Al-Marrūdhī: Aḥmad alikuwa akiwapenda maskini. Sikuwahi kuona maskini wakitendewa vizuri zaidi kuliko walivyotendewa walipokuwa wameketi katika majlisi yake. 51.1

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad loved the poor. I never saw poor men treated as well as they were when sitting in his company. 51.1

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad mara moja alimtaja mtu aliyekuwa maskini na mgonjwa, akaniambia: "Nenda ukamwulize anataka tufanye nini kwa ajili yake." 51.2

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad once mentioned someone who was poor and ill, and told me, “Go and ask him what he wants us to do for him.” 51.2

Kisha akanikabidhi manukato fulani, akasema, "Mpake huyu." [Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal alisema mara moja, "Hakuna kitu kinacholeta manufaa mengi kama umaskini, hakuna kabisa! Pale fedha zinapokosekana hapa, mimi hufurahi." 51.3

Then he handed me some scent and said, “Put this on him.” [Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal once said, “Nothing does as much good as poverty—nothing! When there’s no money here I rejoice.” 51.3