[Al-Hindibāʾī:] Dulu saya biasa berziarah ke makam Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, tetapi kemudian saya berhenti. Setelah beberapa waktu berlalu, saya bermimpi ada suara yang berkata, "Engkau telah berhenti berziarah kepada teladan sunnah." 94.1

[Al-Hindibāʾī:] I used to visit Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s grave but then stopped. After some time had passed, I had a dream where a voice said, “You’ve stopped visiting the exemplar of the sunnah.” 94.1

[Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan:] Ayah saya meriwayatkan dari Abū Ṭāhir al-Maymūn, yang berkata, "Anakku, aku bertemu seorang laki-laki di masjid Ruṣāfah—ini terjadi pada bulan Rabīʿ II 466 [Desember 1073]—yang ketika aku bertanya kepadanya, memberitahuku bahwa dia telah menempuh perjalanan enam ratus farsakh untuk berada di sana." 94.2

[Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan:] My father cited Abū Ṭāhir al-Maymūn as saying, “Son, I met a man in the Ruṣāfah mosque—this was in Rabīʿ II 466 [December 1073]—who told me when I asked him that he had traveled six hundred leagues to be there. 94.2

“‘Mengapa?’ “‘Pada suatu malam Jumat di kampung halamanku,’ katanya, ‘aku bermimpi berada di padang gurun, atau di tanah luas yang sunyi. Semua makhluk ciptaan berdiri di sana, pintu-pintu Surga terbuka, dan para malaikat turun. Para malaikat itu memakaikan pakaian hijau kepada orang-orang tertentu lalu terbang kembali naik bersama mereka. Aku bertanya siapa orang-orang istimewa itu.’ “‘Mereka adalah orang-orang yang mengunjungi Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.’ “Begitu aku terbangun, aku segera membereskan urusanku dan datang ke sini. Aku sudah mengunjunginya beberapa kali, dan sekarang aku pulang, insya Allah.” [Abū Bakr ibn Abruwayh:] Utusan Allah ﷺ dan Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal menampakkan diri kepadaku dalam mimpi. 94.3

“‘Why?’ “‘One Friday night back home,’ he said, ‘I dreamed I was in the desert, or in a great wilderness. All the people in creation were standing there, the gates of Heaven were open, and angels were coming down. The angels were dressing certain people in green and flying back up with them. I asked who the special ones were.’ “‘The ones who visited Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.’ “As soon as I woke up, I put my affairs in order and came here. I’ve visited him several times and now I’m going home, God willing.” [Abū Bakr ibn Abruwayh:] The Emissary of God and Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal appeared to me in a dream. 94.3

"Utusan Allah," tanyaku, "siapakah dia?" "Dia adalah Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, sahabat Tuhan dan sahabat Utusan-Nya. Dengarlah, wahai Abū Bakr! Setiap hari Tuhan memandang kuburan Aḥmad tujuh puluh ribu kali dan mengampuni siapa pun yang Dia lihat di sana." Aku terbangun, berwudu, dan salat dua rakaat sebagai rasa syukur kepada Tuhan. Lalu aku melepas pakaianku, membagikannya kepada orang-orang miskin, dan berangkat berziarah. Setelah itu aku mengunjungi makam Aḥmad dan menghabiskan seminggu di sana.

“Emissary of God,” I asked, “who’s that?” “This is Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, God’s ally and the ally of His Emissary. Listen, Abū Bakr! Every day God looks over at Aḥmad’s grave seventy thousand times and forgives anyone he sees there.” I woke up, washed, and prayed two cycles in gratitude to God. Then I took off my clothes, gave them away to the poor, and set off on the pilgrimage. After that I visited Aḥmad’s tomb and spent a week there.

[Abū Bakr al-Najjād:] Saya pernah mendengar bahwa siapa pun yang sedang membutuhkan dan berziarah ke makam Aḥmad pada hari Rabu lalu shalat di sana, akan menerima rezeki yang melimpah dari Tuhan. Maka suatu kali, ketika saya sedang dalam kesulitan, saya berziarah ke makam tersebut pada hari Rabu. Saat saya pulang dengan perasaan muram, seorang perempuan tua memanggil saya dari salah satu pekuburan. 94.4

[Abū Bakr al-Najjād:] I had heard that anyone in need who visits Aḥmad’s grave on a Wednesday and prays there will receive generous sustenance from God. So once when I was in need, I visited the grave on a Wednesday. I was on my way back in a dismal frame of mind when an old woman called out to me from one of the cemeteries. 94.4

"Abu Bakr!" katanya.

“Abū Bakr!” she said.

"Apa itu?" "Ibumu menitipkan sebuah tas kepadaku dan berpesan bahwa jika aku melihatmu tampak membutuhkan, aku harus memberikannya kepadamu. Apakah kamu membutuhkannya?" "Ya," kataku, lalu mengambilnya. Di dalamnya terdapat— Jumlahnya hilang, semoga Tuhan memelihara sesepuh terhormat yang meriwayatkan kisah ini! [Abū l-Ḥasan al-ʿUkbarī:] Ketika aku masih kecil, aku bepergian dari ʿUkbarā ke Baghdad tanpa uang sedikit pun untuk dibelanjakan. Aku tinggal di masjid di dalam Round City selama beberapa hari ["tanpa makan," mungkin ia menambahkan]. Pada hari Rabu aku pergi berziarah ke makam Aḥmad. Di sana aku bertemu seorang laki-laki yang menyapaku—aku mengenakan pakaian yang bagus523—dan bertanya apakah aku lapar. Ketika aku tidak menjawab, ia memberiku roti dan emas yang cukup untuk hidup beberapa waktu. Untuk beberapa waktu ia terus memperhatikan keadaanku. 94.5

“What is it?” “Your mother left a bag with me and told me that if I saw you looking needy I should give it to you. Do you need it?” “Yes,” I said, and took it. In it was— The amount is missing, may God care for the worthy elder who transmitted the story! [Abū l-Ḥasan al-ʿUkbarī:] When I was a boy I traveled from ʿUkbarā down to Baghdad without any money to spend. I stayed in the mosque inside the Round City for several days [“without eating,” he may have added]. On Wednesday I went to visit Aḥmad’s tomb. There I found a man who greeted me—I was wearing fine clothes523— and asked me if I was hungry. When I said nothing, he gave me some bread and enough gold to live on for a while. For a while he continued to check on me. 94.5