[Ibn al-Ash'ath:] Sikuwahi kumsikia Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal akitaja mambo ya dunia hii. 44.1

[Ibn al-Ashʿath:] I don’t think I ever heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal mention the things of this world. 44.1

[ʿUmar ibn Sulaymān:] Nilisali sala za usiku za Ramadhani pamoja na Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, akiongozwa na Ibn ʿUmayr. Alipokuwa akisali sala yake ya ziada ya usiku, alikuwa akiweka mikono yake kifuani. Yeye na wengine waliokuwa msikitini walisali kwa sauti ya chini sana hata nisiweze kusikia chochote walichokisema. Msikiti haukuwa na taa zinazoning'inia,229 wala mikeka, wala uvumba230 — kulikuwa tu na taa moja iliyowekwa kwenye ngazi. 44.2

[ʿUmar ibn Sulaymān:] I performed the Ramadan nighttime prayers with Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, led by Ibn ʿUmayr. When he performed his additional night prayer, he clasped his hands to his chest. He and the others at the mosque prayed so softly that I couldn’t hear anything they said. The mosque had no hanging lamps,229 mats, or incense230—only a lamp placed on the step. 44.2

[Al-Samarqandī:] Mara moja nilimwuliza Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān kuhusu Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. 44.3

[Al-Samarqandī:] I once asked Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān about Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. 44.3