[Al-Būshanjī:] Bir kuni Ahmad ibn Hanbal bizga hadis imlo qilayotgan paytda, Marvlik Abu Yaʼqub ismli bir kishi undan bir hadis haqida so‘radi. Ahmad o‘g‘li Abdulloh’ga ichkariga kirib, “Foydali nuqtalar kitobi” ni olib chiqishni buyurdi.155 Abdulloh kitobni olib chiqdi, Ahmad uni varaqlay boshladi, ammo kerakli rivoyatni topa olmadi. Shunda u o‘rnidan turib, masjidini tark etdi va uyga kirib ketdi.156 Oz vaqt o‘tib, qo‘lida bir dasta varaqlar ko‘tarib qaytib keldi, o‘tirdi va ularni varaqlay boshladi. Bir muddatdan so‘ng savol bergan kishi: “Qo‘ya qoling, Ahmad! Bu sizga juda ko‘p zahmat bo‘lyapti”, dedi. 26.1

[Al-Būshanjī:] Once when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was dictating for us, a man from Marv named Abū Yaʿqūb asked him about a Hadith. Aḥmad told his son ʿAbd Allāh to go inside and get the Book of Useful Points.155 ʿAbd Allāh brought it out and Aḥmad looked through it, but he couldn’t find the report he wanted. So he got up, left his mosque and went inside the house.156 A short time later, he came back carrying a stack of quires, sat down, and started looking through them. After a while, the man who had asked the question said, “Never mind, Aḥmad! This is too much trouble.” 26.1