[Ibn Abī l-Dunyā:] Saya mendengar Abū Yūsuf ibn Bukhtān—yang merupakan seorang Muslim yang baik—meriwayatkan bahawa apabila Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal meninggal dunia, seseorang bermimpi melihat sebuah pelita di setiap kubur. Apabila dia bertanya mengapa, dia diberitahu, "Tidakkah engkau melihat? Sebaik sahaja lelaki itu dimasukkan di antara mereka, kubur-kubur semua orang yang telah mati menjadi bercahaya. Sebahagian daripada orang mati yang sedang diseksa telah diampunkan." 95.1

[Ibn Abī l-Dunyā:] I heard Abū Yūsuf ibn Bukhtān—who was a good Muslim—report that when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal died, someone had a dream where he saw a lamp on every grave. When he asked why, he was told, “Don’t you see? As soon as that man was put in among them, the tombs of all the dead were illuminated. Some of the dead who were being tormented were forgiven.” 95.1

[ʿUbayd ibn Sharīk:] Seorang drag queen524 yang telah meninggal dunia dilihat dalam mimpi berkata, “Aku telah diampuni: sebaik sahaja Aḥmad ﷺ diletakkan di antara kami, setiap orang yang telah mati dan dikebumikan telah diampuni.” 95.2

[ʿUbayd ibn Sharīk:] A drag queen524 who died was seen in a dream saying, “I’ve been forgiven: as soon as Aḥmad was placed among us, everyone dead and buried was forgiven.” 95.2

[Al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad:] Apabila ibu al-Qaṭīʿī meninggal dunia, beliau menguburkannya berhampiran Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Beberapa malam kemudian, ibunya muncul dalam mimpinya. Beliau bertanya bagaimana keadaannya, lalu ibunya berkata, "Semoga Tuhan memberkatimu, anakku! Setiap malam" — atau "Setiap malam Jumaat" — "gelombang rahmat turun ke atas kubur lelaki yang engkau kebumikan berhampirannya, dan ia meliputi kita semua yang dikebumikan di sini, termasuk aku." 95.3

[Al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad:] When al-Qaṭīʿī’s mother died, he had her buried near Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. A few nights later she appeared to him in a dream. He asked her how she had fared and she said, “God bless you, my son! Every night”—or “Every Friday night”—“a wave of mercy descends on the grave of the man you buried me near, and it covers all of us buried here, including me.” 95.3

[Al-Jammāl:] Pada suatu malam, di perkuburan tempat Aḥmad dikebumikan, saya membaca ayat «Di antara mereka ada yang celaka dan ada yang berbahagia.»525 Kemudian saya terlelap dan mendengar satu suara berkata, “Kerana kehadiran Aḥmad, tiada seorang pun di sini yang celaka, syukur kepada Tuhan!” 95.4

[Al-Jammāl:] One night, in the cemetery where Aḥmad is buried, I recited the verse «Among those some shall be damned, and others shall be blessed.»525 Then I nodded off and heard a voice say, “Because of Aḥmad’s presence, no one here is damned, thank God!” 95.4

[Penulis:] Salah seorang Muslim generasi awal dikatakan pernah menceritakan kisah berikut. 95.5

[The author:] One of the early Muslims is said to have told the following story. 95.5

Di tempat tinggal saya dahulu ada seorang wanita tua, seorang ahli ibadah, yang telah menghabiskan lima puluh tahun berkhidmat kepada Tuhan. Suatu hari dia terjaga dalam ketakutan.

Where I lived there was an old woman, a Worshipper, who had spent fifty years serving God. One day she woke up in terror.

"Malam tadi seorang jin datang kepada saya," katanya. "Dia berkata bahawa dia ialah pasangan lelaki saya."526

“Last night a jinni came to me,” she said. “He said he was my male counterpart.526

Dia memberitahu saya bahawa jin-jin telah mendengar malaikat saling menyampaikan ucapan takziah atas kematian yang bakal menimpa seorang lelaki soleh bernama Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, yang akan dikebumikan di Tempat Sekian-sekian. Tuhan akan mengampuni sesiapa yang menetap berhampiran tempat itu, maka jika kamu merasakan kematian sudah hampir, pergilah ke sana. Tolong percayalah kepada saya: saya memberitahu ini demi kebaikan kamu sendiri. Kamu akan mati pada malam selepas dia meninggal dunia." Dan itulah yang berlaku, maka kami tahu bahawa mimpi itu benar.

He told me that the jinns had overheard the angels offering each other condolences on the imminent death of a righteous man named Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal who would be buried in Such-and-Such a place. God will forgive anyone who takes up residence nearby, so if you can go there when you feel death coming on, do it. Please believe me: I’m telling you this for your own good. You’ll die the night after he does.” And that’s what happened, so we knew it was a truthful dream.

[Abū l-Barakāt:] Saya mempunyai seorang sahabat bernama Thābit: seorang yang soleh, yang membaca Al-Quran, menyeru manusia kepada kebaikan, dan melarang mereka daripada kejahatan. Apabila dia meninggal dunia, saya tidak menunaikan solat jenazah ke atasnya kerana sesuatu perkara telah menghalang saya. Kemudian dia datang kepada saya dalam mimpi. Apabila saya memberi salam kepadanya, dia tidak menjawab, dan berpaling daripada saya. 95.6

[Abū l-Barakāt:] I had a friend named Thābit: a righteous man who read the Qurʾan, called on people to do good, and forbade them to do ill. When he died, I didn’t pray over him because something happened to prevent me. Then he came to me in a dream. When I greeted him, he didn’t answer, and turned aside. 95.6

"Thābit!" kataku. "Bagaimana kamu boleh mengabaikan aku, sedangkan kita telah lama berkawan baik?" "Jadi, jika kita berkawan, mengapa kamu tidak mendoakan aku?" Aku memohon maaf kepadanya, kemudian aku meminta dia menceritakan keadaan di tanah perkuburan Aḥmad, kerana dia telah dikebumikan di situ.

“Thābit!” I said. “How can you ignore me when we’ve been such good friends?” “So if we’re friends, why didn’t you pray over me?” I apologized to him then asked him to tell me how things were in Aḥmad’s burial ground, since he’d been buried there.

"Tiada seorang pun di sini yang merasai Api," katanya.

“No one here feels the Fire,” he said.

"Bagaimana pula dengan tanah perkuburan Quraisy?" "Saya tidak tahu tentang itu," katanya. "Saya telah memberitahu anda sebanyak yang saya tahu." "Apabila ada orang baharu datang menyertai kamu, adakah kamu melawat mereka dan bertanya kepada mereka soalan?" "Kami melawat dan bertanya tentang orang-orang yang hidup yang mereka tinggalkan." [Pengarang:] Saya membaca sesuatu yang ditulis oleh guru saya Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Zāghūnī dengan tulisan tangannya sendiri, seperti berikut: "Apabila Abū Jaʿfar ibn Abī Mūsā, keturunan Nabi ﷺ, dikebumikan di sebelahnya, kubur Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal terdedah."

“What about the burial ground of Quraysh?” “I don’t know about that,” he said. “I’ve told you as much as I know.” “When someone new comes to join you, do you visit them and ask them questions?” “We visit and ask about the living people they’ve left behind.” [The author:] I read something my teacher Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Zāghūnī wrote in his own hand, as follows: “When the Prophet’s descendant Abū Jaʿfar ibn Abī Mūsā was buried next to him, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s tomb was exposed.

"Mayatnya belum membusuk dan kain kafannya masih utuh dan tidak reput." 95.7

His corpse had not putrified and the shroud was still whole and undecayed.” 95.7

Abū Jaʿfar meninggal dunia 129 tahun selepas Ibn Ḥanbal.

Abū Jaʿfar died 129 years after Ibn Ḥanbal.