[Ibn Abī l-Dunyā:] Nilimsikia Abū Yūsuf ibn Bukhtān—ambaye alikuwa Mwislamu mwema—akisimulia kwamba Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal alipofariki, mtu mmoja aliota ndoto akaona taa juu ya kila kaburi. Alipouliza sababu, aliambiwa: "Hujui? Mara tu mtu huyo alipowekwa miongoni mwao, makaburi ya wafu wote yaliangazwa. Baadhi ya wafu waliokuwa wakiteswa walisamehewa." 95.1

[Ibn Abī l-Dunyā:] I heard Abū Yūsuf ibn Bukhtān—who was a good Muslim—report that when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal died, someone had a dream where he saw a lamp on every grave. When he asked why, he was told, “Don’t you see? As soon as that man was put in among them, the tombs of all the dead were illuminated. Some of the dead who were being tormented were forgiven.” 95.1

[ʿUbayd ibn Sharīk:] Mwanamke mshiriki wa tamthilia za mashoga (drag queen)524 aliyekufa alionekana katika ndoto akisema: "Nimesamehewa: mara tu Aḥmad alipowekwa miongoni mwetu, kila aliyekufa na kuzikwa alisamehewa." 95.2

[ʿUbayd ibn Sharīk:] A drag queen524 who died was seen in a dream saying, “I’ve been forgiven: as soon as Aḥmad was placed among us, everyone dead and buried was forgiven.” 95.2

[Al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad:] Mama yake al-Qaṭīʿī alipofariki, alimzika karibu na Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Usiku chache baadaye alimtokea katika ndoto. Alimuuliza amefanya vipi, naye akasema, "Mwenyezi Mungu akubariki, mwanangu! Kila usiku"—au "Kila usiku wa Ijumaa"—"rehema huteremka juu ya kaburi la mtu uliyenizika karibu naye, na hufunika sisi sote tuliozikwa hapa, pamoja nami." 95.3

[Al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad:] When al-Qaṭīʿī’s mother died, he had her buried near Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. A few nights later she appeared to him in a dream. He asked her how she had fared and she said, “God bless you, my son! Every night”—or “Every Friday night”—“a wave of mercy descends on the grave of the man you buried me near, and it covers all of us buried here, including me.” 95.3

[Al-Jammāl:] Usiku mmoja, katika makaburi ambako Aḥmad amezikwa, nilisoma aya «Miongoni mwao watakuwa wenye kuhukumiwa, na wengine watakuwa wenye kubarikiwa.»525 Kisha nikasinzia, nikasikia sauti ikisema, "Kwa sababu ya kuwepo kwa Aḥmad, hakuna hapa aliyehukumiwa, shukrani kwa Mungu!" 95.4

[Al-Jammāl:] One night, in the cemetery where Aḥmad is buried, I recited the verse «Among those some shall be damned, and others shall be blessed.»525 Then I nodded off and heard a voice say, “Because of Aḥmad’s presence, no one here is damned, thank God!” 95.4

[Mwandishi:] Inasemekana mmoja wa Waislamu wa mwanzo alisimulia hadithi ifuatayo. 95.5

[The author:] One of the early Muslims is said to have told the following story. 95.5

Mahali nilipoishi palikuwa na mwanamke mzee, mwabudu, ambaye alikuwa ametumia miaka hamsini akimtumikia Mungu. Siku moja aliamka akiwa na hofu kuu.

Where I lived there was an old woman, a Worshipper, who had spent fifty years serving God. One day she woke up in terror.

"Usiku wa jana jini alinijia," alisema. "Alisema yeye ndiye mwenzangu wa kiume."526

“Last night a jinni came to me,” she said. “He said he was my male counterpart.526

Aliniambia kwamba majini walikuwa wamesikia malaika wakitoa pole kwa kila mmoja kuhusu kifo kinachokaribia cha mtu mwema aliyeitwa Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, ambaye angezikwa mahali fulani. Mwenyezi Mungu atamsamehe yeyote atakayeishi karibu huko, kwa hiyo ukihisi kifo kinakaribia, nenda huko. Tafadhali niamini: ninakuambia haya kwa manufaa yako mwenyewe. Utakufa usiku unaofuata baada ya yeye kufa." Na ndivyo ilivyotokea, kwa hiyo tukajua kwamba ndoto ile ilikuwa ya kweli.

He told me that the jinns had overheard the angels offering each other condolences on the imminent death of a righteous man named Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal who would be buried in Such-and-Such a place. God will forgive anyone who takes up residence nearby, so if you can go there when you feel death coming on, do it. Please believe me: I’m telling you this for your own good. You’ll die the night after he does.” And that’s what happened, so we knew it was a truthful dream.

[Abū l-Barakāt:] Nilikuwa na rafiki aliyeitwa Thābit: mtu mwema aliyesoma Qur'ani, aliyewaita watu kutenda mema, na aliyewakataza kutenda maovu. Alipofariki, sikumswalia kwa sababu kulitokea jambo lililonizuia. Kisha alinijia katika ndoto. Nilipomsalimia, hakujibu, akageuka pembeni. 95.6

[Abū l-Barakāt:] I had a friend named Thābit: a righteous man who read the Qurʾan, called on people to do good, and forbade them to do ill. When he died, I didn’t pray over him because something happened to prevent me. Then he came to me in a dream. When I greeted him, he didn’t answer, and turned aside. 95.6

“Thābit!” nilisema. “Vipi unanipuuza wakati sisi ni marafiki wazuri sana?” “Basi kama sisi ni marafiki, kwa nini hukuniombea dua?” Kisha nilimwomba msamaha, na nikamwomba aniambie hali ilivyo katika makaburi ya Aḥmad, kwa kuwa yeye alikuwa amezikwa huko.

“Thābit!” I said. “How can you ignore me when we’ve been such good friends?” “So if we’re friends, why didn’t you pray over me?” I apologized to him then asked him to tell me how things were in Aḥmad’s burial ground, since he’d been buried there.

"Hakuna hapa anayehisi Moto," alisema.

“No one here feels the Fire,” he said.

"Je, kuhusu makaburi ya Quraysh?" "Sijui chochote kuhusu hilo," alisema. "Nimekuambia kiasi cha ninachojua tu." "Mtu mpya anapokuja kujiunga nanyi, je, mnamtembelea na kumuuliza maswali?" "Tunamtembelea na kuuliza kuhusu watu walio hai aliowaacha nyuma." [Mwandishi:] Nilisoma kitu alichoandika kwa mkono wake mwenyewe mwalimu wangu Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Zāghūnī, kama ifuatavyo: "Abū Jaʿfar ibn Abī Mūsā, mzao wa Mtume ﷺ, alipozikwa karibu naye, kaburi la Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal lilifichuliwa."

“What about the burial ground of Quraysh?” “I don’t know about that,” he said. “I’ve told you as much as I know.” “When someone new comes to join you, do you visit them and ask them questions?” “We visit and ask about the living people they’ve left behind.” [The author:] I read something my teacher Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Zāghūnī wrote in his own hand, as follows: “When the Prophet’s descendant Abū Jaʿfar ibn Abī Mūsā was buried next to him, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s tomb was exposed.

Maiti yake haikuwa imeoza na sanda yake ilikuwa bado nzima, haijaharibika.” 95.7

His corpse had not putrified and the shroud was still whole and undecayed.” 95.7

Abū Jaʿfar alifariki miaka 129 baada ya Ibn Ḥanbal.

Abū Jaʿfar died 129 years after Ibn Ḥanbal.