[Ṣāliḥ:] Otam hech kimga o‘z vudu‘i uchun suv tortishni hech qachon ruxsat bermas edilar.

[Ṣāliḥ:] My father would never let anyone else draw the water for his ablutions.

Guruch to'la chelak yuqoriga chiqqanida, u: "Allohga hamd bo'lsin!" derdi. 58.1

Whenever the bucket came up full, he would say, “Praise God!” 58.1

U u sabab nima ekanligini so'radim.

I asked him what the reason was.

“Ўғлим, — деб javob berdi u, — Худо нима деганини эшитмадингми? {«Айтинг: «Агар сувингиз ер остига кетиб қолса, сизга оқиб турган сувни ким келтира олади, ўйлаб кўрдингизми?»}»”298

“Son,” he replied, “haven’t you heard what God says? «Say, ‘Have you considered if your water were to sink into the ground, who could then bring you flowing water?’»”298

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Otam har yigirma to‘rt soatda uch yuz rakʼat namoz o‘qir edi. Qamchilanganidan keyin bunchalik ko‘p namoz o‘qiy olmay qoldi va shundan so‘ng faqat 150 rakʼat o‘qiy boshladi. O‘sha paytda u deyarli sakson yoshda edi. Har kuni Qur’onning yettidan bir qismini o‘qir edi, shunday qilib bir haftada butun Qur’onni tugatardi; shu tariqa har yetti kecha-kunduzda kunduzgi farz namozlaridan tashqari Qur’onni to‘liq bir marta xatm qilgan bo‘lardi. Xufton namozini tugatgach, u bir oz uxlab olar, so‘ng tong otguncha namoz o‘qirdi. 58.2

[ʿAbd Allāh:] My father used to pray three hundred cycles every twenty-four hours. After he was flogged he could no longer manage so many, so he started doing only 150. At that time he was nearly eighty. Every day he’d read a seventh of the Qurʾan, finishing it all in a week, and so every seven nights he’d have completed a full reading of the Qurʾan in addition to the ritual prayers he’d performed during the daytime. When he’d finish the evening prayer he’d take a nap then pray until morning. 58.2

[Ibn al-Shāfiʿī:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal menga bir marta shunday dedi: “Sening otang men tong otishidan oldin duo qiladigan olti kishidan biridir.”299 58.3

[Ibn al-Shāfiʿī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal once told me, “Your father is one of the six people I pray for just before dawn.”299 58.3

Yusuf ibn al-Husayn: Ahmad ibn Hanbal bir marta menga Rayning ulamolari haqida so'radi.

[Yūsuf ibn al-Ḥusayn:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal once asked me about the elders of Rey.

"Abu Zur'a qanday ahvolda ekan, Alloh uni asrasin?" 58.4

“How is Abū Zurʿah, may God protect him?” 58.4

“U yaxshi,” dedim.

“He’s well,” I said.

U'ttiz: U aytdi: "Men har bir namozning oxirida duo qiladigan besh kishi bor." U menga ular kimligini aytdi: uning ota-onasi, ash-Shofi'iy, Abu Zur'a va yana bir kishi, uning ismini esimdan chiqarib yubordim.

He said: “There are five people I pray for at the end of every prayer.” He told me who they were: his parents, al-Shāfiʿī, Abū Zurʿah, and one more whose name I’ve forgotten.

[Hilāl ibn al-ʿAlāʾ:] Ash-Shofiʼiy, Yahyo ibn Mo'iy va Ahmad ibn Hanbal Makkaga bordilar. Ular turgan joylariga yetib kelishi bilan Ash-Shofiʼiy dam olish uchun yotdi, Yahyo ibn Mo'iy ham shunday qildi. Ahmad esa, aksincha, ibodat qilish uchun tundan uyg'oq qoldi. 58.5

[Hilāl ibn al-ʿAlāʾ:] Al-Shāfiʿī, Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, and Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal went to Mecca. As soon as they reached the place where they were staying, al-Shāfiʿī lay down to rest and so did Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn. Aḥmad, on the other hand, stayed up to pray. 58.5

Ertasi kuni ertalab ash-Shofi'iy dedi: «Biz musulmonlar uchun yuzta huquqiy masalani hal qildim.» Ular Yahyodan so'rashdi: «Sen nima qilding?»

The next morning al-Shāfiʿī said, “I’ve worked out a hundred legal problems for us Muslims.” “What did you do?” they asked Yaḥyā.

«Men Payg‘ambar ﷺ haqida yuzta yolg‘onni rad etganman». «Sen-chi?» deb so‘rashdi Ahmad ibn Hanbaldan.

“I’ve refuted a hundred lies told of the Prophet.” “What about you?” they asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.

“Men ikki rakʼat namoz o‘qidim va Qur’oni karimning butunini tilovat qildim.”300

“I prayed two cycles and recited the entire Qurʾan.”300

[Ibn Abī Hāshim:] Men Ahmad ibn Hanbalning shunday deganini eshitdim: "Men Qur'onni bir kunda to'liq o'qib chiqdim va 'sabr' so'zi necha marta kelishini sanadim. U to'qsondan ortiq chiqdi."301 58.6

[Ibn Abī Hāshim:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “I’ve read through the whole Qurʾan in a day and counted how many times the word ‘fortitude’ comes up. It’s over ninety.”301 58.6

[Ṣāliḥ:] Otam o‘zi tikkan, paxta bilan astarlangan bir qalpoqchaga ega edi. Kechasi tunda namoz o‘qish uchun uyg‘oq qolganda, uni kiyib olardi. Men ko‘pincha uning Kahf surasini tilovat qilayotganini eshitardim.302 58.7

[Ṣāliḥ:] My father had a cap he had sewed himself, lined with cotton. When he stayed up at night to pray he would wear it. I often used to hear him reciting the Chapter of the Cave.302 58.7

[Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abu Abdulloh:] Ahmad hukumat xodimlaridan qochib yurgan paytida Ibrohim ibn Honiʼ uyida yashirinib yotdi. Men Ibrohimning shunday deganini eshitganman: "Men Ahmad ibn Hanbal kabi o‘zini shuncha cheklagan, shuncha ixlos bilan namoz o‘qigan va shuncha zo‘r berib harakat qilgan birorta odamni ko‘rmaganman." 58.8

[Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿAbd Allāh:] When Aḥmad was on the run from the authorities, he hid in the house of Ibrāhīm ibn Hāniʾ. I heard Ibrāhīm report that he never saw anyone deny himself so much, pray as earnestly, or push himself as hard as Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. 58.8

“U kun bo‘yi ro‘za tutardi”, deb esladi u, “so‘ng bir oz tezda ovqatlanardi. Shom namozidan keyin yana rakatlar o‘qir, so‘ng uxlardi. Keyin vuzu’ olib, tong otguncha to‘xtovsiz namoz o‘qirdi. Tong otganda bitta vitr rakati o‘qirdi. Men bilan birga yashagan butun vaqt davomida uning odati shu edi. Bir kecha ham bu odatini tark etmadi. Men uning ortidan yetolmasdim. Uning ro‘zasini faqat bir kuni buzganini ko‘rdim: u hijomat qildirdi, so‘ng nimadir yedi.” [Ibrāhīm ibn Shammās:] Men Ahmad ibn Hanbalni bola paytida tanirdim. Hatto o‘sha yoshida ham kechalari tunda ibodat bilan uyg‘oq o‘tkazardi. 58.9

“He would fast all day,” he recalled, “and then have a quick meal. After evening prayer he would do more cycles then take a nap. Then he would perform his ablutions and pray straight through until dawn. At dawn he’d pray a single witr cycle. That was his routine the whole time he stayed with me. He never let up for a single night. I couldn’t keep up with him. I never saw him break his fast, except one day when he had himself cupped and then ate something.” [Ibrāhīm ibn Shammās:] I knew Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal when he was a boy. Even then he’d stay up at night praying. 58.9

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Otam qarib bo‘lgach, Qur’onni tobora ko‘proq o‘qishga va peshin bilan asr namozi orasida ko‘proq ibodat qilishga o‘zini majbur qilardi. Men uning xonasiga kirganimda, u ibodatini to‘xtatardi. Ba’zan u men bilan gaplashardi, ba’zan esa jim o‘tirardi. Agar jim bo‘lsa, men uni tark etardim va u yana ibodatiga qaytardi. U yashirinib yurgan paytida, ko‘p vaqtini Qur’on o‘qishga sarflaganini eslayman. 58.10

[ʿAbd Allāh:] After my father grew old, he pushed himself to read the Qurʾan more and more often and to pray more frequently between the noon and late afternoon prayers. Whenever I went into his room he would stop praying. Sometimes he would talk to me and sometimes he would sit quietly. If he was quiet, I’d leave him and he’d go back to his prayers. When he was in hiding, I remember seeing him spend most of the time reading the Qurʾan. 58.10

[Al-ʿIjlī:] Men Aḥmadni oxirgi marta ko‘rganimda, u chiqib, meni bir xonaning kirish qismida o‘tirdi. 58.11

[Al-ʿIjlī:] The last time I saw Aḥmad, he came out and sat with me in an anteroom. 58.11

— «Eslayman, bir qancha huquqiy savollar haqida o‘ylayotgan edingiz», dedim. «Ularga javob topdingizmi?» U: «Endi shoshilib, qonun bo‘yicha yashash vaqti keldi», dedi. U shu ohangda gapirishni davom ettirdi, to biz turib ketguncha.

I said, “I remember there were some law questions you were thinking about. Have you reached any answers?” “This is the time to make haste,” he said, “to live by the law.” He continued in that vein until we rose to go.

[Al-Muʾaddib:] Men Bishr ibn al-Ḥorisni ko‘rdim, u juma namozidan keyin to‘rt rakat namoz o‘qidi va birinchi ikki rakatdan keyin salom bermadi. Ammo men Ahmad ibn Hanbalni ko‘rdim, u juma namozidan keyin olti rakat namoz o‘qidi va har ikki rakatdan keyin salom berdi.303 58.12

[Al-Muʾaddib:] I saw Bishr ibn al-Ḥārith pray four cycles after the Friday prayer without breaking them up by doing the salutation after the first two. But I saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal pray six cycles after the Friday prayer and do the salutation after every two.303 58.12

[Abū Bakr ibn ʿAnbar:] Bir juma kuni men Ibn Hanbalning ortidan al-Mansur masjidiga ergashib bordim. U Shoirlar gumbazi yonida turib, ikki rakatdan nafl namozlarni o‘qiy boshladi. Bir gado kelib, uning oldida turdi, Ahmad esa uni g‘azab bilan ishora qilib, ketishga undadi. Keyin gado uning oldidan o‘tmoqchi bo‘ldi, shunda biz yugurib borib, uni chetga tortib oldik.304 58.13

[Abū Bakr ibn ʿAnbar:] One Friday I followed Ibn Ḥanbal to the mosque of al- Manṣūr. He stood by the Poets’ Cupola and started praying supererogatory prayers two cycles at a time. A beggar came and stood in front of him, and Aḥmad gestured at him angrily to go away. Then the beggar tried to pass in front of him, and we rushed over and pulled him aside.304 58.13

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Abu Zur'a Bag'dodga kelganida, u otamning uyida to'xtadi. Otam u bilan hadislarni va ularning rivoyat zanjirlarini solishtirish bilan shu qadar band bo'ldiki, bir payt otam shunday dedi: "Bugun men faqat farz namozlarini o'qidim, xolos. Abu Zur'a bilan bu solishtirishlar boshqa hamma ishlarimning o'rnini egalladi."305 306 58.14

[ʿAbd Allāh:] When Abū Zurʿah came to Baghdad, he stayed with my father. He kept him so busy comparing reports and their transmissions305 that my father said at one point, “Today all I’ve prayed is the ritual prayers. I’ve let all this comparing with Abū Zurʿah take the place of the rest.”306 58.14

[Ibn Hāniʾ:] Men Aḥmad bilan jome masjidiga bordim va u Kahf surasini o‘qiyotganini eshitdim.307 58.15

[Ibn Hāniʾ:] I went with Aḥmad to the Friday mosque and overheard him reading the Chapter of the Cave.307 58.15