ibnu Ḥanbal, lalu Baḥr, penjual sayur, berkata, "Apa kabarnya dia sekarang?" 41.4

[Al-Ramādī:] Once, in the village where ʿAbd al-Razzāq lived, we mentioned Ibn Ḥanbal, and Baḥr the greengrocer said, “Whatever happened to him?” 41.4

"Bagaimana kamu tahu siapa Aḥmad?" tanyaku kepadanya.

“How do you know who Aḥmad is?” I asked him.

"Dia tinggal di sini untuk beberapa waktu," kata pedagang kelontong itu. "Ketika teman-temannya pergi, dia tetap tinggal. Dia datang kepadaku dan berkata, 'Baḥr, aku berutang satu dirham padamu, maka ambillah sandal ini. Aku akan berusaha mengirimkan uangnya dari Sana'a, tetapi jika aku tidak bisa, sandal itu bernilai satu dirham.213

“He was living here for a while,” said the grocer. “When his friends left, he stayed behind. He came to me and said, ‘Baḥr, I owe you a dirham, so take these sandals. I’ll try to send you the money from Sanaa, but if I can’t, sandals are worth a dirham.213

"Setuju?" Saya menjawab ya, lalu ia pergi. Kemudian saya menceritakannya kepada Hammām, keponakan ʿAbd al-Razzāq, dan ia berkata, "Mengapa sebenarnya kamu membiarkan dia memberimu sandal itu?" [Al-Ramādī:] Saya pernah mendengar ʿAbd al-Razzāq, dengan air mata di matanya, berkata tentang Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal: "Suatu hari ia datang kepadaku dan mengatakan bahwa uangnya sudah habis. Aku menemukan sepuluh dinar, lalu aku membawanya ke samping—di balik pintu tertutup, tanpa ada orang lain di sana—dan berkata, 'Aku tidak menyimpan uang, tetapi aku menemukan sepuluh dinar ini di bagian rumah para wanita, maka ambillah dan gunakanlah sampai aku bisa menemukan sesuatu yang lebih.' Ia tersenyum dan berkata, 'Abū Bakr, jika aku akan menerima bantuan dari siapa pun, itu adalah dari engkau.' Namun ia tidak mau menerimanya." 41.5

Agreed?’ “I said yes and he left. Later I told ʿAbd al-Razzāq’s nephew Hammām and he said, ‘Why on earth did you let him give you the sandals?’” [Al-Ramādī:] I once heard ʿAbd al-Razzāq, tears in his eyes, say of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal: “He came to me one day and said that his money had run out. I found ten dinars and took him aside—behind closed doors, with no one else there—and said, ‘I don’t save money, but I did find these ten dinars in the women’s quarters, so take them and make them last until I can find something more.’ He smiled and said, ‘Abū Bakr, if I were going to accept help from anyone, it would be you.’ But he wouldn’t take it.” 41.5

Kedua versi riwayat tersebut pada dasarnya sama.

[The author:] The two versions of the report are largely the same.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Ayahku berkata kepadaku, "Yazīd ibn Hārūn pernah menawarkan kepadaku lima ratus dirham—kurang lebih—tetapi aku tidak menerimanya. Ia juga menawarkan uang kepada Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn dan Abū Muslim al-Mustamlī, dan mereka menerimanya." 41.6

[ʿAbd Allāh:] My father told me, “Yazīd ibn Hārūn once offered me five hundred dirhams—more or less—but I didn’t take it. He also offered money to Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn and Abū Muslim al-Mustamlī, and they did.” 41.6

[Al-Wāsiṭī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal dan beberapa orang lainnya datang untuk belajar bersama saya, tetapi uang mereka habis. Saya menawarkan uang kepada mereka dan mereka menerimanya, kecuali Aḥmad, yang datang kepada saya dengan sehelai bulu dan berkata, "Tolong carikan seseorang untuk menjual ini untuk saya. Itu akan cukup untuk menopang hidup saya." 41.7

[Al-Wāsiṭī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and several others came to study with me, but their money ran out. I offered them money and they took it, except for Aḥmad, who came to me with a fur and said, “Ask someone to sell this for me. That will give me enough to live on.” 41.7

Saya mengikat beberapa dirham dan menawarkannya kepadanya, tetapi dia menolak untuk mengambil apa pun. Istri saya berkata, "Dia orang yang saleh. Mungkin jumlahnya belum cukup. Berikan dua kali lipatnya." Maka saya menggandakan jumlahnya, tetapi dia tetap tidak mau menerimanya. Akhirnya dia mengambil bulunya dan pergi.

I bundled up some dirhams and offered them to him, but he refused to take anything. My wife said, “He’s a righteous man. Maybe it wasn’t enough. Give him twice that.” So I doubled the amount but he still wouldn’t take it. Finally he took his fur and left.

[Ibrāhīm ibn Ḥassān:] Saya mendengar kisah ini dari seorang laki-laki yang pernah mengenal Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal di Wāsiṭ, ketika mereka berdua menjadi murid di depan pintu Yazīd ibn Hārūn. Aḥmad datang kepadanya dengan sehelai jubah yang hendak ia jual, padahal waktu itu adalah musim dingin yang paling dingin dalam setahun.

[Ibrāhīm ibn Ḥassān:] I heard this story from a man who had known Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal in Wāsiṭ, where they were students at the door of Yazīd ibn Hārūn. Aḥmad came to him with a cloak he wanted to sell even though it was the coldest time of year.

"Butuh waktu cukup lama, tetapi akhirnya saya berhasil membujuknya untuk tidak menjualnya. Kemudian saya pergi menemui Yazīd dan berkata, ‘Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal baru saja memintaku menjual jubahnya—padahal cuaca seperti ini!’ 41."8

“It took a while, but I persuaded him not to sell it. Then I went to Yazīd and said, ‘Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal just asked me to sell off his cloak—in this weather!’ 41.8

"Yazīd menyuruh pelayannya menimbang seratus dirham dan membawanya masuk. Kemudian ia memberikan uang itu kepadaku dan menyuruhku menyampaikannya kepada Aḥmad. Maka aku membawakan uang itu kepadanya dan berkata, ‘Ini untukmu, dari Yazīd.’ “‘Aku memang membutuhkannya,’ katanya, ‘dan aku sedang dalam perjalanan. Tetapi aku tidak ingin terbiasa menerima bantuan. Kembalikan uang itu!’ “Maka aku pun membawanya kembali. Lalu ia memberiku jubahnya dan aku menjualnya.” [Ṣāliḥ:] Suatu hari Ḥusn214 datang kepadaku dan berkata, “Seorang laki-laki baru saja datang dan meninggalkan sekeranjang buah kering serta sebuah catatan.” 41.9

“Yazīd told his servant to weigh out a hundred dirhams and bring them in. Then he gave the money to me and told me to pass it on Aḥmad. So I brought him the money and said, ‘This is for you, from Yazīd.’ “‘I do need it,’ he said, ‘and I am on a journey. But I don’t want to get used to accepting help. Take it back!’ “So I took it back. Then he gave me his cloak and I sold it.” [Ṣāliḥ:] One day Ḥusn214 came to me and said, “A man just came and left a basket of dried fruit and a note.” 41.9

Saya membaca catatan itu, yang berbunyi:

I read the note, which said:

Aḥmad, aku telah menjual sebagian barang dagangan di Samarqand senilai sekian atas namamu dan memperoleh keuntungan sekian. Bersama ini kukirimkan empat ribu dirham, beserta sebagian buah yang kupetik dari kebunku, yang dahulu dimiliki ayahku dan kakekku sebelumnya.

Aḥmad, I sold some merchandise in Samarqand worth such-and-such on your behalf and made a profit of such-and-such. Herewith are four thousand dirhams, which I’m sending to you along with some fruit I picked from my orchard, which belonged to my father and grandfather before me.

Ketika ia pulang, aku mengumpulkan anak-anak dan masuk menemuinya. "Ayah," kataku, "tidakkah hatimu sakit melihat aku hidup dari belas kasihan orang lain?" Sambil menempatkan anak-anak di hadapannya, aku menangis.

When he came home, I gathered the boys and went in to see him. “Dad,” I said, “doesn’t it hurt you to see me live on charity?” Putting the children in front of him, I wept.

“Bagaimana kamu tahu?” tanyanya. Lalu ia berkata, “Biarkan saja dulu. Malam ini aku akan menanyakan kepada Tuhan apa yang harus dilakukan.” Keesokan harinya, ia berkata, “Ṣāliḥ, jangan beri tahu siapa pun tentang hal ini. Aku sudah menanyakan kepada Tuhan dan Dia memerintahkanku untuk tidak menerimanya.” Ia membuka keranjang itu dan memberikan buah-buahan kepada anak-anak. Kemudian ia mengembalikan uangnya, bersama dengan sehelai kain sepanjang sepuluh hasta miliknya. Belakangan aku mendengar bahwa orang itu menyisihkan kain tersebut untuk dijadikan kafan.

“How did you find out?” he asked. Then he said, “Leave it be for now. Tonight I’ll ask God what to do.” The next day, he said, “Ṣāliḥ, don’t tell anyone about this. I asked God and He told me not to accept.” He opened the basket and gave the fruit to the children. Then he sent the money back, along with a ten-cubit robe he had. Later I heard that the man set the robe aside to use as a shroud.

[ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm:] Seorang tetangga kami pernah menunjukkan kepada kami sebuah dokumen dan bertanya apakah kami mengenali tulisan tangannya. 41.10

[ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm:] A neighbor of ours once showed us a document and asked if we recognized the handwriting. 41.10

"Ya," kata kami, "itu milik Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Tapi mengapa dia menulis ini untukmu?" "Kami sedang tinggal bersama Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah di Mekah," kata tetangga itu. "Aḥmad menghilang selama beberapa hari, jadi kami pergi mencarinya. Orang-orang di rumah tempat dia menginap menunjukkan kamarnya. Kami mendapati pintunya terbuka sedikit dan melihat bahwa dia ada di sana, tetapi berpakaian compang-camping."

“Yes,” we said, “it’s Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s. But why did he write this for you?” “We were staying with Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah in Mecca,” said the neighbor. “Aḥmad disappeared for a few days so we went to look for him. The people at the house where he was staying pointed out his room. We found the door ajar and saw that he was there, but dressed in rags.

“‘Aḥmad,’ kami bertanya, ‘ada apa? Kami sudah berhari-hari tidak melihatmu.’ “‘Pakaianku dicuri orang.’ “‘Aku punya beberapa dinar,’ kataku. ‘Ambillah sebagai pinjaman atau hadiah, mana yang kamu suka.’ “Dia menolak menerima uang itu, maka aku bertanya kepadanya apakah dia mau menyalin riwayat-riwayat dengan imbalan.”

“‘Aḥmad,’ we asked, ‘what’s going on? We haven’t seen you in days.’ “‘Someone stole my clothes.’ “‘I have some dinars with me,’ I said. ‘Take it as a loan or a gift, whichever you prefer.’ “He refused to take the money, so I asked him if he would copy reports for a fee.

Dia berkata bahwa dia akan melakukannya, maka aku menawarinya satu dinar, tetapi dia tidak mau menerimanya.

He said he would, so I offered him a dinar, but he wouldn’t take it.

“Belikan aku sehelai jubah,” katanya, “dan potong menjadi dua,” sambil memberi isyarat bahwa ia bermaksud memakai separuhnya sebagai kain penutup aurat dan separuh lainnya sebagai baju. “Dan bawakan kembaliannya kepadaku,” katanya.

“‘Buy me a robe,’ he said, ‘and cut it in half,’ gesturing to show that he meant to wear half of it as a breechclout and the other half as a shirt. ‘And bring me the change,’ he said.

"Saya melakukan apa yang dia minta. Lalu saya membawakannya kertas, dan dia menyalin beberapa teks untuk saya, dan inilah tulisan tangannya." [Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Shāhīn:] Saya mendengar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥammād al-Muqriʾ berkata bahwa ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm pernah melihat salah seorang tetangganya membawa sebuah dokumen dengan tulisan tangan Aḥmad. Ia bertanya kepadanya di mana ia menemukan buku catatan Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. 41.11

“I did as he asked. Then I brought him some paper and he copied some texts for me, and here they are in his writing.” [Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Shāhīn:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥammād al-Muqriʾ say that ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm once saw one of his neighbors carrying a document in Aḥmad’s handwriting. He asked him where he had found Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s notebook. 41.11

"Jadi kamu mengenal tulisannya?" tanya pria itu.

“So you know his writing?” asked the man.

“Ya, saya mau.” “Nah, ini bukan buku catatan Aḥmad,” kata tetangganya. “Ini buku catatan saya, tapi ditulis dengan tulisan tangannya.” “Bagaimana bisa begitu?” “Suatu tahun,” kata laki-laki itu, “kami belajar bersama Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah. Pada tahun itu hanya kami berdua dari lingkungan kami yang belajar dengan beliau. Aḥmad menghilang beberapa hari, dan saya pergi mencarinya. Saya mengikuti petunjuk orang-orang sampai akhirnya tiba di semacam gua di Jiyād, yang pintu masuknya ditutup dengan kisi-kisi.

“I do.” “Well, this isn’t Aḥmad’s notebook,” said the neighbor. “It’s my notebook in his writing.” “How did that happen?” “One year,” said the man, “we were studying with Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah. We were the only two from our neighborhood studying with him that year. Aḥmad disappeared for a few days and I went to go look for him. I followed people’s directions until I ended up at a sort of cave in Jiyād with a lattice blocking the entrance.

"Salām ʿalaikum!" seru saya.

“‘Peace be upon you!’ I called out.

"Dan kamu," jawabnya.

“‘And you,’ came the reply.

“‘Bolehkah aku masuk?’ ‘Tidak,’ jawabnya. Sesaat kemudian dia berkata, ‘Sekarang boleh.’ Aku pun masuk dan mendapati dia sedang terbungkus selembar kain nemat yang compang-camping.

“‘May I come in?’ “‘No,’ he answered. A moment later he said, ‘Now you may.’ “I went in and found him wrapped in a ragged piece of felt.

"Mengapa engkau membuatku menunggu?" tanyaku.

“‘Why did you keep me waiting?’ I asked.

“Agar aku bisa menutupi diriku.” “Apa yang terjadi padamu?” “Pakaianku dicuri orang.” Aku bergegas pulang dan membawa seratus dirham yang dibungkus dengan sehelai kain. Aku menawarkannya kepadanya, tetapi ia menolak untuk menerimanya. Aku berkata bahwa ia boleh mengembalikannya kepadaku kelak, namun ia tetap menolak. Aku mencoba menawarkan jumlah yang lebih sedikit, bahkan turun sampai dua puluh dirham, tetapi tetap tidak berhasil.

“‘So I could cover myself.’ “‘What happened to you?’ “‘Someone stole my clothes.’ “I rushed home and brought back a hundred dirhams wrapped in a piece of cloth. I offered it to him but he refused to take it. I told him he could pay me back, but he still refused. I tried offering him less, going all the way down to twenty, but it was no use.

"Akhirnya aku berbalik untuk pergi, sambil berkata, 'Tidak benar jika kamu bunuh diri padahal aku di sini menawarkan bantuan kepadamu!'" "'Kembalilah,' katanya."

Finally I turned to go, saying, ‘It’s wrong for you to kill yourself when I’m here offering to help you!’ “‘Come back,’ he said.

"Aku berbalik. Ia berkata, ‘Bukankah Ibnu ʿUyaynah telah mengajarkan kepada kita berdua banyak riwayat hadis?’ “‘Tentu saja.’ “‘Bagaimana jika aku menyalinkannya untukmu?’ “‘Baiklah,’ kataku."

“I turned back. He said, ‘Didn’t Ibn ʿUyaynah teach both of us a lot of Hadith reports?’ “‘Of course.’ “‘What if I copy them out for you?’ “‘All right,’ I said.

“‘Belikan beberapa lembar kertas,’ katanya, ‘lalu bawa ke sini.’ “Ia menulis sejumlah dirham (orang tersebut menyebutkan jumlahnya). Ia menghabiskan dua belas dirham untuk dua helai pakaian dan menyimpan sisanya untuk kebutuhan.” [Ismāʿīl ibn Abī l-Ḥārith:] Kami dulu tinggal di dekat seorang lelaki tua dari Marw. Suatu hari Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal datang menemuinya, lalu keluar dan pergi. 41.12

“‘Buy some paper,’ he said, ‘and bring it here.’ “He wrote so many dirhams’ worth (the man mentioned the amount). He spent twelve dirhams on two garments and kept the rest for expenses.” [Ismāʿīl ibn Abī l-Ḥārith:] We used to live near an elderly man from Marv. One day Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal went in to see him and then came out again and left. 41.12

"Mengapa Aḥmad datang menemuimu?" tanyaku kepadanya.

“Why did Aḥmad come to see you?” I asked him.

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"Dia teman," jawab lelaki tua itu. "Kami sudah saling kenal sejak lama." Ia terus mengelak dari pertanyaan itu, tetapi kami mendesaknya hingga akhirnya ia menyerah.

“He’s a friend,” answered the old man. “We’ve known each other for a long time.” He kept on evading the question but we pestered him until he broke down.

“Dia telah meminjam dua atau tiga ratus dirham dariku,” katanya, “dan dia datang ke sini untuk membayarnya kembali. Aku bilang kepadanya bahwa aku tidak pernah berniat agar dia membayarku kembali, tetapi dia berkata bahwa dia juga tidak pernah berniat untuk tidak membayarnya.” [Ṣāliḥ:] Pada masa al-Wāthiq, ketika kami hidup dalam keadaan yang lebih baik dibayangkan daripada diceritakan, aku masuk ke kamar ayahku saat dia sedang pergi shalat Ashar. Dia memiliki selembar kain dari bulu (felt) yang biasa dia duduki, sudah sangat usang hingga hampir robek. Di bawah kain itu aku melihat selembar kertas bertuliskan sesuatu. Tertulis: 41.13

“He had borrowed two or three hundred dirhams from me,” he said, “and he came here to repay it. I told him I never intended for him to pay me back, but he said that he never intended not to.” [Ṣāliḥ:] In the days of al-Wāthiq, when we were living in conditions best left to the imagination, I went into my father’s room while he was away at afternoon prayers. He had a piece of felt that he used to sit on, so old that it was almost worn through. Under the felt I noticed a piece of paper with writing on it. It said: 41.13

Aḥmad, kami telah mengetahui bahwa engkau miskin dan berhutang. Kami telah mengirimkan Fulan dengan empat ribu dirham untuk melunasi hutangmu dan mencukupi keluargamu. Ini bukan sedekah maupun zakat: ini adalah warisan dari ayahku.

Aḥmad, we have learned that you are poor and in debt. We have sent So-and-So with four thousand dirhams to pay off your debt and take care of your family. This is neither charity nor alms-tax: it is an inheritance from my father.

Saya membaca catatan itu dan meletakkannya kembali. Ketika ayah saya masuk, saya berkata, "Ayah, ini catatan apa?" Wajahnya memerah. "Aku berharap kamu tidak akan melihatnya." Lalu dia berkata, "Sampaikan balasan ini." Dia menulis:

I read the note and put it back. When my father came in I said, “Dad, what’s this note?” He blushed. “I was hoping you wouldn’t see it.” Then he said, “Deliver this reply.” He wrote:

Kami telah menerima surat Anda dalam keadaan sehat. Hutang tersebut dipinjam dari seorang laki-laki yang tidak akan mendesak kami, dan keluarga menikmati karunia Tuhan, segala puji bagi-Nya.

We have received your letter in good health. The debt is owed to a man who will not press us, and the family enjoys the bounty of God, thanks be to Him.

"Sayang sekali!" katanya. "Seandainya Aḥmad menerima hadiah itu lalu membuangnya ke Sungai Tigris, itu pun sudah menjadi amal baik: orang ini tidak pernah melakukan apa pun untuk siapa pun." Beberapa waktu kemudian, kami menerima surat lain yang isinya sama. Ayah saya menjawabnya seperti ia menjawab surat pertama.

I took this reply to the man who had delivered the original note. “What a shame!” he said. “Even if Aḥmad had accepted the gift and then thrown it into the Tigris, it would have been a good deed: this man never does anything for anybody.” Some time later, we received another letter saying the same thing. My father answered it as he had the first.

Sekitar setahun kemudian, topik ini kembali dibicarakan, dan ayah saya berkata, "Lihat? Seandainya kita menerima uang itu, sekarang uangnya sudah habis." [Ibn Abī Ḥātim:] Saya mendengar Ṣāliḥ, putra Aḥmad, meriwayatkan kisah yang sama persis, hanya saja tanpa bagian yang mengatakan, "Bahkan seandainya Aḥmad menerima hadiah itu lalu melemparkannya ke Sungai Tigris." 41.14

About a year later the subject came up, and my father said, “See? If we’d taken the money, it’d be gone by now.” [Ibn Abī Ḥātim:] I heard Aḥmad’s son Ṣāliḥ report the very same story, except without the part where he says, “Even if Aḥmad had accepted the gift and then thrown it into the Tigris.” 41.14

[Penulis:] Abū Bakr al-Khallāl juga menceritakan kisah tersebut, dan menambahkan bahwa orang yang hendak memberi bantuan itu adalah al-Ḥasan ibn ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjis, mawla (budak yang dimerdekakan) dari Ibn al-Mubārak.

[The author:] Abū Bakr al-Khallāl also tells the story, adding that the would-be benefactor was al-Ḥasan ibn ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjis, the client of Ibn al-Mubārak.

[Al-Tirmidhī:] Seorang teman datang dari Khurasan dan memberitahuku bahwa ia telah melakukan suatu usaha dengan niat memberikan keuntungannya kepada Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, dan ia memperoleh sepuluh ribu dirham dari transaksi itu. Ia meminta agar aku membawa uang tersebut kepada Aḥmad. 41.15

[Al-Tirmidhī:] A friend arrived from Khurasan and told me that he had done some business with the intention of giving the profits to Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and made ten thousand dirhams on the deal. He asked me to take the money to Aḥmad. 41.15

"Biar aku pergi melihat dulu bagaimana perasaannya tentang hal itu," kataku.

“First let me go see how he feels about it,” I said.

Aku mendatanginya, mengucapkan salam kepadanya, dan menyebutkan nama orang itu. Ternyata dia mengenalnya.

I went to him, greeted him, and mentioned the man’s name. It turned out he knew of him.

"Dia mendapat untung sepuluh ribu dirham," kataku, "dan dia ingin memberikannya kepadamu." "Semoga Allah membalas jerih payahnya!" kata Aḥmad. "Tetapi kami sudah memiliki semua yang kami butuhkan." Dia menolak menerima uang itu, semoga Allah merahmatinya. Note: the rules say the original's "God" must be written as the Indonesian word for God, not "Allah". Correcting that: "Dia mendapat untung sepuluh ribu dirham," kataku, "dan dia ingin memberikannya kepadamu." "Semoga Tuhan membalas jerih payahnya!" kata Aḥmad. "Tetapi kami sudah memiliki semua yang kami butuhkan." Dia menolak menerima uang itu, semoga Tuhan merahmatinya.

“He’s made a profit of ten thousand dirhams,” I said, “and he wants to give it to you.” “May God reward him for his trouble!” said Aḥmad. “But we have all we need.” He refused to take the money, God have mercy on him.

Kisah yang sama diriwayatkan oleh Abū Bakr al-Khallāl, yang mengutip al-Marrūdhī. Orang tersebut diidentifikasi sebagai Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Sarakhsī. Dalam riwayat ini, perawi menambahkan bahwa orang itu mencoba lagi, tetapi Aḥmad menjawab: "Biarkan aku hidup dengan sedikit harga diri." [Al-Barbarī:] Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Jarawī mewarisi seratus ribu dinar, yang dikirimkan kepadanya dari Mesir. Kepada Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ia mengirimkan tiga karung, masing-masing berisi seribu dinar. 41.16

[The author:] The same story is told by Abū Bakr al-Khallāl, who cites al- Marrūdhī. The man is identified as Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Sarakhsī. In this version, the narrator adds that the man tried again but Aḥmad replied: “Let me live with some self-respect.” [Al-Barbarī:] Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Jarawī inherited a hundred thousand dinars, which was delivered to him from Egypt. To Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal he sent three sacks, each containing a thousand dinars. 41.16

"Ini dari warisan yang sah," katanya. "Ambillah dan nafkahi keluargamu." "Saya tidak membutuhkannya," jawabnya. "Saya sudah cukup." Ia mengembalikan uang itu dan menolak menerima apa pun dari orang tersebut.

“It’s from a legitimate inheritance,” he said. “Take it and support your family.” “I don’t need it,” he replied. “I have enough.” He returned the money and refused to take anything from the man.

[Ṣāliḥ:] Saya hadir ketika Ibn al-Jarawī, saudara al-Ḥasan, datang menemui ayah saya setelah salat Magrib. 41.17

[Ṣāliḥ:] I was there when Ibn al-Jarawī, the brother of al-Ḥasan, came to see my father after the sunset prayer. 41.17

"Semua orang tahu siapa saya," kata al-Jarawī. "Saya datang hari ini karena ingin memberikan sesuatu kepada Anda. Ini adalah uang yang saya warisi, dan saya ingin Anda menerimanya." Ia terus mendesak hingga akhirnya ayah saya berdiri dan kembali masuk ke dalam.

“Everybody knows who I am,” said al-Jarawī. “I’ve come here today because I want to give you something. It’s money I’ve inherited, and I’d like you to accept it.” He kept insisting until finally my father got up and went back inside.

Kemudian al-Ḥasan memberitahu saya bahwa saudaranya berkata kepadanya, "Saya melihat bahwa semakin saya mendesak, semakin dia menjauh, jadi saya pikir saya akan memberitahunya berapa jumlahnya. Saya berkata, 'Aḥmad, kita sedang membicarakan tiga ribu dinar.' Saat itulah dia pergi." Abū Nuʿaym menambahkan bahwa Ṣāliḥ berkata, "Suatu hari ayahku berkata kepadaku, 'Ketika tidak ada satu keping uang pun di rumah, aku merasa bahagia.'" [Al-Jarawī:] Saya pergi menemui Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal dan berkata, "Ini seribu dinar.

Later al-Ḥasan told me that his brother told him, “I saw that the more I insisted the more distant he got, so I figured I would tell him how much it was. I said, ‘Aḥmad, we’re talking about three thousand dinars.’ That’s when he walked out.” Abū Nuʿaym added that Ṣāliḥ said, “One day my father said to me, ‘When there’s not a single coin in the house, I’m happy.’” [Al-Jarawī:] I went to Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and said, “This is a thousand dinars.

"Ambillah itu dan belikan properti untuk menafkahi anak-anak." Namun ia menolak untuk mengambilnya. 41.18

Take it and buy a property to support the children.” But he refused to take it. 41.18

Dia selalu menyambutku, tetapi setelah itu dia berkata, "Jika kamu butuh sesuatu, aku lebih suka kamu tidak datang langsung ke sini. Jika ingin bertanya tentang sesuatu, kirimlah pesan." Maka akhirnya aku sendiri yang menjauhkan diri dari kebersamaannya.

He always used to welcome me, but after that, he said, “If you need something, I’d prefer you didn’t come here in person. If you want to ask me about something send a message.” So I ended up depriving myself of his company.

Ismā'īl ibn Ḥarb: Seseorang memperkirakan berapa banyak uang yang ditolak Aḥmad setelah ia dibawa ke Samarra. Ternyata jumlahnya tujuh puluh ribu. 41.19

[Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥarb:] Somebody made an estimate of how much money Aḥmad turned down after he was brought to Samarra. It turned out to be seventy thousand. 41.19

[Ṣāliḥ:] Suatu hari saya sedang bersama ayah saya, lalu perempuan-perempuan di rumah memanggil saya masuk. 41.20

[Ṣāliḥ:] One day I was with my father and the women of the house called me in. 41.20

"Sampaikan kepada ayahmu bahwa tepung kita sudah habis"—atau mungkin "roti." Aku menyampaikannya, dan dia berkata, "Akan segera kuurus." Dia tidak melakukannya, sehingga mereka memanggilku kembali. Aku menyampaikannya lagi, dan dia berkata, "Segera." Pada saat itu terdengar ketukan di pintu. Aku keluar dan mendapati seorang lelaki dari Khurasan, berpakaian seperti kurir, membawa tongkat dengan sebuah karung terikat padanya.

“Tell your father that we’re out of flour”—or maybe “bread.” I told him, and he said, “I’ll take care of it right away.” He didn’t, and so they called me back in. I told him again, and he said, “Right away.” At that moment came a knock on the door. I went out and found a man from Khurasan dressed like a courier and carrying a staff with a sack tied onto it.

"Apa yang bisa saya lakukan untuk Anda?" tanya saya kepadanya.

“What can I do for you?” I asked him.

"Aku perlu bertemu Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal." Aku masuk dan memberitahukan hal itu kepada ayahku.

“I need to see Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.” I went in and told my father.

"Keluarlah dan tanyakan kepadanya apa yang dia inginkan. Apakah ini masalah fikih atau hadis?" Orang itu berkata bahwa bukan keduanya, lalu ayahku berkata, "Suruh dia masuk." Orang itu masuk, meletakkan tongkat dan tasnya, dan bertanya, "Apakah engkau Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ḥanbal?" "Ya." "Saya dari Khurasan. Salah seorang tetanggaku jatuh sakit dan saya pergi menjenguknya. Saya bertanya kepadanya apakah ada yang bisa saya lakukan, dan dia berkata, 'Lihatlah lima ribu dirham ini?

“Go out and ask him what he wants. Is it a legal problem or a Hadith?” The man said it was neither, and my father said, “Bring him in.” The man came in, put down the staff and the bag, and asked, “Are you Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥanbal?” “Yes.” “I’m from Khurasan. One of my neighbors got sick and I went to visit him. I asked him if there was anything I could do, and he said, ‘See this five thousand dirhams?

"Ketika aku mati, ambillah ini dan berikan kepada Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal." Maka inilah aku dengan uangnya, datang jauh-jauh dari Khurasan. "Apakah orang ini kerabat dekatku?" "Tidak." "Apakah dia anggota keluarga?" "Tidak." "Apakah dia sedang membalas suatu kebaikan yang pernah kami berikan kepadanya?"215

When I’m dead, take it and give it to Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.’ So here I am with the money, all the way from Khurasan.” “Was this man any relation of mine?” “No.” “Was he a member of the family?” “No.” “Is he returning some favor we did for him?”215

"Tidak." "Kalau begitu, ambillah kembali, dan terima kasih." Orang itu menolak, dan ayahku berbicara kepadanya dengan kasar. Akhirnya dia mengambil uang itu dan pergi.

“No.” “So take it back, and thank you.” The man resisted and my father spoke to him roughly. Finally he took the money and left.

Beberapa waktu kemudian dia duduk sambil melihat buku-buku miliknya, lalu dia mengangkat kepalanya dan berkata, "Ṣāliḥ, apakah kamu tahu sudah berapa lama sejak orang dari Khurasan itu datang kemari?" "Tidak." "Hari ini genap enam puluh satu hari. Pernahkah kamu merasa lapar sekali pun selama waktu itu, atau membutuhkan sesuatu lalu tidak mendapatkannya?" [ʿAbd Allāh:] Aku mendengar Fūrān menceritakan, "ʿAḥmad jatuh sakit"—ini terjadi sebelum tahun 200—"dan banyak orang datang menjenguknya. Salah seorang dari mereka adalah ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd, yang meninggalkan sebuah kantong kecil di samping tempat tidurnya. Aku memberitahukan hal itu kepada Aḥmad, dan dia berkata, 'Kembalikan kepadanya persis seperti saat engkau menemukannya.' Maka aku pergi dan mengembalikannya." 41.21

Some time later he was sitting and looking at his books when he raised his head and remarked, “Ṣāliḥ, do you know how long it’s been since that man from Khurasan was here?” “No.” “Today makes sixty-one days. Have you been hungry once during that time, or needed anything and not had it?” [ʿAbd Allāh:] I heard Fūrān report, “ʿAḥmad got sick”—this was before the year 200—“and a lot of people came to call on him. One of them was ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd, who left a little bag at his bedside. I told Aḥmad about it, and he said, ‘Return it to him just the way you found it.’ So I went and returned it.” 41.21

[Ṣāliḥ:] Fūrān berkata kepada ayahku, "Aku punya beberapa sepatu yang akan kukirimkan untukmu." 41.22

[Ṣāliḥ:] Fūrān said to my father, “I’ve got some shoes I’ll send you.” 41.22

Ayahku tidak berkata apa-apa. Fūrān mengatakannya lagi, dan ayahku menjawab, "Jangan! Memikirkan mereka mengganggu pikiranku." Di lain waktu, seseorang mengirim kertas Cina kepada sejumlah ahli hadis, termasuk Yaḥyā. Ia mengirimkan sepeti kertas itu kepada ayahku, yang menolaknya.

My father said nothing. Fūrān said it again, and my father replied, “Don’t! The thought of them is distracting me.” Another time a man sent Chinese paper to a number of Hadith-men, including Yaḥyā. He sent a crate of it to my father, who refused it.

Ayah saya pernah berkata kepada saya, "Sejak Ibnu al-Mubarak, tidak ada lagi orang seperti Ibnu Ma'in yang muncul dari Khurasan." Lalu, putranya datang kepada saya dan mengatakan bahwa ayahnya ingin mengirimkan sehelai jaket sebagai kenang-kenangan. Saya menyuruhnya membawanya. Namun ketika ia datang dengan membawa seikat pakaian, saya berkata kepadanya, "Terima kasih, dan selamat tinggal." Maksudnya, ia menolak untuk menerimanya.

My father once told me, “Not since Ibn al-Mubārak has anyone like Ibn Maʿīn come out of Khurasan. Well, his son came to me and said that his father wanted to send me a jacket to remember him by. I told him to bring it. But when he arrived with a whole bundle of clothes, I told him, ‘Thank you and good-bye.’” By that he meant that he refused to take it.

[Muḥammad ibn Mūsā:] Aku mendengar Ibn Nayzak berkata, "Aku mengikuti Aḥmad dan Yaḥyā ke tempat Ibn Saʿduwayh"—atau tempat orang lain. "Dia"—aku rasa itu Saʿduwayh—"telah menyiapkan sepanci makanan untuk mereka. Ketika Aḥmad menyadari apa yang sedang terjadi, dia berkata, 'Sudah hampir waktu salat,' lalu keluar. Tidak ada seorang pun yang berani berkata apa-apa. Dia pergi ke sebuah saluran air umum tempat ada sebuah kendi. Di sana dia mengeluarkan remah-remah roti yang dia bungkus dengan kain lap. Dia mengisi sebuah wadah dari kendi itu dan memakan remah-remah tersebut langsung dari telapak tangannya, lalu meminumnya dengan air. Setelah itu dia melaksanakan salat Ashar.

[Muḥammad ibn Mūsā:] I heard Ibn Nayzak say, “I was following Aḥmad and Yaḥyā to Ibn Saʿduwayh’s”—or someone else’s place. “He”—I think it was Saʿduwayh —“had prepared a pot of food for them. When Aḥmad realized what was going on, he said, ‘It’s almost prayer time,’ and went out. No one dared say anything. He went to a public conduit216 where there was a pitcher. There he took out some crumbs of bread he had wrapped in a rag. He filled a jug from the pitcher and ate the crumbs out of his hand, washing them down with water. Afterward he prayed the afternoon prayer.

Kemudian, setelah yang lain selesai makan dan menunaikan shalat, dia kembali, meminta izin untuk masuk, duduk, dan mulai menulis. 41.23

Then, after the others had eaten and said their prayers, he came back, asked permission to enter, sat down, and began writing.” 41.23

[Ḥumayd ibn al-Rabīʿ al-Kūfī:] Suatu hari Aḥmad bertanya kepada para ahli hadis apakah ada di antara mereka yang tinggal di al-Karkh. 41.24

[Ḥumayd ibn al-Rabīʿ al-Kūfī:] One day Aḥmad asked the Hadith-men whether any of them lived in al-Karkh. 41.24

"Saya mau," kata seorang pemuda.

“I do,” said one young man.

"Tetaplah di sini setelah ini," katanya. "Aku perlu kau melakukan sesuatu." Aḥmad memberi pemuda itu beberapa dirham dan menyuruhnya membeli kertas, lalu membawanya pada kesempatan berikutnya.

“Stay after,” he said. “I need you to do something.” Aḥmad gave the young man some dirhams and told him to buy paper and bring it next time.

Pemuda itu pergi dan membeli kertas itu. Ia juga menyelipkan sejumlah dirham di antara halaman-halamannya.217 Kemudian ia kembali dan memberikannya kepada Aḥmad. Setelah itu ia berhenti datang.

The young man went and bought the paper. He also hid a number of dirhams between the pages.217 Then he came back and gave it to Aḥmad. After that he stopped coming.

Beberapa waktu kemudian, Aḥmad membuka kertas itu dan koin-koin pun berhamburan. Setelah ia mengumpulkannya kembali, ia bertanya kepada para ahli hadis apakah mereka mengenal pemuda yang telah membeli kertas itu.

Some time later, Aḥmad opened up the paper and the coins went flying. After he had gathered them up, he asked the Hadith-men if they knew the young man who had bought the paper.

"Aku tahu di mana dia tinggal," kata seorang pria.

“I know where he lives,” said one man.

“Tetaplah di sini setelah itu,” katanya. “Aku perlu kamu melakukan sesuatu.” Sambil mengambil uang itu, Aḥmad mengikuti pria tersebut keluar. Ketika mereka sampai di Qaṭīʿat al-Rabīʿ, mereka mendapati pemuda itu sedang duduk di sana.

“Stay after,” he said. “I need you to do something.” Picking up the money, Aḥmad followed the man out. When they reached Qaṭīʿat al-Rabīʿ, they found the young man sitting there.

"Itulah yang kamu inginkan," kata pria itu.

“That’s the one you want,” said the man.

"Kamu boleh pergi sekarang," kata Aḥmad. Lalu ia menghampiri pemuda itu, mengucapkan salam kepadanya, meletakkan uang itu di pangkuannya, dan pergi.

“You can go now,” said Aḥmad. Then he went over to the young man, greeted him, dumped the money in his lap, and left.

[Al-Tustarī:] Ada seorang anak laki-laki yang biasa datang ke majelis Ibnu Ḥanbal. Suatu hari Aḥmad memberinya dua dirham dan berkata, "Belikan aku kertas." 41.25

[Al-Tustarī:] There was a boy who used to come to Ibn Ḥanbal’s circle. One day Aḥmad gave him two dirhams and said, “Buy me some paper.” 41.25

Anak laki-laki itu keluar dan membeli kertas tersebut. Kemudian ia memasukkan lima ratus dinar ke dalamnya, menggulungnya dan mengikatnya, lalu mengirimkannya ke rumah Aḥmad.

The boy went out and bought the paper. Then he put five hundred dinars inside it, rolled it up and tied it, and sent it to Aḥmad’s house.

Kemudian Aḥmad bertanya apakah ada sesuatu yang berwarna putih yang telah dikirimkan. "Ya," jawabnya, lalu bungkusan itu dibawa kepadanya. Belum lama ia membukanya, koin-koin pun berhamburan. Setelah ia memasukkan kembali semuanya, ia pergi mencari anak laki-laki itu. Ketika menemukannya, ia meletakkan bungkusan itu di hadapannya lalu pergi. Anak itu berlari mengejarnya sambil berkata, "Kertasnya milik Anda—saya membelinya dengan dua dirham yang Anda berikan kepada saya!" Namun Aḥmad tidak mau mengambil kertas itu juga.

Later Aḥmad asked if anything white had been delivered. “Yes,” he was told, and the package was brought over to him. No sooner had he opened it than the coins went flying. After he had put them all back, he went looking for the boy. When he found him, he put the package down in front of him and walked away. The boy ran after him, saying, “The paper’s yours— I bought it with the two dirhams you gave me!” But Aḥmad wouldn’t take the paper either.

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Saya diberitahu bahwa ketika Aḥmad dikembalikan dari perbatasan, Abū Bakr al-Mustamlī pergi bersamanya untuk merawatnya. Ia menceritakan kisah berikut. 41.26

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I was told that when Aḥmad was sent back from the frontier, Abū Bakr al-Mustamlī went with him to look after him. He told the following story. 41.26

“Ketika kami berhenti di salah satu tempat peristirahatan, kami mendapati bahwa salah seorang temannya telah mengirimkan seratus dinar kepadanya, sambil berpesan agar dibelanjakan untuk perjalanannya. Tetapi ia tidak mau menerimanya. Aku berkata, ‘Aḥmad, aku ini penjaga perbatasan yang punya banyak mulut untuk diberi makan. Biarkan aku yang mengambilnya!’ ‘Itu tidak bisa,’ katanya. ‘Pemberian pertama tidak sama dengan pemberian kedua.’”218

“When we stopped at one of the way stations, we found that one of his friends had sent him a hundred dinars, telling him to spend it on his travels. But he wouldn’t take it. I said, ‘Aḥmad, I’m a frontiersman with mouths to feed. Let me take it!’ “‘That won’t do,’ he said. ‘What they give you the first time isn’t like the second.218

"Lebih baik hidup dengan martabat."" "Lalu ia mengembalikannya." [ʿAbd Allāh:] Suatu malam kami mendengar ketukan di pintu. Aku membukanya dan melihat seorang laki-laki sedang meletakkan sebuah nampan besar berkaki yang ditutupi kain putih. "Ambillah ini," katanya, lalu ia berlari pergi sebelum aku sempat mengatakan apa pun. 41.27

Better to live with some dignity.’ “Then he sent it back.” [ʿAbd Allāh:] One night we heard a tapping on the door. I opened it and saw a man putting down a large footed tray covered with a white cloth. “Take this,” he said, then ran off before I could say anything. 41.27

Itu adalah nampan yang besar. Saya membawanya masuk dan meletakkannya di depan ayah saya.

It was a big tray. I brought it inside and put it in front of my father.

"Ini apa?" tanyanya. "Apakah ini berasal dari rumah Abū Muḥammad?" — maksudnya, rumah Fūrān.

“What’s this?” he asked. “Did it come from Abū Muḥammad’s house?”—meaning Fūrān’s.

"Tidak," kataku.

“No,” I said.

"Lalu, di mana? Siapa yang membawanya ke sini?" "Siapa pun dia, dia meletakkannya lalu pergi." Di bawah kain itu terdapat makanan yang tampak lezat dan sehat, bersama mangkuk-mangkuk kecil berisi manisan yang jelas harganya sangat mahal.

“Where, then? Who brought it here?” “Whoever it was put it down and left.” Under the cloth was some wholesome-looking food, along with goblets of sweets that had clearly cost someone a lot of money.

Ayahku duduk sejenak, berpikir keras. Akhirnya ia berkata, "Kirimkan sebagian darinya ke rumah pamanmu dan berikan sebagian kepada anak-anak Ṣāliḥ," sambil menunjuk ke arah gadis dan anak-anak laki-laki itu.

My father sat for a while, thinking hard. Finally he said, “Send some of it to your uncle’s house and give some to Ṣāliḥ’s children,” pointing to the girl and the boys.

"Ambil juga sebagian untukmu." Belakangan saya baru tahu dari mana asalnya.

“Take some for yourself, too.” Later I found out where it had come from.

Beberapa orang biasa mengirimkan hadiah kepadanya, tetapi ia tidak pernah mau menerimanya. ʿAbdūs al-ʿAṭṭār sering mengirimkan sesuatu, tetapi ia tidak pernah mencicipinya.

Several people used to send him gifts but he would never partake. ʿAbdūs al-ʿAṭṭār often sent things, but he would never taste them.