[Al-Būshanjī:] Em ’27 [842], Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ensinava Hadith abertamente em Bagdá. Isso foi logo depois que al-Muʿtaṣim morreu. Estávamos em Kufa quando recebemos a notícia. Voltei para Bagdá e o alcancei em Rajab daquele ano, enquanto ele ainda ensinava. Então, faltando três dias para o fim de Shaʿbān, ele parou por vontade própria. As autoridades não lhe haviam ordenado que parasse, mas al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd, que então era juiz em Bagdá, tinha escrito a Ibn Abī Duʾād para informá-lo de que Aḥmad ensinava Hadith abertamente. Quando Aḥmad soube disso, parou sem que precisasse ser solicitado.

[Al-Būshanjī:] In ’27 [842], Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal taught Hadith openly in Baghdad. That was right after al-Muʿtaṣim died. We were in Kufa when we heard the news. I headed back to Baghdad and caught up with him in Rajab of that year, while he was still teaching. Then, with three days left in Shaʿbān, he stopped of his own accord. The authorities hadn’t told him to stop, but al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd, who was then judge in Baghdad, had written to Ibn Abī Duʾād to tell him that Aḥmad was openly teaching Hadith. When Aḥmad learned of this, he stopped without having to be asked.

Até onde sabemos, ele não lecionou durante o reinado de al-Muʿtaṣim, que durou oito anos e oito dias. Depois disso, ele não voltou a lecionar até morrer. 71.1

As far as we know, he had not taught during al-Muʿtaṣim’s reign, which lasted for eight years and eight days. After that he did not teach again at all until he died. 71.1