[Al-Hindibāʾī:] Saya dahulu biasa menziarahi kubur Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, tetapi kemudian saya berhenti. Setelah beberapa waktu berlalu, saya bermimpi ada suara berkata, "Engkau telah berhenti menziarahi teladan sunnah." 94.1

[Al-Hindibāʾī:] I used to visit Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s grave but then stopped. After some time had passed, I had a dream where a voice said, “You’ve stopped visiting the exemplar of the sunnah.” 94.1

[Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan:] Ayah saya menyampaikan daripada Abū Ṭāhir al-Maymūn, katanya, “Anakku, aku pernah bertemu seorang lelaki di masjid Ruṣāfah—ini berlaku pada Rabīʿ II 466 [Disember 1073]—yang memberitahuku, apabila aku bertanya kepadanya, bahawa dia telah mengembara enam ratus batu untuk berada di sana. 94.2

[Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan:] My father cited Abū Ṭāhir al-Maymūn as saying, “Son, I met a man in the Ruṣāfah mosque—this was in Rabīʿ II 466 [December 1073]—who told me when I asked him that he had traveled six hundred leagues to be there. 94.2

“‘Kenapa?’ “‘Pada suatu malam Jumaat di kampung halaman saya,’ katanya, ‘saya bermimpi berada di padang pasir, atau di tempat liar yang luas. Semua makhluk ciptaan berdiri di sana, pintu-pintu Syurga terbuka, dan malaikat-malaikat turun. Malaikat-malaikat itu memakaikan pakaian hijau kepada orang-orang tertentu dan terbang kembali ke atas bersama mereka. Saya bertanya siapakah orang-orang istimewa itu.’ “‘Mereka yang mengunjungi Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.’ “Sebaik sahaja saya terjaga, saya membereskan urusan saya dan datang ke sini. Saya telah mengunjunginya beberapa kali dan kini saya akan pulang ke rumah, insya-Allah.” [Abū Bakr ibn Abruwayh:] Rasulullah ﷺ dan Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal muncul kepada saya dalam mimpi. 94.3

“‘Why?’ “‘One Friday night back home,’ he said, ‘I dreamed I was in the desert, or in a great wilderness. All the people in creation were standing there, the gates of Heaven were open, and angels were coming down. The angels were dressing certain people in green and flying back up with them. I asked who the special ones were.’ “‘The ones who visited Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.’ “As soon as I woke up, I put my affairs in order and came here. I’ve visited him several times and now I’m going home, God willing.” [Abū Bakr ibn Abruwayh:] The Emissary of God and Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal appeared to me in a dream. 94.3

"Utusan Tuhan," tanyaku, "siapakah itu?" "Ini ialah Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, sahabat Tuhan dan sahabat Utusan-Nya. Dengar, wahai Abū Bakr! Setiap hari Tuhan memandang ke kubur Aḥmad tujuh puluh ribu kali dan mengampuni sesiapa sahaja yang dilihat-Nya di situ." Aku terjaga, membersihkan diri, dan solat dua rakaat sebagai tanda syukur kepada Tuhan. Kemudian aku menanggalkan pakaianku, memberikannya kepada orang miskin, dan berangkat menunaikan ziarah. Selepas itu aku menziarahi makam Aḥmad dan tinggal di situ selama seminggu.

“Emissary of God,” I asked, “who’s that?” “This is Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, God’s ally and the ally of His Emissary. Listen, Abū Bakr! Every day God looks over at Aḥmad’s grave seventy thousand times and forgives anyone he sees there.” I woke up, washed, and prayed two cycles in gratitude to God. Then I took off my clothes, gave them away to the poor, and set off on the pilgrimage. After that I visited Aḥmad’s tomb and spent a week there.

[Abū Bakr al-Najjād:] Saya pernah mendengar bahawa sesiapa yang berada dalam kesempitan dan menziarahi kubur Aḥmad pada hari Rabu serta berdoa di sana, akan dikurniakan rezeki yang melimpah oleh Tuhan. Maka pada suatu ketika, apabila saya dalam kesempitan, saya menziarahi kubur itu pada hari Rabu. Ketika saya dalam perjalanan pulang dengan hati yang muram, seorang wanita tua memanggil saya dari salah satu perkuburan. 94.4

[Abū Bakr al-Najjād:] I had heard that anyone in need who visits Aḥmad’s grave on a Wednesday and prays there will receive generous sustenance from God. So once when I was in need, I visited the grave on a Wednesday. I was on my way back in a dismal frame of mind when an old woman called out to me from one of the cemeteries. 94.4

"Abu Bakar!" katanya.

“Abū Bakr!” she said.

"Apa itu?" "Ibu kamu meninggalkan sebuah beg bersama saya dan berpesan bahawa jika saya nampak kamu kelihatan memerlukan, saya hendaklah memberikannya kepada kamu. Adakah kamu memerlukannya?" "Ya," kata saya, lalu mengambilnya. Di dalamnya terdapat— Jumlahnya tidak disebut. Semoga Tuhan memelihara orang tua yang mulia yang meriwayatkan kisah ini! [Abū l-Ḥasan al-ʿUkbarī:] Ketika saya masih kanak-kanak, saya mengembara dari ʿUkbarā ke Baghdad tanpa wang untuk dibelanjakan. Saya tinggal di masjid dalam Bandar Bulat selama beberapa hari [“tanpa makan,” mungkin dia menambah]. Pada hari Rabu saya pergi menziarahi makam Aḥmad. Di sana saya terjumpa seorang lelaki yang memberi salam kepada saya—saya memakai pakaian yang elok523—dan bertanya sama ada saya lapar. Apabila saya tidak berkata apa-apa, dia memberi saya sedikit roti dan emas yang mencukupi untuk hidup beberapa ketika. Untuk seketika dia terus memeriksa keadaan saya. 94.5

“What is it?” “Your mother left a bag with me and told me that if I saw you looking needy I should give it to you. Do you need it?” “Yes,” I said, and took it. In it was— The amount is missing, may God care for the worthy elder who transmitted the story! [Abū l-Ḥasan al-ʿUkbarī:] When I was a boy I traveled from ʿUkbarā down to Baghdad without any money to spend. I stayed in the mosque inside the Round City for several days [“without eating,” he may have added]. On Wednesday I went to visit Aḥmad’s tomb. There I found a man who greeted me—I was wearing fine clothes523— and asked me if I was hungry. When I said nothing, he gave me some bread and enough gold to live on for a while. For a while he continued to check on me. 94.5