[ʿAbd Allāh:] Saya mendengar ayah saya berkata, "Tuhan Yang Maha Mulia menampakkan diri kepadaku dalam mimpi dan aku bertanya kepada-Nya bagaimana cara terbaik untuk mendekatkan diri kepada-Nya. 91.1

[ʿAbd Allāh:] I heard my father say, “The Lord of Glory appeared to me in a dream and I asked Him how best to draw nearer to Him. 91.1

"Melalui Firman-Ku, wahai Aḥmad," firman-Nya.

“‘Through my Speech, Aḥmad,’ He said.

"'Adakah kita perlu memahaminya?' tanya saya."

“‘Do we have to understand it?’ I asked.

"Beliau berkata, 'Ia berkesan sama ada anda memahaminya atau tidak.'" [Ṣadaqah ibn al-Faḍl:] Saya sedang dalam perjalanan dari Kufah ke Baghdad tanpa sebarang wang untuk dibelanjakan. Apabila saya tiba di Terusan Ṣarṣar, saya sudah kelaparan. Saya masuk ke sebuah masjid di situ dan tertidur. Saya terjaga dan mendapati seorang lelaki sedang menggerakkan saya dengan kakinya. Dia ialah Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Bersamanya ada seorang kuli yang membawa roti. 91.2

“He said, ‘It works whether you understand it or not.’” [Ṣadaqah ibn al-Faḍl:] I was traveling from Kufa to Baghdad without any money to spend. By the time I reached the Ṣarṣar Canal I was starving. I went into a mosque there and fell asleep. I woke up to find a man joggling me with his foot. It was Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. With him was a porter carrying bread. 91.2

"Malam tadi saya bermimpi," katanya. "Ada satu suara berkata, 'Sahabat kamu Ṣadaqah ibn al-Faḍl telah tiba dari Kufah dalam keadaan yang buruk, maka pergilah membantunya.'"

“Last night I had a dream,” he said. “A voice said, ‘Your friend Ṣadaqah ibn al- Faḍl has arrived from Kufa in a bad way so go help him.’”