Tumeshataja hapo awali kwamba Ṣāliḥ alizaliwa kwa mama mmoja na ʿAbd Allāh kwa mama mwingine, na kwamba Ḥusn mtumwa wake alimzalia al-Ḥasan na al-Ḥusayn, kisha mtoto wa tatu pia aliyeitwa al-Ḥasan, kisha Muḥammad, Saʿīd, na Zaynab, ambaye aliitwa Umm ʿAlī. 64.1

We have already mentioned that Ṣāliḥ was born to one mother and ʿAbd Allāh to another, and that Ḥusn the slave bore him al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn, then a third child also named al-Ḥasan, then Muḥammad, Saʿīd, and Zaynab, who was called Umm ʿAlī. 64.1

[Ṣāliḥ:] Baba yangu mara moja alianza kuniomba msamaha kwa ajili ya Ḥasan na Saʿīd, akisema, “Kila nafsi iliyomkiri Mungu kuwa Bwana wake lazima izaliwe mapema au baadaye.”325 64.2

[Ṣāliḥ:] My father once started apologizing to me for Ḥasan and Saʿīd, saying, “Every soul that acknowledged God as his Lord has to be born sooner or later.”325 64.2

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Mtoto mmoja alipozaliwa, ʿAbd al-Aʿlā alinipa barua ya pongezi ili nimpelekee baba yangu. Lakini baba yangu aliitupa mbali, akisema: “Hakuna mtu mwenye elimu angeandika barua kama hiyo, wala mtu yeyote wa Hadith pia. Hiyo ni aina ya kitu unachotarajia kutoka kwa mwandishi tu!” 64.3

[ʿAbd Allāh:] When one of the babies was born, ʿAbd al-Aʿlā gave me a note of congratulations to deliver to my father. But my father flung it away, saying, “No man of learning would write a note like that, or any Hadith-man either. It’s what you’d expect from a scribe!” 64.3

Fūrān: Nilikuwa rafiki wa karibu wa Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Alikuwa anajisikia vizuri pamoja nami, hata akawa anakopa pesa kwangu. 64.4

[Fūrān:] I was a close associate of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. He felt comfortable with me and he would even borrow money from me. 64.4

Kila alipokuwa amezaliwa mtoto usiku wakati nisipokuwepo kusikia habari zake, angekuja mapema sana asubuhi na kukaa karibu na mlango wangu. Lakini hangebisha hodi, kwa hiyo sikuwahi kujua kuwa yuko hapo hadi nilipotoka kwenda kuswali. Kisha angeinuka na kujiunga nami.

Whenever he had a baby born at night when I wasn’t there to hear about it, he would come in the very early morning and sit by my door. But he wouldn’t knock, so I never knew he was there until I came out to pray. Then he would get up and join me.

Ningemuuliza alikuwa anafanya nini pale mapema hivyo, naye angejibu, "Tulikuwa na mtoto." Kisha angeondoka, nami ningeswali sala ya alfajiri. Baadaye ningeenda kwenye daraja.326

I’d ask him what he was doing there so early and he’d say, “We had a baby.” Then he’d leave and I’d pray the morning prayer. Afterward I’d go to the bridge326

"or the Straw Gate" appears to be a place name or heading, so I'll keep it as written: au Lango la Majani327 kununua vitu ambavyo wanawake walihitaji na kuvifikisha nyumbani kwake.

or the Straw Gate327 to buy what the women needed and have it delivered to his house.