[ʿAbd Allāh:] Ayah saya berkata kepada saya: "Saya telah hidup tujuh puluh tujuh tahun dan sudah memasuki tahun ketujuh puluh lapan." 79.1

[ʿAbd Allāh:] My father told me: “I’ve lived seventy-seven years and started my seventy-eighth.” 79.1

Malam itu juga dia demam. Dia meninggal dunia pada hari kesepuluh, pada tahun '41 [855].

That same night he took fever. He died on the tenth, in ’41 [855].

[Al-Jawharī:] Saya pergi melawat Ibn Ḥanbal di penjara dan mendapati Abū Saʿīd al-Ḥaddād bersamanya di situ. Abū Saʿīd bertanya kepadanya bagaimana keadaannya. 79.2

[Al-Jawharī:] I went to visit Ibn Ḥanbal in jail and found Abū Saʿīd al-Ḥaddād there with him. Abū Saʿīd asked him how he was feeling. 79.2

"Baiklah," jawabnya. "Dalam keadaan sihat, segala puji bagi Tuhan!" "Adakah kamu demam malam tadi?" "Jika saya katakan saya sihat," kata Aḥmad, "jangan tanya lagi. Saya tidak mahu bercakap tentang perkara yang menjijikkan." [Ṣāliḥ:] Pada hari pertama Rabīʿ I 241, pada malam Selasa,470 ayah saya demam. Keesokan harinya saya pergi melihatnya. Dia demam dan bernafas hanya dengan susah payah. Saya tahu bagaimana perjalanan penyakitnya dan sayalah yang menjaganya setiap kali dia sakit. 79.3

“Well,” he answered. “In good health, praise God!” “Did you have any fever last night?” “If I say I’m in good health,” said Aḥmad, “don’t ask any more questions. I don’t want to talk about anything detestable.” [Ṣāliḥ:] On the first day of Rabīʿ I 241, on a Tuesday night,470 my father took fever. The next day I went to see him. He was feverish and he was breathing only with great effort. I knew how his illnesses went and I was the one who nursed him whenever he was unwell. 79.3

"Apa yang ayah makan malam tadi?" tanya saya kepadanya.

“What did you eat last night, Dad?” I asked him.

"Sup kacang," katanya.

“Bean broth,” he said.

Kemudian dia cuba untuk bangun.

Then he tried to get up.

"Pegang tangan saya," katanya.

“Take my hand,” he said.

Saya memegangnya. Apabila dia sampai ke tandas, kakinya lemah dan dia terpaksa bersandar pada saya.

I took it. When he reached the privy his legs gave way and he had to lean on me.

Dia dirawat oleh beberapa orang tabib, kesemuanya beragama Islam. Salah seorang daripada mereka, seorang lelaki bernama ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, menasihatinya supaya memanggang labu dan meminum airnya. Itu berlaku pada hari Selasa sebelum hari Jumaat dia meninggal dunia.

He was attended by several healers, all of them Muslims. One of them, a man called ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, advised him to roast a gourd and drink the juice. That was on the Tuesday before the Friday when he died.

"Ṣāliḥ," katanya.

“Ṣāliḥ,” he said.

"Ya." "Jangan panggang di rumahmu atau di rumah ʿAbd Allāh juga." Al-Fatḥ ibn Sahl datang untuk memeriksa keadaannya, tetapi saya tidak membenarkannya masuk. Kemudian ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd471 datang, tetapi saya juga tidak membenarkannya masuk. Namun, apabila orang terus berdatangan, akhirnya saya memberitahu ayah saya bahawa ada tetamu. 79.4

“Yes.” “Don’t roast it in your house or ʿAbd Allāh’s either.” Al-Fatḥ ibn Sahl came to check on him but I didn’t let him in. Then ʿAlī ibn al- Jaʿd471 came but I didn’t let him in either. But as people kept arriving, I finally told my father he had visitors. 79.4

"Apa pendapat kamu, apa yang sepatutnya kita lakukan?" tanyanya kepada saya.

“What do you think we should do?” he asked me.

"Biarkan mereka masuk untuk mendoakan kamu." Dia bersetuju, lalu mereka pun masuk, memenuhi rumah sehingga penuh, bertanya kepadanya bagaimana keadaannya dan memohon kepada Tuhan agar menyembuhkannya. Sebaik sahaja satu kumpulan keluar, kumpulan lain akan datang berebut-rebut masuk. Semakin ramai yang tiba, jalan itu pun penuh sesak, lalu kami terpaksa menutup pintu pagar lorong itu.

“Let them in to pray for you.” He agreed, and in they came, pouring into the house until it was full, asking him how he was feeling and calling on God to cure him. As soon as one group went out, another would come crowding in. As more and more arrived, the street filled up and we had to close the alley gate.

Di antara para penelefon ada seorang jiran kami yang baru sahaja mewarnakan janggutnya. Sebaik sahaja ayah saya melihatnya, dia berkata, "Nah, ini seorang lelaki yang sedang menghidupkan sebahagian sunnah."

Among the callers was a neighbor of ours who had just dyed his beard. As soon as my father saw him, he said, “Now there’s a man who’s keeping some sunnah alive.

“Itu menggembirakan saya.” Lelaki itu masuk dan mula berdoa untuk ayah saya, yang terus menambah, “Dan untuknya, dan untuk semua orang Islam.” Seorang lelaki lain datang dan berkata, “Carikan jalan supaya saya dapat masuk berjumpa dengannya. Saya ada di sana pada hari mereka merotan dia di istana, dan saya mahu dia memaafkan saya.” Apabila saya memberitahu ayah saya, dia tidak berkata apa-apa. Tetapi saya terus mendesaknya sehingga dia akur. Apabila saya membenarkan lelaki itu masuk, dia berdiri di situ sambil menangis. “Abū ʿAbd Allāh,” katanya, “saya ada di sana pada hari mereka merotan tuan di istana. Kini saya berdiri di hadapan tuan. Jika tuan mahu membalas dendam, ambillah.”

That makes me happy.” The man went in and began praying for my father, who kept adding, “And for him, and for all Muslims.” Another man came and said, “Find some way to get me in to see him. I was there the day they flogged him at the palace and I want him to forgive me.” When I told my father, he said nothing. But I kept at him until he relented. When I let the man in, he stood there weeping. “Abū ʿAbd Allāh,” he said, “I was there the day they flogged you at the palace. Now here I am before you. If you want revenge, take it.

"Jika kamu dapat memaafkan aku, maafkanlah aku." 79.5

If you can forgive me, forgive me.” 79.5

"Dengan satu syarat," kata ayah saya. "Jangan buat perkara seperti itu lagi." "Saya tidak akan buat," kata lelaki itu.

“On one condition,” said my father. “Don’t do anything like it again.” “I won’t,” said the man.

"Saya maafkan kamu." Lelaki itu keluar dengan air mata berlinangan, dan semua yang hadir turut menangis.

“I forgive you.” The man went out in tears and all those present wept as well.

Ayah saya menyimpan beberapa keping wang syiling di dalam sehelai kain buruk. Setiap kali dia memerlukan sesuatu, kami akan memberikan sebahagian wang itu kepada sesiapa yang membelikan barang untuknya. Pada hari Selasa itu, dia bertanya kepada saya sama ada ada apa-apa di dalam kain buruk itu. Saya memeriksanya dan mendapati sekeping dirham. 79.6

My father kept some scraps of coin in a bit of rag. Whenever he needed anything, we would give some of the money to whoever was doing the shopping for him. On that Tuesday, he asked me if there was anything in the rag. I looked and found a dirham. 79.6

"Carilah salah seorang penyewa untuk menjalankan suatu urusan," katanya. Maka saya menyampaikan pesan, dan salah seorang wanita itu diberi sejumlah wang.472

“Find one of the tenants to run an errand,” he said. So I sent word and one of the women was given some money.472

“Dapatkan kurma untuk saya supaya saya dapat membayar kaffarah sumpah yang saya langgar,” katanya. Saya menyuruh orang mendapatkan kurma, membelinya, dan membayar kaffarah sumpahnya.473 Selepas itu tinggal kira-kira tiga dirham. Apabila saya memberitahunya, dia berkata, “Alhamdulillah!” Kemudian dia berkata, “Bacakan wasiat saya.” Saya membacakannya kepadanya dan dia mengesahkan bahawa itu wasiatnya.

“Send out and get me some dates so I can expiate a broken oath,” he said. I sent out for the dates, bought them, and expiated his oath.473 After that there were about three dirhams left. When I told him, he said, “Praise God!” Then he said, “Read out my will.” I read it out to him and he affirmed that it was his.

Kami telah pun memetik wasiatnya dalam huraian kami tentang Inkuisisi, oleh itu kami tidak akan memetiknya lagi di sini.

[The author:] We have already cited his will in our account of the Inquisition and will therefore refrain from citing it again.

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad jatuh sakit pada malam Selasa, dua malam selepas permulaan Rabīʿ I 241, dan kekal uzur selama sembilan hari. Apabila khabar tentang keadaannya yang semakin teruk tersebar, orang ramai yang ingin menziarahi beliau memenuhi pintu pagar dan kekal di situ sepanjang malam. Apabila pihak berkuasa mengetahui bahawa satu kumpulan besar telah berkumpul, mereka menempatkan pengawas dan tentera berkuda di pintu rumah serta di pintu gerbang lorong. Sehingga ketika itu, Aḥmad masih membenarkan orang ramai masuk untuk melihat beliau. Mereka akan memenuhi rumah sambil memberi salam, dan beliau membalas dengan mengangkat tangannya. Keadaan itu berakhir dengan kedatangan tentera berkuda, yang menghalang orang ramai daripada masuk dan menutup pintu gerbang lorong. Namun, begitu ramai orang yang memenuhi jalan-jalan dan masjid-masjid sehingga sebahagian peniaga tidak lagi dapat menjalankan perniagaan mereka. Satu-satunya cara untuk melihat Ibn Ḥanbal ialah mencari jalan masuk melalui rumah-rumah bersebelahan atau flat-flat penenun, atau memanjat dinding. Selepas menghantar orang untuk mengambil kedudukan berhampiran pintu gerbang dan melaporkan kepadanya, Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAṭāʾ datang dua kali sehari, sekali pada waktu pagi dan sekali pada waktu petang, untuk bertanya khabar Ibn Ḥanbal, tetapi lebih kerap than tidak beliau pulang tanpa sempat melihatnya. Sementara itu, pengawas yang bertindak bagi pihak Ibn Ṭāhir turut membuat siasatan. 79.7

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad fell ill on Tuesday night, two nights into Rabīʿ I 241, and remained unwell for nine days. As word spread that he was growing worse, crowds of visitors appeared at the gate and remained there through the night. When the authorities learned that a crowd had gathered, they posted watchers and horse-troopers at the door of the house and the gateway into the alley. Up to that point Aḥmad had been allowing people in to see him. They would crowd into the house calling out greetings, and he would respond by lifting his hand. That ended with the arrival of the mounted troops, who stopped people from going in and shut the alley gate. But so many people had crowded into the streets and mosques that some of the vendors could no longer do business. The only way to see Ibn Ḥanbal was to find a way in through the adjoining houses or the weavers’ tenements, or to climb over a wall. After sending men to take up positions near the gate and report back to him, Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAṭāʾ came twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening—to ask after Ibn Ḥanbal but as often as not went away without seeing him. Meanwhile, watchers acting on behalf of Ibn Ṭāhir were making inquiries as well. 79.7

Aḥmad memberitahu saya, “Pengawal peribadi Ibn Ṭāhir datang menemui saya dan melaporkan, ‘Khalifah mengirimkan salam dan beliau ingin bertemu dengan kamu.’ Saya memberitahunya bahawa itu adalah sesuatu yang saya benci untuk lakukan, dan Amirul Mukminin telah membebaskan saya daripada melakukan apa yang saya benci.” Pengawal peribadi Ibn Ṭāhir kembali pada waktu malam dan bertanya soalan kepada doktor-doktor yang merawat ayah saya. Sementara itu, para pengintai menghantar laporan kembali ke Samarra, dan kuda-kuda utusan datang dan pergi setiap hari. Ahli-ahli keluarga Hāshim datang menziarahi beliau dan menangis. Sejumlah hakim dan pegawai lain tiba tetapi tidak dibenarkan masuk. Seorang budak milik bapa saudaranya Yūsuf dihantar untuk mengipasnya, tetapi ayah saya menghalaunya kerana budak itu dibeli dengan wang yang beliau tidak setujui.

Aḥmad told me, “Ibn Ṭāhir’s chamberlain came to see me and reported, ‘The caliph sends his salutations; he wishes to see you.’ I told him that was something I would detest doing, and the Commander of the Faithful had exempted me from doing what I detest.” Ibn Ṭāhir’s chamberlain came back at night and asked questions of the doctors who were attending my father. Meanwhile, the watchers were sending reports back to Samarra, and the courier horses came and went every day. The members of the clan of Hāshim came to see him and wept. A number of judges and other officials arrived but were not admitted. A boy belonging to his uncle Yūsuf was sent to fan him, but my father waved him away because he had been purchased with funds he disapproved of.

"Tinggal bersamaku," katanya. "Tidak lama lagi." "Aku ada di sini," jawabku kepadanya.

“Stay with me,” he said. “It won’t be long now.” “I’m right here,” I told him.

Setiap kali dia perlu membeli sesuatu untuk kesihatannya, dia akan mengeluarkan sehelai kain buruk yang mengandungi beberapa keping duit syiling dan memberikannya kepada saya, lalu saya akan membeli apa yang dia perlukan. 79.8

Whenever he needed to buy anything for his health, he would take out a bit of rag containing some scraps of coin and give them to me and I would buy what he needed. 79.8

Dia meminta kami menjadi saksi wasiatnya, yang telah ditulisnya di Samarra. Saya mendengar dia berkata, "Bacakan," dan wasiat itu dibacakan untuknya. Kemudian dia meminta kami membeli beberapa biji kurma untuk membayar kaffarah sumpah. Selepas itu, tinggal padanya satu dāniq setengah, lebih kurang. Ketika saya masuk, dia bertanya bagaimana urusan itu telah berjalan, dan saya memberitahunya bahawa kami telah mengambil kurma tersebut dan menghantarnya. Dia lalu mengangkat wajahnya ke langit dan mula memuji Tuhan.

He had us witness his will, which he had written in Samarra. I heard that he said, “Read it out,” and it was read aloud for him. Then he asked us to buy some dates to expiate an oath. Afterward he was left with a dāniq and a half, more or less. When I came in he asked how it had gone, and I told him that we had taken the dates and sent them. He turned his face to the heavens and began praising God.

Dia juga dilawati oleh ʿAbd al-Wahhāb. "Ia bermakna besar bagi saya," kata Aḥmad ketika dia dimasukkan ke hospital, "bahawa dia datang ke sini dalam cuaca panas ini." ʿAbd al-Wahhāb membongkok di atasnya dan memegang tangannya. Kedua-duanya duduk berpegangan tangan sehingga tiba masa ʿAbd al-Wahhāb untuk pulang.

He also had a visit from ʿAbd al-Wahhāb. “It means a lot to me,” said Aḥmad when he was admitted, “that he came here in this heat.” ʿAbd al-Wahhāb bent over him and took his hand. The two sat hand in hand until it was time for ʿAbd al-Wahhāb to leave.

Pada satu ketika, sekumpulan orang datang masuk, salah seorang daripada mereka ialah seorang yang tua dengan janggut yang diwarnai.

At one point a group of people came in, one of them an elder with a dyed beard.

Aḥmad berkata, "Saya gembira melihat dia telah mewarnai janggutnya," atau dengan lafaz yang serupa.

Aḥmad said, “It makes me happy to see that he’s dyed his beard,” or words to that effect.

Salah seorang tetamunya berkata, "Semoga Tuhan memberikan kepadamu apa yang engkau pinta kepada-Nya untuk kita semua." "Semoga Tuhan mengabulkan doamu!" jawab Aḥmad. Ketika para tetamunya mula menyebut namanya dalam doa mereka, dia terus berkata, "Dan untuk semua orang Islam juga!" Beberapa orang tetamunya itu ialah orang yang tidak disukainya, atas sebab yang berbeza-beza.

One of his visitors said, “May God give you what you asked Him to give all of us.” “May God grant your prayer!” replied Aḥmad. As his visitors began naming him in their prayers, he kept saying, “For all Muslims too!” Several of his visitors were people he disapproved of for one reason or another.

Setiap kali orang seperti itu masuk, Aḥmad akan memejamkan matanya seolah-olah hendak mengusirnya.

Whenever such a person entered, Aḥmad would close his eyes as if to dismiss him.

Selalunya beliau enggan membalas salamnya.

Often he would refuse to return his greeting.

Seorang tua datang menemuinya dan berkata kepadanya, "Ingatlah saat ketika engkau akan berdiri di hadapan Tuhan!" Mendengar itu, Aḥmad menangis tersedu-sedu dan air matanya mengalir membasahi pipinya.

One elder came to see him and said to him, “Be mindful of the moment when you’ll stand before God!” At that, Aḥmad gave a sob and the tears streamed down his cheeks.

Beberapa hari sebelum beliau wafat, beliau bersusah payah menuturkan, "Panggillah anak-anak," maksudnya anak-anak kecil. Ketika anak-anak itu datang mengelilinginya seorang demi seorang, beliau memeluk mereka erat untuk menghidu bau mereka, dan dengan air mata yang berlinang, beliau mengusap kepala mereka. Seseorang berkata, "Janganlah bimbang, wahai Abū ʿAbd Allāh; mereka akan baik-baik sahaja." Tetapi Aḥmad membuat isyarat seolah-olah berkata, "Bukan itu yang sedang aku fikirkan." 79.9

A day or two before he died, he slurred out the words, “Call the boys,” meaning the little ones. As the children gathered around him one by one, he held them close to inhale their scent and, tears in his eyes, ran his hand over their heads. Someone said, “Don’t worry, Abū ʿAbd Allāh: they’ll be fine.” But Aḥmad made a gesture as if to say, “That’s not what I was thinking.” 79.9

Apabila beliau hanya mampu duduk, beliau akan solat dalam keadaan itu; dan apabila beliau tidak mampu bangun, beliau akan solat sambil berbaring, tanpa jemu, dengan mengangkat tangannya seolah-olah sedang melakukan satu rakaat sujud.

When he could only sit, he would pray from that position; and when he couldn’t rise he would pray lying down, tirelessly, by lifting his hands as if performing a cycle of prostrations.

Apabila saya meletakkan besen di bawahnya, saya dapati air kencingnya tidak lain hanyalah darah merah terang tanpa sebarang cecair lain langsung. Saya memaklumkan perkara ini kepada doktor, yang berkata bahawa sesiapa yang menghabiskan begitu banyak masa dalam penderitaan dan kesedihan mungkin sahaja telah merobek isi perutnya sendiri.

When I put a basin under him I saw that his urine was nothing but bright red blood with no other fluid in it at all. I mentioned this to the doctor, who said that anyone who spent that much time in suffering and sorrow might well shred his own innards.

Pada hari Khamis keadaannya bertambah teruk. Aku memandikannya supaya dia dapat bersembahyang. "Sampaikan air di celah-celah jariku," katanya.

On Thursday he grew worse. I washed him so he could pray. “Get the water between my fingers,” he said.

Pada malam Khamis dia berhenti bergerak. Menyangka dia sudah mati, kami cuba meluruskan tubuhnya, tetapi dia mula membengkokkan lututnya dengan wajahnya menghadap ke arah Makkah.

On Thursday night he stopped moving. Thinking he was dead, we were trying to stretch him out when he began to bend his knees with his face turned toward Mecca.

Kami mula membacakan "Tiada tuhan melainkan Tuhan" untuk diikutinya, tetapi dia sudah mulai mengucapkannya. Dia berbaring miring menghadap kiblat.

We began saying “There is no god but God” for him to repeat but he had already started saying it. He on his side to face Mecca.

Pada hari Jumaat, orang ramai mula berkumpul, memenuhi jalan-jalan dan lorong-lorong. Pada waktu tengah hari dia diambil daripada kami. Jeritan yang besar kedengaran dan orang ramai mula menangis dengan begitu kuat sehingga terasa seolah-olah bumi sedang bergegar. Apabila semua orang duduk, kami menyedari bahawa kami mungkin akan terlepas solat Jumaat, lalu saya mencari tempat yang dapat melihat ke atas orang ramai dan mengumumkan bahawa kami akan membawanya keluar selepas solat.

On Friday, throngs of people began to gather, filling the streets and alleys. At noon he was taken from us. A great cry arose and people began to weep so loudly that it felt as if the earth were shaking. When everyone sat down, we realized that we might miss Friday prayers, so I found a place where I could look out over the crowd and announced that we would bring him out after the prayer.

[Ḥanbal:] Semasa Ibn Ḥanbal berada di dalam penjara, salah seorang anak al-Faḍl ibn al-Rabiʿ memberinya tiga helai rambut, sambil berkata bahawa rambut itu milik Nabi ﷺ.474 Ketika beliau hampir wafat, Aḥmad meminta agar satu helai rambut diletakkan di atas setiap matanya dan helai yang ketiga diletakkan di atas lidahnya. Itulah yang kami lakukan untuknya ketika beliau wafat. 79.10

[Ḥanbal:] While Ibn Ḥanbal was in jail, one of al-Faḍl ibn al-Rabiʿ’s sons gave him three hairs, saying that they belonged to the Prophet.474 As he lay dying, Aḥmad asked that one hair be put over each of his eyes and the third on his tongue. This we did for him when he died. 79.10

[Ṣāliḥ:] Semasa sakitnya, ayah saya bersolat dengan meminta saya memegangnya tegak supaya dia dapat rukuk dan sujud; dia melakukannya dengan meminta saya mengangkatnya. 79.11

[Ṣāliḥ:] During his illness my father prayed by having me hold him upright so he could bow and prostrate himself, which he did by having me lift him. 79.11

Pada satu ketika Mujāhid ibn Mūsā masuk, berkata, "Tidak perlu takut, wahai Abū ʿAbd Allāh! Dengan begitu ramai orang yang akan bersaksi untukmu, tiada yang perlu dikhuatirkan ketika engkau bertemu Tuhan!" Dia mula mencium tangan ayahku sambil menangis. Ketika dia meminta nasihat, ayahku menunjuk ke arah lidahnya.

At one point Mujāhid ibn Mūsā came in, saying, “No need to be afraid, Abū ʿAbd Allāh! With all these people to testify on your behalf, there’s nothing to fear when you meet God!” He began kissing my father’s hand and weeping. When he asked for his counsel, my father pointed to his tongue.

Seorang lagi pengunjung ialah Hakim Sawwār, yang memberinya jaminan bahawa Tuhan tidak akan menghisabnya dengan hisab yang paling ketat, dengan berhujah berdasarkan riwayat yang dinukilkan oleh Muʿtamir, bahawa ayahnya pernah berkata kepadanya ketika sedang nazak, "Ceritakan kepadaku tentang kelembutan Tuhan."475

Another visitor was Judge Sawwār, who reassured him that God would not hold him to the strictest accounting, citing the report transmitted by Muʿtamir to the effect that his father had said to him as he lay dying, “Tell me about God’s lenience.”475

Dia mula mengalami sukar kencing dan sakit-sakit lain, namun fikirannya tetap jernih. Sepanjang itu dia akan bertanya hari apa dalam bulan itu, dan saya akan memberitahunya. Pada waktu malam saya tidur di sisinya. Jika dia mahukan sesuatu, dia akan menggoncang saya dan saya akan menyerahkannya kepadanya. Pada suatu ketika dia meminta saya membawakannya catatan-catatannya, tempat dia menulis bahawa Ibn Idrīs meriwayatkan daripada Layth ibn Ṭāwūs bahawa dia membenci rintihan. Saya membacakan riwayat itu untuknya, dan selepas itu dia tidak pernah merintih lagi kecuali pada malam dia meninggal dunia. 79.12

He began to suffer from retention of urine and other pains but his mind remained clear. All the while he would ask what day of the month it was and I would tell him. At night I slept beside him. If he wanted anything he would shake me and I would hand it to him. Once he asked me to bring him the notes where he’d written that Ibn Idrīs cites Layth ibn Ṭāwūs as saying he hated to moan. I read the report for him and he never moaned after that except on the night he died. 79.12

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Semasa sakit terakhirnya, ayah saya meminta saya mencari di mana beliau telah menulis riwayat-riwayat yang dinukilkan oleh ʿAbd Allāh ibn Idrīs. Apabila saya menemui kitab itu untuknya, beliau meminta saya mencari riwayat yang dinukilkan oleh Layth dan membacakannya kepada beliau. Riwayat itu berbunyi:

[ʿAbd Allāh:] During his final illness, my father asked me to find where he had written the reports transmitted by ʿAbd Allāh ibn Idrīs. When I found the book for him, he asked me to find the report related by Layth and read it to him. The report ran:

“Aku memberitahu Ṭalḥah bahawa Ṭāwūs tidak menyukai rintihan ketika sakit, dan dia tidak merintih sehingga dia meninggal dunia.” Selepas aku membacakan ini kepada ayahku, aku tidak mendengar dia merintih sehingga dia meninggal dunia, semoga Tuhan merahmatinya. 79.13

“I told Ṭalḥah that Ṭāwūs disapproved of moaning when ill, and did not moan until he died.” After I read this to my father, I didn’t hear him moan until he died, God have mercy on him. 79.13

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Ketika ayah saya sedang nazak, saya duduk di sisinya sambil memegang kain yang akan saya gunakan untuk mengikat mulutnya supaya tertutup. Dia keluar masuk kesedaran dan memberi isyarat dengan tangannya tiga kali, begini, seolah-olah hendak berkata, “Belum lagi!” Selepas kali yang ketiga, saya bertanya kepadanya, “Ayah, apa yang cuba ayah katakan? Ayah pengsan dan kami sangka ayah sudah tiada, kemudian ayah sedar semula dan berkata ‘Belum lagi.’” 79.14

[ʿAbd Allāh:] As my father lay dying, I sat beside him holding the rag I would use to tie his mouth closed. He was slipping in and out of consciousness and gesturing with his hand three times, like this, as if to say, “Not yet!” After the third time, I asked him, “Dad, what are you trying to say? You pass out and we think you’re gone, and then you come back and say ‘Not yet.’” 79.14

“Kamu tak faham ke, anakku?” “Tidak.” “Syaitan, semoga dia dilaknat, sedang berdiri di hadapanku sambil menggigit jarinya kerana geram dan berkata, ‘Aḥmad, engkau telah terlepas daripadaku,’ dan aku terus berkata kepadanya, ‘Belum lagi aku terlepas daripadamu—tidak sehingga aku mati.’”476

“Don’t you understand, son?” “No.” “The Devil, damn him, is standing in front of me biting his fingers in frustration and saying ‘Aḥmad, you’ve escaped me,’ and I keep telling him ‘Not yet I haven’t—not till I’m dead.’”476

[Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar:] ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ditanya sama ada bapanya sedar ketika dia melihat Malaikat Maut. 79.15

[Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar:] ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad was asked whether his father was conscious when he saw the Angel of Death. 79.15

"Dia memang begitu. Kami sedang memandikannya supaya dia boleh solat, dan dia mula memberi isyarat. Ṣāliḥ bertanya kepada saya apa yang dia cuba katakan, dan saya memberitahunya bahawa dia mahu kami mengembangkan jari-jemarinya dan membasuh di celah-celahnya. Apabila kami berbuat demikian, dia berhenti memberi isyarat. Tidak lama kemudian dia meninggal dunia." [Ṣāliḥ:] Lidah ayah saya terus bergerak sehingga dia meninggal dunia. 79.16

“He was. We were washing him so he could pray and he started gesturing. Ṣāliḥ asked me what he was trying to say, and I told him that he wanted us to spread his fingers and wash between them. When we did that, he stopped gesturing. A little later he died.” [Ṣāliḥ:] My father’s tongue kept moving until he died. 79.16