[Ḥanbal bin Isḥāq:] Saya masih ingat bahawa Aḥmad tidak suka sesiapa pun menulis pandangan atau keputusan hukumnya dalam perkara fiqh. 29.1

[Ḥanbal ibn Isḥāq:] I remember that Aḥmad hated to have anyone write down his views or his judgments in matters of law. 29.1

[Aḥmad ibn al-Rabīʿ:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal pernah berkata kepada kami, "Saya mendengar bahawa Isḥāq al-Kawsaj sedang mengajarkan jawapan-jawapan saya terhadap persoalan fiqh di Khurasan. Saksikanlah, kamu semua: saya menarik balik semuanya!" 29.2

[Aḥmad ibn al-Rabīʿ:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal once said to us, “I heard that Isḥāq al- Kawsaj is teaching my answers to legal questions out in Khurasan. Bear witness, all of you: I renounce them all!” 29.2

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Saya pernah melihat seorang lelaki dari Khurasan datang kepada Aḥmad dan menyerahkan kepadanya satu kuire. Dia memandangnya dan apabila mendapati di dalamnya terdapat sebahagian daripada kata-katanya sendiri, dia menjadi marah lalu mencampakkan dokumen itu. 29.3

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I once saw a man from Khurasan approach Aḥmad and give him a quire. He looked at it and when he saw that it had some of his own words in it, he grew angry and tossed the document away. 29.3

[Aḥmad al-Burjī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal pernah berkata, “Kadangkala sebuah topi tinggi jatuh dari langit, dan kamu perlu menggerakkan kepala begini,” lalu beliau menggelengkan kepalanya seolah-olah hendak mengelak supaya topi itu tidak hinggap di atasnya. 29.4

[Aḥmad al-Burjī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal once said, “Sometimes a tall cap falls from the sky, and you have to move your head like this,” and he shook his head as if to keep a cap from settling on it. 29.4

Maksudnya ialah sebahagian orang diberi kepimpinan tanpa mereka memintanya. Dia juga nampaknya bermaksud bahawa orang yang baik akan menundukkan kepala dengan rendah diri apabila perkara itu berlaku.

What he meant was that certain people have leadership thrust upon them. He also seems to have meant that good people duck their heads modestly when that happens.

Kerana kerendahan hati, Aḥmad melarang orang daripada menulis kata-katanya, tetapi Tuhan telah menentukan agar ia dirakam, disusun dengan teratur, dan dimaklumkan kepada semua.172

Out of modesty, too, did Aḥmad forbid people to write his words down, but God decreed that they be recorded, put in order, and made known to all.172