[Al-Ḥarbī:] Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal akan menerima jemputan ke majlis perkahwinan, walimah, dan khatan, 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 lelaki pernah menjemput Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ke sebuah majlis, lalu Aḥmad menerima jemputan itu. Kemudian, beliau cuba menarik diri daripadanya, tetapi lelaki itu tidak mahu 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 majlis itu lelaki tersebut pergi dan mendudukkan Aḥmad di sebelah seseorang yang tidak ingin dia duduki bersama. "Ibn Sīrīn, semoga Tuhan merahmatinya, memang benar," kata Aḥmad. "Dia berkata, 'Jangan sekali-kali cuba memuliakan saudaramu dengan melakukan sesuatu yang akan menyusahkannya.' 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 lelaki bernama Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥakam al-ʿAṭṭār yang biasa menghadiri majlis ʿAffān. Apabila tiba masanya dia mengkhatankan salah seorang anaknya, dia menjemput Yaḥyā, Abū Khaythamah, dan beberapa orang lain daripada golongan ahli hadith, termasuk ayah saya. Yang lain pergi terlebih dahulu, manakala ayah saya dan saya mengikut selepas mereka. Apabila kami tiba, kami diberi tempat duduk di sebuah bilik bersama beberapa orang ahli hadith yang lain. Pada suatu ketika, salah seorang daripada mereka berkata, "Aḥmad, ada sesuatu yang diperbuat daripada perak di sini." Ayah saya menoleh dan ternampak sebuah kerusi. Maka dia bangun dan keluar, dan semua yang berada di dalam bilik bersamanya turut mengikutinya 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, tuan rumah, al-ʿAṭṭār, bergegas keluar dan mengejar beliau, bersumpah bahawa dia tidak membawa barang itu masuk dan tidak tahu ia berada di situ, lalu meminta ayah saya untuk kembali. Ayah saya menolak. Apabila ʿAffān datang, al-ʿAṭṭār memintanya bercakap dengan ayah saya dan memujuknya untuk kembali. ʿAffān bercakap dengannya tetapi tidak membawa apa-apa faedah, dan al-ʿAṭṭār 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 di jamuan di Pintu Tukang Ter (Pembuat Pitch) ketika Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal tiba. Sebaik sahaja dia menjejakkan kaki ke dalam rumah, dia ternampak sebuah kerusi berhiaskan perak, lalu dia keluar semula. Tuan rumah keluar mengekorinya, tetapi Aḥmad mengisyaratkan supaya dia berhenti dan beredar, 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