Miongoni mwa wanazuoni mashuhuri waliokubali shinikizo walikuwa ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd; Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUlayyah;457 Saʿīd ibn Sulaymān al-Wāsiṭī, aliyejulikana kama Saʿduwayh; Isḥāq ibn Abī Isrāʾīl; Abū Ḥassān al-Ziyādī; Bishr ibn al-Walīd; ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī; ʿAlī ibn Abī Muqātil; al-Faḍl ibn Ghānim; al-Ḥasan ibn Ḥammād Sajjadah; Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Masʿūd; Muḥammad ibn Saʿd, mwandishi wa al-Wāqidī; Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī; Ismāʿīl ibn Dāwūd al-Jawzī; Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn; ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī; Abū Khaythamah Zuhayr ibn Ḥarb; Abū Naṣr al-Tammār; na Abū Kurayb. 76.1

Among the prominent men of learning who capitulated were ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd; Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUlayyah;457 Saʿīd ibn Sulaymān al-Wāsiṭī, known as Saʿduwayh; Isḥāq ibn Abī Isrāʾīl; Abū Ḥassān al-Ziyādī; Bishr ibn al-Walīd; ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī; ʿAlī ibn Abī Muqātil; al-Faḍl ibn Ghānim; al-Ḥasan ibn Ḥammād Sajjadah; Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Masʿūd; Muḥammad ibn Saʿd, scribe to al-Wāqidī; Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī; Ismāʿīl ibn Dāwūd al-Jawzī; Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn; ʿAlī ibn al- Madīnī; Abū Khaythamah Zuhayr ibn Ḥarb; Abū Naṣr al-Tammār; and Abū Kurayb. 76.1

Miongoni mwa wale waliokubali shinikizo ambao yalikuwa magumu zaidi kwa Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal kuyastahimili ni wa Abū Naṣr al-Tammār, Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, na Abū Khaythamah. Alikuwa na heshima kubwa kwa wote hawa, na hakutarajia yeyote kati yao angekubali haraka kiasi hicho. Abū Naṣr al-Tammār alikuwa mtu mcha Mungu aliyepokea Hadith kutoka kwa Mālik, kwa Ḥammād wawili, na kutoka kwa wengine wengi, lakini hakuweza kustahimili Mateso ya Mahakama ya Imani (Mihnah) na akajisalimisha. Kwa sababu hiyo, Aḥmad alishikilia kwamba hapaswi kuandikwa riwaya alizozipokeza, na alikataa kumswalia alipofariki. 76.2

The capitulations that were hardest for Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal to bear were those of Abū Naṣr al-Tammār, Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, and Abū Khaythamah. He had a high opinion of them all and did not expect any of them to give in as quickly as they did. Abū Naṣr al-Tammār was a Worshipper who heard Hadith from Mālik, the two Ḥammāds, and many others, but was unable to withstand the Inquisition and caved in. Aḥmad consequently held that one should not write down the reports he transmitted, and refused to pray over him when he died. 76.2

[Abū Ḥafṣ:] Siku ambayo Abū Naṣr al-Tammār alipochukuliwa kwa ajili ya kuhojiwa na Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, Bishr aliniomba nifuatilie kilichotokea. Nilipomwambia kwamba al-Tammār alijisalimisha, alisoma «Sisi ni wa Mwenyezi Mungu, na kwake Yeye ndio marejeo yetu!»458 mara kadhaa, kisha akasema, “Ni uzuri gani ungekuwa ule ndevu zake kama angeipaka rangi”—yaani kwa damu—“na akapinga hadi kufa.” 76.3

[Abū Ḥafṣ:] The day Abū Naṣr al-Tammār was taken in for questioning by Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, Bishr asked me to find out what happened. When I told him that al- Tammār had capitulated, he recited «We are of God, and to Him we return!»458 several times, then said, “How beautiful that beard of his would have been if he had dyed it”— meaning with blood—“and resisted until death.” 76.3

[ʿUbayd Allāh:] Abū Maʿmar al-Qaṭīʿī alikuwa mfuasi mwenye bidii mno wa sunnah hivi kwamba alikuwa akisema: "Kama nyumbu wangu angeweza kuzungumza, angesema yeye ni Sunni." 76.4

[ʿUbayd Allāh:] Abū Maʿmar al-Qaṭīʿī was such a fervent adherent of the sunnah that he used to say, “If my mule could talk, she’d say she was a Sunni.” 76.4

Lakini alipojaribiwa, alikubali. Baada ya kuachiliwa alisema, "Tumekana imani yetu, nao wametuacha tuende." [Ibn ʿAskar:] Baada ya Saʿduwayh kuitwa, nilimwona akitoka kwenye makazi ya amiri na kusema, "Kijana, leta punda. Bwana wako amekana imani yake!" 76.5

But then when he was put to the test, he gave in. After he was released he said, “We denied our faith and they let us go.” [Ibn ʿAskar:] After Saʿduwayh was called in, I saw him come out of the emir’s residence and say, “Boy, bring the donkey. Your master has denied his faith!” 76.5

[Mwandishi:] Nasema: Saʿduwayh ni Saʿīd ibn Sulaymān Abū ʿUthmān al-Wāsiṭī, anayejulikana kama Saʿduwayh. Alisimulia Hadith akinukuu kutoka kwa Ibn Saʿd na wengineo, na alifanya Hija mara sitini.

[The author:] I say: Saʿduwayh is Saʿīd ibn Sulaymān Abū ʿUthmān al-Wāsiṭī, known as Saʿduwayh. He recited Hadith citing Ibn Saʿd and others and performed the pilgrimage sixty times.

Al-ʿIjlī: Baada ya kuhojiwa kwake, Saʿduwayh aliulizwa alichokifanya.

[Al-ʿIjlī:] After his interrogation, Saʿduwayh was asked what he had done.

"Tulikataa imani yetu, nao wakatuacha tuende," alisema. 76.6

“We denied our faith and they let us go,” he said. 76.6