Mara tu baada ya kutangazwa kifo cha al-Maʾmūn, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal na Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ walirudishwa Iraq wakiwa wamefungwa minyororo, kama tulivyoona. Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ alifariki njiani, na Aḥmad, bado akiwa amefungwa minyororo, alimaliza safari hiyo. 68.1

As soon as al-Maʾmūn’s death was announced, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ were sent back to Iraq in irons, as we have seen. Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ died on the way and Aḥmad, still in chains, completed the journey. 68.1

[Al-Būshanjī:] Wakati wa utawala wa al-Maʾmūn, Aḥmad alipelekwa mpaka mpaka wa Byzantium. Alikuwa amesafiri hadi al-Raqqah wakati al-Maʾmūn alipofariki huko al-Badhandūn, kwa hiyo wawili hao hawakukutana kamwe.347 Hilo lilikuwa mwaka wa 218 [833]. 68.2

[Al-Būshanjī:] During the reign of al-Maʾmūn, Aḥmad was taken away to the Byzantine frontier. He had traveled as far as al-Raqqah when al-Maʾmūn died at al- Badhandūn, so the two never met.347 That was in 218 [833]. 68.2

Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Raqqī, mwanazuoni wa Hadith, aliniambia kwamba yeye na baadhi ya watu wengine walimwendea Aḥmad alipokuwa kifungoni huko al-Raqqah. Huko wakamkabili kwa hadithi zinazomruhusu Mwislamu kuficha imani yake pale maisha yake yanapokuwa hatarini.