[Ismāʿīl al-Daylamī:] ʿAmr al-Nāqid berkata, "Kami sedang belajar bersama Wakīʿ ketika Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal masuk dan duduk." Dia mula menceritakan betapa hormatnya Aḥmad kepada Wakīʿ. Kemudian dia berkata: "Saya memberitahu Aḥmad betapa tingginya penilaian guru kami terhadapnya dan bertanya kepadanya mengapa dia tidak mahu bercakap di hadapannya. Dia berkata, 'Apa salahnya jika dia menilai saya tinggi? Saya tetap wajib menghormatinya.'" 6.1

[Ismāʿīl al-Daylamī:] ʿAmr al-Nāqid said, “We were studying with Wakīʿ when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal came in and sat down.” He began describing how deferential Aḥmad was to Wakīʿ. Then he said: “I told Aḥmad how highly our teacher thought of him and asked him why he wouldn’t speak in his presence. He said, ‘So what if he thinks highly of me? I still have to treat him with reverence.’” 6.1

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Saya mendengar Muhannaʾ ibn Yaḥyā l-Shāmī meriwayatkan, "Saya melihat Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal dalam majlis pengajian Sufyān, dengan ʿAbd al-Razzāq duduk di hadapannya. Saya teringat berfikir, 'Saya tertanya-tanya, adakah mereka tahu dengan siapa mereka sedang duduk.'" Maksudnya ialah: Adakah mereka tahu betapa alimnya Ibn Ḥanbal? 6.2

[ʿAbd Allāh:] I heard Muhannaʾ ibn Yaḥyā l-Shāmī report, “I saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal in Sufyān’s study circle with ʿAbd al-Razzāq sitting in front of him. I remember thinking, ‘I wonder if they have any idea who they’re sitting with.’” By this he meant: Did they know how learned Ibn Ḥanbal was? 6.2

[Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd:] Saya datang ke Baghdad dengan satu tujuan: bertemu Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Namun, dia pula yang datang kepada saya, bersama Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn. Kami saling bertukar riwayat hadis46 dan kemudian dia bangkit, datang ke arah saya, dan duduk di hadapan saya. 6.3

[Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd:] I came to Baghdad with one purpose: to meet Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. In the event, he came to me, along with Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn. We exchanged Hadith reports46 and then he stood up, came over, and sat down in front of me. 6.3

"Dikte itu kepada saya," katanya. Kemudian [dia kembali ke tempat duduknya dan] kami meneruskan pertukaran laporan. Selepas beberapa ketika, dia bangkit semula dan datang menghampiri saya.

“Dictate that one to me,” he said. Then [he returned to his seat and] we went back to exchanging reports. After a time, he again rose and came over to me.

"Aḥmad," kata saya, "awak tidak perlu bangun!" "Jangan risaukan saya," jawabnya. "Yang saya pedulikan hanyalah mendapatkan ilmu dengan betul." [Al-Shahīdī:] Saya masih ingat melihat Yaḥyā l-Qaṭṭān menunaikan solat Asar, kemudian bersandar pada tiang masjid tempat beliau bersolat. ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī, al-Shādhakūnī, ʿAmr ibn ʿAlī, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, dan lain-lain akan berdiri di hadapannya dan bertanya tentang Hadith. Mereka akan terus berdiri sehingga tiba waktu solat Maghrib. Al-Qaṭṭān tidak pernah menjemput mana-mana daripada mereka untuk duduk, dan mereka pula terlalu segan kepadanya untuk duduk dengan sendiri. 6.4

“Aḥmad,” I said, “you don’t have to get up!” “Don’t worry about me,” he replied. “All I care about is getting the learning right.” [Al-Shahīdī:] I remember seeing Yaḥyā l-Qaṭṭān pray the afternoon prayer and then lean against the pillar of the mosque where he prayed. ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī, al- Shādhakūnī,47 ʿAmr ibn ʿAlī, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, and others would stand before him and ask about Hadith. They would stay on their feet until it was time for sunset prayer. Al-Qaṭṭān would never invite any of them to sit down, and they were too much in awe of him to sit down by themselves. 6.4

[Khalaf:] Ibn Ḥanbal datang kepada saya untuk mendengar Hadith Abū ʿAwānah. Saya berusaha sebaik mungkin untuk memujuknya agar duduk di tempat yang lebih tinggi, tetapi dia menolak. "Satu-satunya tempat yang akan saya duduki ialah di hadapan awak," katanya. "Kita umat Islam wajib menunjukkan penghormatan kepada guru-guru kita."48 6.5

[Khalaf:] Ibn Ḥanbal came to me to hear the Hadith of Abū ʿAwānah. I tried as hard as I could to persuade him to take a higher seat, but he refused. “The only place I’ll sit is in front of you,” he said. “We Muslims ought to show deference to our teachers.”48 6.5