Perlu diperhatikan bahawa Aḥmad—semoga Allah meredainya—kadang-kadang memberikan fatwa hukum walaupun ketika masih muda dan akan membacakan hadis jika diminta, tanpa merasa bimbang tentang usianya, sebagaimana yang kita ketahui daripada riwayat berikut. 25.1

It is noteworthy that Aḥmad—God be pleased with him—would sometimes give legal opinions even in his youth and would recite Hadith if asked, without being concerned about his age, as we learn from the following report. 25.1

[Al-Qūmisī:] Pada tahun 198 [814], saya melihat Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal bersandar pada menara di masjid al-Khayf.153 Ketika para ahli Hadith tiba, beliau mula mengajar mereka Hadith dan implikasi hukumnya serta menjawab soalan mereka mengenai rukun-rukun haji.

[Al-Qūmisī:] In 198 [814], I saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal leaning against the minaret at the mosque of al-Khayf.153 When the Hadith scholars arrived, he began teaching them Hadith and legal implications and answering their questions about the pilgrimage rites.