Ugonjwa Wake wa Mwisho - Maisha ya Ibn Hanbal | Quran Course

Ugonjwa Wake wa Mwisho - Maisha ya Ibn Hanbal | Quran Course

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad aliugua usiku wa Jumanne, siku mbili baada ya kuanza kwa Rabīʿ I 241, na akabaki mgonjwa kwa siku tisa. Habari zilipoenea kwamba hali yake inazidi kuwa mbaya, makundi ya wageni yalijitokeza langoni na kubaki hapo usiku kucha. Mamlaka zilipofahamu kwamba kundi kubwa limekusanyika, ziliweka walinzi na wapanda farasi mlangoni mwa nyumba na katika njia ya mtaa. Hadi wakati huo Aḥmad alikuwa akiwaruhusu watu kuja kumwona. Wangeingia nyumbani wakipaza sauti za salamu, naye angejibu kwa kuinua mkono. Hilo lilikoma kwa kuwasili kwa askari wapanda farasi, waliowazuia watu kuingia na kufunga lango la mtaa. Lakini watu walikuwa wamejazana sana mitaani na misikitini hata baadhi ya wachuuzi wakashindwa kufanya biashara. Njia pekee ya kumwona Ibn Ḥanbal ilikuwa kutafuta njia ya kuingia kupitia nyumba jirani au makazi ya wafumaji, au kupanda ukuta. Baada ya kuwatuma watu wasimame karibu na lango na kumletea taarifa, Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAṭāʾ alikuja mara mbili kila siku, asubuhi na jioni, kuuliza hali ya Ibn Ḥanbal, lakini mara nyingi aliondoka bila kumwona. Wakati huo huo, walinzi waliokuwa wakifanya kazi kwa niaba ya Ibn Ṭāhir nao walikuwa wakifanya uchunguzi. 79.7

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad fell ill on Tuesday night, two nights into Rabīʿ I 241, and remained unwell for nine days. As word spread that he was growing worse, crowds of visitors appeared at the gate and remained there through the night. When the authorities learned that a crowd had gathered, they posted watchers and horse-troopers at the door of the house and the gateway into the alley. Up to that point Aḥmad had been allowing people in to see him. They would crowd into the house calling out greetings, and he would respond by lifting his hand. That ended with the arrival of the mounted troops, who stopped people from going in and shut the alley gate. But so many people had crowded into the streets and mosques that some of the vendors could no longer do business. The only way to see Ibn Ḥanbal was to find a way in through the adjoining houses or the weavers’ tenements, or to climb over a wall. After sending men to take up positions near the gate and report back to him, Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAṭāʾ came twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening—to ask after Ibn Ḥanbal but as often as not went away without seeing him. Meanwhile, watchers acting on behalf of Ibn Ṭāhir were making inquiries as well. 79.7

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Baba yangu alipokuwa akifa, nilikaa karibu naye nikiwa nimeshika kitambaa ambacho ningetumia kufunga mdomo wake. Alikuwa akipoteza fahamu na kuzipata tena, na alikuwa akiinua mkono wake mara tatu, hivi, kana kwamba anasema, “Bado!” Baada ya mara ya tatu, nilimwuliza, “Baba, unajaribu kusema nini? Unapoteza fahamu na sisi tunadhani umekwisha, kisha unarudi na kusema ‘Bado.’” 79.14

[ʿAbd Allāh:] As my father lay dying, I sat beside him holding the rag I would use to tie his mouth closed. He was slipping in and out of consciousness and gesturing with his hand three times, like this, as if to say, “Not yet!” After the third time, I asked him, “Dad, what are you trying to say? You pass out and we think you’re gone, and then you come back and say ‘Not yet.’” 79.14

"Hujaelewa, mwanangu?" "Hapana." "Shetani, alaaniwe, amesimama mbele yangu akiuma vidole vyake kwa hasira na kusema, 'Aḥmad, umenitoroka,' nami nakazidi kumwambia, 'Bado sijakutoroka—hadi nitakapokufa.'"476

“Don’t you understand, son?” “No.” “The Devil, damn him, is standing in front of me biting his fingers in frustration and saying ‘Aḥmad, you’ve escaped me,’ and I keep telling him ‘Not yet I haven’t—not till I’m dead.’”476

[Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar:] ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad aliulizwa kama baba yake alikuwa na fahamu alipomwona Malaika wa Mauti. 79.15

[Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar:] ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad was asked whether his father was conscious when he saw the Angel of Death. 79.15

"Alikuwa hivyo. Tulikuwa tukimwosha ili aweze kuswali, akaanza kuashiria kwa ishara. Ṣāliḥ aliniuliza alikuwa anajaribu kusema nini, nikamwambia kwamba alitaka tuyakunjue vidole vyake na kuosha kati ya vidole. Tulipofanya hivyo, aliacha kuashiria. Muda kidogo baadaye alifariki." [Ṣāliḥ:] Ulimi wa baba yangu uliendelea kusogea hadi alipofariki. 79.16

“He was. We were washing him so he could pray and he started gesturing. Ṣāliḥ asked me what he was trying to say, and I told him that he wanted us to spread his fingers and wash between them. When we did that, he stopped gesturing. A little later he died.” [Ṣāliḥ:] My father’s tongue kept moving until he died. 79.16