[ʿAbd Allāh:] Nilimsikia baba yangu akisema, "Bwana wa Utukufu alinijia katika ndoto nami nikamuuliza jinsi bora ya kujikurubisha kwake. 91.1

[ʿAbd Allāh:] I heard my father say, “The Lord of Glory appeared to me in a dream and I asked Him how best to draw nearer to Him. 91.1

"Kupitia Hotuba Yangu, Aḥmad," alisema.

“‘Through my Speech, Aḥmad,’ He said.

"'Je, ni lazima tuelewe?' niliuliza."

“‘Do we have to understand it?’ I asked.

"Alisema, 'Inafanya kazi iwe unaelewa au hauelewi.'" [Ṣadaqah ibn al-Faḍl:] Nilikuwa nikisafiri kutoka Kufa kwenda Baghdad bila pesa zozote za kutumia. Nilipofika kwenye Mfereji wa Ṣarṣar nilikuwa nikifa njaa. Niliingia msikiti uliokuwepo hapo na kulala. Niliamka nikamkuta mtu akinisukuma kwa mguu wake. Alikuwa Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Pamoja naye alikuwepo mbeba mizigo aliyebeba mkate. 91.2

“He said, ‘It works whether you understand it or not.’” [Ṣadaqah ibn al-Faḍl:] I was traveling from Kufa to Baghdad without any money to spend. By the time I reached the Ṣarṣar Canal I was starving. I went into a mosque there and fell asleep. I woke up to find a man joggling me with his foot. It was Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. With him was a porter carrying bread. 91.2

"Usiku wa jana niliota ndoto," alisema. "Sauti moja ilisema, 'Rafiki yako Ṣadaqah ibn al-Faḍl amewasili kutoka Kufa katika hali mbaya, kwa hiyo nenda umsaidie.'"

“Last night I had a dream,” he said. “A voice said, ‘Your friend Ṣadaqah ibn al- Faḍl has arrived from Kufa in a bad way so go help him.’”