[Al-Ḥarbī:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal to'ylarga, nikoh marosimlariga va sunnat to'ylariga taklif qabul qilar, va u yerda tayyorlangan taomlarni yer edi. 53.1

[Al-Ḥarbī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal would accept invitations to marriages, weddings, and circumcisions, and eat what was served. 53.1

[Al-Daʿʿāʾ:] Bir kishi bir marta Ahmad ibn Hanbalni bir tadbirga taklif qildi va Ahmad rozi bo‘ldi. Keyinchalik u bundan voz kechmoqchi bo‘ldi, lekin o‘sha kishi rad javobini qabul qilmadi.

[Al-Daʿʿāʾ:] A man once invited Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal to an event and Aḥmad accepted. Later, he tried to back out of it, but the man wouldn’t take no for an answer.

Tadbirda odam borib Ahmadni o‘tirishni istamagan kishisi yoniga o‘tqazdi. "Ibn Sirin Xudo uni rahmatiga olsin, to‘g‘ri aytgan," dedi Ahmad. "U shunday degan: "Birodaringizni biror mashaqqatga solib hurmat qilishga urinmang." Mana, mening shu birodarim menga aynan shuni qildi." 53.2

At the event the man went and seated Aḥmad next to someone he did not want to sit with. “Ibn Sīrīn, God bless him, had it right,” said Aḥmad. “He said, ‘Never try to honor your brother by doing something that will cause him hardship.’ That’s what this brother of mine has done to me.” 53.2

[Ṣāliḥ:] Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥakam al-ʿAṭṭār ismli bir kishi bor edi, u ʿAffānning majlisiga tez-tez qatnashardi. O'g'illaridan birini sunnat qildirish vaqti kelganda, u Yaḥyā, Abū Khaythamah va boshqa bir qancha hadischi kishilarni, shu jumladan mening otamni ham taklif qildi. Boshqalar oldinroq ketdi, otam va men ularning orqasidan bordik. Yetib borganimizda, bizga boshqa bir nechta hadischi kishilar bilan birga bir xonada joy berildi. Bir payt ulardan biri: "Aḥmad, bu yerda kumushdan yasalgan narsa bor", dedi. Otam o'girilib, bir stulni ko'rdi. Shunda u o'rnidan turib chiqib ketdi va xonadagi barcha kishilar ham uning orqasidan chiqishdi. 53.3

[Ṣāliḥ:] There was man called Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥakam al-ʿAṭṭār who used to frequent the circle of ʿAffān. When it came time for him to circumcise one of his sons, he invited Yaḥyā, Abū Khaythamah, and a number of other Hadith-men, including my father. The others went ahead and my father and I came along after them. When we arrived, we were given a seat in a room with several other Hadith-men. At some point one of them said, “Aḥmad, there’s something made of silver here.” My father turned and saw a chair.286 So he got up and left, and everyone who was in the room with him followed him out. 53.3

Bu gapni eshitgan mezbon al-Attor shoshilib chiqdi va otamning orqasidan yetib bordi. U buyumni o‘zi olib kirmaganini va u yerda borligini bilmaganini qasam ichib aytdi hamda otamdan qaytib kelishni so‘radi. Otam rad etdi. ʿAffon kelganida, al-Attor undan otam bilan gaplashib, uni qaytishga ko‘ndirishni iltimos qildi. ʿAffon otam bilan gaplashdi, lekin foydasi bo‘lmadi va al-Attor qattiq qayg‘urdi.

Hearing of this, the host, al-ʿAṭṭār, rushed out and caught up with him, swearing that he hadn’t brought the item in and didn’t know it was there, and asking my father to come back. My father refused. When ʿAffān came along, al-ʿAṭṭār asked him to speak with my father and persuade him to return. ʿAffān spoke with him but it did no good, and al-ʿAṭṭār was devastated.

[Al-Sawwāq:] Biz Qorachi Darvozasi288 yonidagi ziyofatda edik, shu payt Ahmad ibn Hanbal keldi. Uy ichiga qadam qo‘yishi bilanoq kumush bezakli kursini ko‘rdi-yu, darhol chiqib ketdi. Mezbon uning ortidan chiqdi, ammo Ahmad uni qo‘l siltab qaytardi va ketib qoldi, shunday deb: “Majusiylarning zebu-ziynati! Majusiylarning zebu-ziynati!” 53.4

[Al-Sawwāq:] We were at the banquet at the Pitch-Worker’s Gate287 when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal arrived. As soon as he set foot in the house, he saw a chair with silver ornamentation, and went out again. The host came out after him, but Aḥmad waved him away and left, saying, “Magian finery! Magian finery!” 53.4