[Al-Walīd al-Naḥwī:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal o‘rta bo‘yli, go‘zal qiyofali kishi edi. U sochlarini engil xina bilan bo‘yardi, soqolida esa bir necha qora tolalar qoldirardi. Kiyimi qo‘pol, lekin oq edi. Men uni ko‘rganimda, u salla va belbog‘ kiygan edi. 35.1

[Al-Walīd al-Naḥwī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was a handsome man of medium height. He dyed his hair lightly with henna, leaving some black hairs in his beard. His clothing was coarse but white. When I saw him he was wearing a turban and a breechclout. 35.1

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Otam oltmish uch yoshida soqol va sochlarini hinna bilan bo'yay boshladilar. 35.2

[ʿAbd Allāh:] My father began dyeing his hair and beard with henna when he was sixty-three. 35.2

[Al-Sijistānī:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal odamlarning ko'pchiligi qiziqadigan mavzularda ularning suhbatiga qo'shilmas edi, lekin hadis zikr etilganda gapirardi. 35.3

[Al-Sijistānī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal never joined people in talking about the things that most of them care about, but whenever Hadith was mentioned he would speak. 35.3

[Al-ʿUkbarī:] Men Ahmad ibn Hanbalni ko‘rganimda, u baland bo‘yli, sochlari bo‘yalgan, teri rangi juda qora bo‘lgan keksa odam edi. 35.4

[Al-ʿUkbarī:] When I saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, he was a tall old man with dyed hair and very dark skin. 35.4

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Ahmad uyda bo'lganida, odatda tizzalarini ko'kragiga tortib, Xudoning oldida kamtarlik bilan boshini egib o'tirardi. Uydan tashqarida esa, uning kamtarligini ko'rish uyda bo'lgandagidek oson emas edi. Men kirib, uning qo'lidagi daftardan o'qiyotganini ko'rardim. Men o'tirganimda, u daftarni yopib, oldiga qo'yardi. 35.5

[Al-Marrūdhī:] When Aḥmad was at home, he usually sat knees to the chest with his head bowed humbly before God. When he was outside, though, the humility was not so easy to see as it was when he was inside. I would come in and find him reading from a quire he held in his hand. When I sat down, he would close it and put it down in front of him. 35.5

[Xattob ibn Bishr:] Men Ahmadning masjidida Abu Bakr al-Marrudhiy bilan hadis rivoyatlarini almashib o'tirgan edim. Abu Bakr eshik ochilganini eshitib, sakrab turdi. Ana, Ahmad boshini chiqarib turardi. 35.6

[Khaṭṭāb ibn Bishr:] I was sitting in Aḥmad’s mosque with Abū Bakr al-Marrūdhī trading Hadith reports when Abū Bakr heard the door open and jumped up. There was Aḥmad, sticking his head out. 35.6

"Borib qara, Hasan qayerga borib qolganini," dedi u, o'g'li Hasanni nazarda tutib.

“Go look and see where Ḥasan’s gotten to,” he said, meaning his little boy.

"Bu bola bechora odamni haqiqatan ham xavotirga solyapti", deb o'yladim o'zimcha. Vaqt tushlik payti edi va yoz fasli edi.

“The boy’s really got the poor man worried,” I thought to myself. The time was midday, and it was summer.

Abu Bakr bir to‘quvchilar yashaydigan uylardan biriga kirdi, o‘sha bolani topdi va uni olib chiqdi. U bolaga menning qayerda ekanligimni aytdi va meni ichkariga kirishga chaqirdi.193

Abū Bakr went into one of the houses where the weavers lived, found the boy, and brought him out. He told him where I was, and he told me to come in.193

Men kirish yo'lakka kirdim va Ahmadni yerdagi tuproq polda o'tirgan holda topdim. Sochidagi bo'yoq yuvilib ketgan edi va sochining oq ildizlarini ko'rish mumkin edi. U ustida kichik, iflos oq paxtadan tikilgan sonko'ylak va yelkasida dog'i bor, yoqasida ter izlari bo'lgan qo'pol ko'ylak kiygan edi.

I went into the entryway and found Aḥmad sitting on the dirt floor. The dye in his hair had run, and I could see the white roots of his hair. He was wearing a small, dirty breechclout of white cotton and a coarse shirt with a smudge on the shoulder and sweat stains on the collar.

Men unga ruhiy taqvo va halol kasb yuritish haqidagi bir savolni berdim. Savolimni tugatishim bilan uning yuzi tushib ketdi va shunday g‘amgin, o‘ziga nisbatan nafrat dolu ifoda oldiki, unga qarashim ham og‘ir botdi. Ketayotib, yonimda turgan birovga dedim: “Ba’zi kunlari u o‘zidan juda norozi ko‘rinadi.” [Isma‘il:] Aḥmadning ma’ruzalarini tinglash uchun besh mingdan ortiq odam kelardi.

I asked him a question about being scrupulous and the lawfulness of earning a living. No sooner had I asked the question than I saw his face fall and assume such a sorrowful expression of self-contempt that it pained me to look at him. As I left, I said to someone who was with me, “Some days he seems so dissatisfied with himself.” [Ismāʿīl:] Upwards of five thousand people used to come hear Aḥmad speak.

Besh yuzdan kam kishi hadis yozish uchun kelgan edi; qolganlari uning odob-axloqini va xulq-atvorini o'rganish uchun u yerda bo'lishgan. 35.7

Fewer than five hundred of them came to write down Hadith: the rest were there to study his manners and his bearing. 35.7

[Al-Muṭṭawwiʿī:] Men o‘n ikki yil davomida Aḥmadning o‘z farzandlariga "Sahih" hadislarini o‘qib berishiga borib turdim. Men hech bir hadisni yozib olmadim: men u kishining namunasiga ergashish, axloqini o‘rganish va odoblarini kuzatish uchun borar edim. 35.8

[Al-Muṭṭawwiʿī:] For twelve years I went to see Aḥmad read his Authenticated Reports to his children. I never wrote down a single report: I was there to follow his example, study his ethics, and observe his manners. 35.8

[Al-Būshanjī:] Men Ahmad ibn Hanbalni faqat bir xil o'tirgan holda ko'rganman — tizzalarini ko'kragiga tortib — faqat namoz o'qiyotganda bundan mustasno. Bu o'tirish usuli Qaylaning rivoyat qilgan hadisida tasvirlangan: u aytadi: "Men Allohning Elchisini tizzalarini ko'kragiga tortib, xuddi Xudo oldida o'zini past tutgan odamdek o'tirganini ko'rdim." U ushbu holatda o'tirgan paytida tahorat olish uchun qum bilan teyammum qilar edi; bu holat Xudo oldida eng kamtarin holatdir. Bu holat — orqa bilan o'tirib, tizzalarni ko'krakka tortish va oyoqlarni polga tekis qo'yishdir. Ba'zan u qo'lini oyoqlari atrofiga o'rab olardi. Bundan kamtarroq o'tirish holati yo'q. 35.9

[Al-Būshanjī:] I saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal sit only one way—knees to the chest— except when he was praying. That’s the way of sitting that Qaylah describes in the Hadith report where she says, “I saw the Emissary of God sitting knees to the chest, like a man making himself humble before God.” He used to perform his ablutions with sand while sitting in that position, which is the most timid before God. It means sitting on one’s behind with the knees to the chest and feet flat on the floor. Sometimes he would put his arm around his legs. No posture is more timid than that. 35.9

[Muhammad ibn Yunus:] Biz al-Ru'osiy rivoyat qilganini eshitdik: “Payg'ambar ﷺ sahobalari orasida odob-axloqi, xulqi va yurish-turishi jihatidan ʿAbdulloh ibn Masʿud ﷺdan ko'ra ko'proq unga o'xshaydigan kishi yo'q edi. Keyingi avlodda Ibn Masʿudga eng ko'p o'xshaydigan kishi ʿAlqama ibn Qays edi. ʿAlqamadan keyin unga eng ko'p o'xshaydigani Ibrohim an-Nakhaʿiy edi. an-Nakhaʿiydan keyin unga eng ko'p o'xshaydigani Mansur ibn al-Mu'tamir edi. Mansur ibn al-Mu'tamirdan keyin unga eng ko'p o'xshaydigani Sufyon as-Savriy edi. Sufyondan keyin unga eng ko'p o'xshaydigani Vakiʿ ibn al-Jarroh edi.” 35.10

[Muḥammad ibn Yūnus:] We heard al-Ruʾāsī report: “Of all the Emissary’s Companions, none was closer to him in his example, his bearing, and his carriage than ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd. In the next generation, the one who most resembled Ibn Masʿūd was ʿAlqamah ibn Qays. After ʿAlqamah, the one who most resembled him was Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī. After al-Nakhaʿī, the one who most resembled him was Manṣūr ibn al-Muʿtamir. After Manṣūr ibn al-Muʿtamir, the one who most resembled him was Sufyān al-Thawrī. After Sufyān, the one who most resembled him was Wakīʿ ibn al-Jarrāḥ.” 35.10

Va Vakiʿga eng yaqin bo‘lgan kishi Ahmad ibn Hanbal edi.

And the one closest to Wakīʿ was Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.

[Al-Ḥasan ibn al-Rabīʿ:] Namunasi va xulq-atvori jihatidan Ahmad ibn Hanbalni qiyoslash mumkin bo'lgan yagona inson — Ibn al-Mubarakdir. 35.11

[Al-Ḥasan ibn al-Rabīʿ:] In his example and his bearing, the only person I can compare Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal to is Ibn al-Mubārak. 35.11