[Al-Maymūnī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal memakai pakaian yang panjangnya sederhana.254 Jubah luarnya255 bernilai lima belas dirham, manakala baju dalamnya256 adalah jenis yang boleh dibeli dengan harga kira-kira satu dinar. Baju dalam itu tidak terlalu halus dan tidak terlalu kasar. Jubah luarnya berjumbai. 48.1

[Al-Maymūnī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal wore garments of a medium length.254 His outermost garment255 was worth fifteen dirhams, while his tunic256 was of the sort that could be bought for about a dinar. The tunic was neither too fine nor too coarse. His outermost garment was fringed. 48.1

[Ḥamdan ibn ʿAlī:] Pakaian Aḥmad tidak istimewa, hanya daripada kapas yang bersih. Menjelang akhir hayatnya, setelah anak-anaknya tidak lagi bergantung kepada pendapatannya dan dia dapat membelanjakannya untuk dirinya sendiri, dia memakai pakaian yang lebih baik mutunya. 48.2

[Ḥamdan ibn ʿAlī:] Aḥmad’s clothing was nothing special, beyond being of clean cotton. Toward the end of his life, after his sons no longer depended on his income and he could spend it on himself, he wore clothing of better quality. 48.2

[Al-Faḍl ibn Ziyād:] Saya masih ingat melihat Aḥmad berpakaian untuk musim sejuk dengan dua jubah panjang, dengan sehelai jubah berwarna di antara keduanya. Beliau selalu memakai jubah dan sehelai bulu tebal:

[Al-Fadl ibn Ziyād:] I remember seeing Aḥmad dressed for winter in two long tunics, with a colored gown between them. He often wore a tunic and a heavy fur:

Apabila cuaca menjadi sangat sejuk, saya akan melihat beliau memakai bulu di atas jubahnya. Saya juga melihat beliau memakai selendang tebal, dengan serban dililitkan di sekeliling topinya.257 48.3

when it got very cold, I would see him wearing the fur over his gown. I also saw him wearing a heavy wrap, with a turban wound around his cap.257 48.3

Pada suatu hari saya mendengar Abū ʿImrān al-Wirkānī berkata kepadanya, "Banyak sekali pakaian yang kamu pakai!" Dia tertawa dan berkata, "Saya tidak suka kedinginan." Dia sering memakai kopiah tanpa melilitkan serban di atasnya.

One day I heard Abū ʿImrān al-Wirkānī say to him, “That’s quite a lot you’ve got on!” He laughed and said, “I don’t like the cold.” He often wore a cap without winding a turban around it.

[Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad:] Saya melihat Aḥmad memakai jubah bergaris yang dijahit dengan rapat.258

[Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad:] I saw Aḥmad wearing a tightly threaded striped gown258

dan topi dengan serban. Pada musim sejuk beliau kadang-kadang memakai jubah bulu, kadang-kadang jubah biasa, dan kadang-kadang kedua-duanya. 48.4

and a cap with a turban. In the winter he sometimes wore a fur, sometimes a gown, and sometimes both. 48.4

[Muḥammad ibn Mughīrah:] Saya melihat Aḥmad memakai jubah, seluar, dan selendang259 pada musim panas. Kadang-kadang dia memakai jubah dengan selendang disangkutkan di atasnya, dan selalunya dia memakai selendang terus di atas jubah. 48.5

[Muḥammad ibn Mughīrah:] I saw Aḥmad wearing a tunic, trousers, and a mantle259 in the summer. He sometimes wore a tunic with a mantle thrown over it, often wearing the mantle directly over the tunic. 48.5

[Ḥanbal:] Saya melihat Aḥmad memakai seluar yang dinaikkan di atas pinggang, dengan jubah di atasnya. 48.6

[Ḥanbal:] I saw Aḥmad wearing a pair of trousers pulled up above the waist, with a tunic on top. 48.6

[Al-Maymūnī:] Saya melihat Aḥmad mengetuai satu majlis para perawi hadis dan orang-orang lain sambil memakai satu kain sarung di pinggangnya dan satu lagi disampirkan di bahunya. Saya tidak pernah melihat dia memakai jubah berkepala, atau selendang,260 atau mantel yang sempurna, hanya sehelai kain sarung kecil yang kelihatan sepanjang enam hasta.261 48.7

[Al-Maymūnī:] I saw Aḥmad preside over a gathering of Hadith transmitters and other people while wearing one breechclout around his waist and another draped over his shoulder. I never saw him wear a cowl or shawl,260 or a proper mantle, only a small breechclout that looked six cubits long. I asked his uncle about it and he confirmed that it was six cubits.261 48.7

[Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd:] Saya melihat Aḥmad pada suatu hari musim panas memakai jubah dan kain cawat yang diikat di pinggangnya. Saya tidak pernah melihat dia dengan lengan bajunya dilipat (ketika dia keluar berjalan-jalan, maksudnya). 48.8

[Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd:] I saw Aḥmad one summer day wearing a tunic and a breechclout tied around his waist. I never saw him with his sleeves unrolled (when he was out walking, that is). 48.8

[Ibn al-Ash'ath:] Saya dahulu melihat Aḥmad memakai kainnya yang dililitkan secara longgar. 48.9

[Ibn al-Ashʿath:] I used to see Aḥmad wearing his breechclout loosely draped. 48.9

[Ṣāliḥ:] Bapa saya mempunyai sebuah kopiah yang dijahitnya sendiri. Kopiah itu berlapik kapas. Apabila dia bangun pada waktu malam, dia akan memakainya. 48.10

[Ṣāliḥ:] My father had a cap he had sewed himself. It was lined with cotton. When he got up at night he would put it on. 48.10

[Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn:] Saya melihat salah satu topi Aḥmad. Topi itu mempunyai satu tampalan kain bergaris dan satu lagi tampalan kain putih Marawī262. 48.11

[Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn:] I saw one of Aḥmad’s caps. It had one patch of striped cloth and another of Marawī262 white. 48.11

[Ibn Zanjuwayh:] Saya melihat Aḥmad memakai jubah hijau yang ditampal dengan sehelai kain wol putih. 48.12

[Ibn Zanjuwayh:] I saw Aḥmad wearing a green gown patched with a piece of white wool. 48.12

[Ḥamdān ibn ʿAlī:] Saya melihat Aḥmad memakai jubah yang ditampal dengan warna yang berbeza. 48.13

[Ḥamdān ibn ʿAlī:] I saw Aḥmad wearing a gown patched in a different color. 48.13

Al-Marrūdhī: Aḥmad perlu menampal bajunya tetapi tidak mempunyai kain tampalan, lalu dia memutuskan untuk memotong kain tampalan dari kain cawat(nya). Kami memotongnya untuknya dan menjahitkan kain tampalan itu.

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad needed to patch his shirt but didn’t have a patch, so he decided to cut a patch from his breechclout. We cut it for him and sewed on the patch.

Lebih daripada sekali, apabila dia memerlukan sehelai kain, dia memotongnya daripada cawat (kain penutup auratnya). 48.14

More than once, when he needed a scrap of cloth, he cut it from his breechclout. 48.14

Pada suatu ketika dia meminta saya untuk memperbaiki sepasang kasut kulit yang telah dipakainya selama tujuh belas tahun.

Once he asked me to repair some leather shoes he had worn for seventeen years.

Dari jahitan di bahagian luar, saya dapat melihat bahawa ia sudah pun dibaiki lima atau enam kali.

From the stitching on the outside I could see that they had already been repaired five or six times already.

[Ibn Maʿbad:] Saya melihat Abū ʿAbd Allāh memakai sandal kuning. 48.15

[Ibn Maʿbad:] I saw Abū ʿAbd Allāh wearing yellow sandals. 48.15

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Saya pernah membawa sepasang kasut kulit baharu untuk Aḥmad, yang telah dibuat khas untuknya. Dia menyimpannya semalaman, tetapi pada waktu pagi dia berkata: "Saya asyik memikirkan kasut itu" — dia mungkin juga berkata "hampir sepanjang malam" — "dan tidak dapat tidur, maka saya telah memutuskan untuk tidak memakainya. Sebenarnya, berapa banyak masa yang tinggal untuk saya? Lebih daripada separuh hidup saya telah berlalu." 48.16

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I once brought Aḥmad a new pair of leather shoes that had been made for him. He kept them overnight, but in the morning he said: “I’ve been thinking about those shoes”—he may even have said “most of the night”—“and couldn’t sleep, so I’ve decided not to wear them. How much time do I have left, anyway? More than half my life is over.” 48.16

Sambil mengambil sepasang kasut lamanya yang sudah uzur, dia berkata, "Ini, tampallah kasut ini." Dia menambah, "Tahukah kamu berapa lama aku memakai kasut ini? Lebih daripada enam belas tahun, dan kasut ini sudah dipakai ketika aku mendapatkannya. Yang ini di sini" — maksudnya kasut yang baru — "menjadi beban di fikiranku." [Al-Muzanī:] Pernah aku perasan bahawa Aḥmad memakai seluar yang hujungnya berada di atas buku lali. 48.17

Taking a battered old pair of shoes he had, he said, “Here, slap some patches onto these.” He added, “Do you know how long I’ve had these? More than sixteen years, and they were used when I got them. These here”—meaning the new ones—“were weighing on my mind.” [Al-Muzanī:] I once noticed that Aḥmad wore trousers that ended above the ankle. 48.17

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Saya melihat Aḥmad memakai jubah murabbaʿ. Dia sering meletakkan hujung jubah itu di bawah kakinya ketika solat.18

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I saw Aḥmad wearing a murabbaʿ263 outer garment. He often put the end of it under his feet when he prayed. 48.18