[Abū Ḥafṣ al-Qāḍī:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal bir kuni Hind okeanidan kelgan bir kishi tomonidan ziyorat qilindi. U shunday dedi: "Men Hind okeanidanman. Xitoyga borayotgan edim, kemamiz cho'kib ketdi. Ikki kishi to'lqin ustida menga tomon otlanib keldi. Ulardan biri so'radi: 'Agar xohlasang, Xudo seni qutqaradi, shartimiz shuki, sen bizning salomimizni Ahmad ibn Hanbalga yetkazasan.' 15."1

[Abū Ḥafṣ al-Qāḍī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was once visited by a man from the Indian Ocean who said, “I come from the Indian Ocean. I was on my way to China when we were shipwrecked. Two men came riding toward me on a wave. One of them asked, ‘If you wish, God will save you, on condition that you greet Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal for us.’ 15.1

“«Ahmad kim?» deb so‘radim. «Sen o‘zing kimsan?» “«Men Ilyosman, bu esa dengizdagi orollarni qo‘riqlaydigan farishta. Ahmadni Iroqda topasan.» “Men rozi bo‘ldim va dengiz meni Ubullah yonidagi sohilga tashladi. Mana, endi men ikkalasining salomi bilan keldim.»”104

“‘Who’s Aḥmad?’ I asked. ‘And who on earth are you?’ “‘I’m Elijah, and this is the angel who watches over the islands in the sea. You’ll find Aḥmad in Iraq.’ “‘I agreed, and the sea spat me out onto the shore by Ubullah. So here I am with a greeting to you from the two of them.’”104