[Al-Khiraqī:] Nilimsikia Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal akisema, "Namsamehe al-Muʿtaṣim kwa kunipiga mijeledi." 39.1

[Al-Khiraqī:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “I forgive al-Muʿtaṣim for flogging me.” 39.1

[Al-Ṣarrām:] Nilisikia Ibrāhīm ibn Isḥāq akisimulia kwamba al-Mutawakkil alimchukua mfuasi wa ʿAlī aliyemshutumu Aḥmad kwa serikali na kumpeleka kwa Aḥmad ili amshauri adhabu ya kumpa. Lakini Aḥmad alimsamehe, akisema: “Huenda ana watoto ambao wangehuzunika kama angeuawa.” 39.2

[Al-Ṣarrām:] I heard Ibrāhīm ibn Isḥāq report that al-Mutawakkil took the partisan of ʿAlī who had denounced Aḥmad to the government and sent him to Aḥmad so he could recommend a punishment for him. But Aḥmad forgave him, saying, “He may have children who would be grieved if he were killed.” 39.2

Hiyo ndiyo ilikuwa hadithi kwa ufupi.205

That was the gist of the story.205

[Ibn Hāniʾ:] Nilikuwa mara moja kwa Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, mtu mmoja akasema, "Aḥmad! Nilikusema vibaya nyuma yako. Je, utanisamehe?" 39.3