[Ismoil al-Daylamiy:] Amr al-Naqid aytdi: "Biz Vakiy' huzurida ta'lim olib o'tirgan edik, Ahmad ibn Hanbal kirib kelib o'tirdi." U Ahmadning Vakiy'ga qanchalik hurmat bilan munosabatda bo'lganini tasvirlay boshladi. So'ngra dedi: "Men Ahmadga ustozimiz uni qanchalik yuqori baholashini aytdim va nega uning huzurida gapirmasligini so'radim. U dedi: 'Agar u meni yuqori baholasa nima bo'ldi? Menga baribir uni hurmat qilish lozim.'" 6.1

[Ismāʿīl al-Daylamī:] ʿAmr al-Nāqid said, “We were studying with Wakīʿ when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal came in and sat down.” He began describing how deferential Aḥmad was to Wakīʿ. Then he said: “I told Aḥmad how highly our teacher thought of him and asked him why he wouldn’t speak in his presence. He said, ‘So what if he thinks highly of me? I still have to treat him with reverence.’” 6.1

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Muhannaʾ ibn Yaḥyā al-Shāmiy rivoyat qilganini eshitdim: “Sufyon majlisida Ahmad ibn Hanbalni ko‘rdim, uning oldida ʿAbd al-Razzoq o‘tirgan edi. Men o‘zimga: ‘Ular kim bilan o‘tirganini bilarmikin?’ deb o‘ylagan edim.” Bu bilan u shuni nazarda tutgan ediki: ular Ibn Hanbalning qanchalik ilmli ekanini bilarmidilarmi? 6.2