Pujian terhadap Sunnah dan celaan terhadap bid'ah yang berlaku semasa pengebumiannya
The Praising Of The Sunnah And The Decrying Of Innovation That Took Place During His Funeral Procession
[Al-Būshanjī:] Semasa solat jenazah ke atas Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, sebahagian orang yang berdukacita mencela al-Karābīsī secara terbuka. Perbuatan itu dilaporkan kepada al-Mutawakkil, lalu beliau bertanya siapakah lelaki itu. Setelah diberitahu bahawa al-Karābīsī telah mereka-reka satu doktrin yang tidak pernah dikenali sebelum ini, beliau memerintahkan agar al-Karābīsī dikurung di rumahnya sehingga meninggal dunia. 84.1
[Al-Būshanjī:] During the funeral prayers for Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, some of the mourners cursed al-Karābīsī openly. The cursing was reported to al-Mutawakkil, who asked who he was. Told that al-Karābīsī had invented a doctrine previously unknown, he ordered him confined to his house until he died. 84.1
[Al-Nasawī:] Saya menghadiri pengebumian Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Ia sangat ramai. Al-Karābīsī dilaknat dengan kuat dan lama, begitu juga al-Marīsī. 84.2
[Al-Nasawī:] I attended Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s funeral. It was very crowded. Al- Karābīsī was cursed loud and long, as was al-Marīsī. 84.2
[Al-Warrāq:] Pada pengebumian Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, para pelayat secara terbuka menzahirkan keterikatan mereka kepada sunnah dan melaknat golongan yang menyebarkan bid'ah tercela. Dengan menunjukkan kepada mereka keunggulan dan kekuatan Islam serta kehancuran pembimbing-pembimbing sesat, pendakwah-pendakwah yang menyimpang, dan pembawa bid'ah tercela, Tuhan menghiburkan kaum Muslimin atas musibah yang telah mereka alami. Sebahagian pelayat berkhemah di tapak kubur, dan kaum wanita juga mula datang menziarahi. Maka pihak berkuasa menghantar pegawai peronda untuk membersihkan kawasan itu dan memulihkan ketenteraman. 84.3
[Al-Warrāq:] At Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s funeral, the mourners made an open display of adherence to the sunnah and cursed the purveyors of reprehensible innovation. By showing them the ascendancy and might of Islam as well as the suppression of errant guides, dissenters, and reprehensible innovators, God consoled the Muslims for the calamity they had suffered. Some mourners camped out at the gravesite, and women began to visit as well. The authorities accordingly sent patrolmen to clear the area and restore order. 84.3
[ʿAlī ibn Mahruwayh’s aunt:] Pada hari Ibn Ḥanbal meninggal dunia, satu-satunya tempat di Baghdad di mana solat Asar ditunaikan ialah masjid Ḥārith. 84.4
[ʿAlī ibn Mahruwayh’s aunt:] On the day Ibn Ḥanbal died, the only place in Baghdad where the afternoon prayer was performed was Ḥārith’s mosque. 84.4