Ko'ra uning tarjimai holi yozuvchilariga, al-Ma'mun Raqqadan Bag'dod politsiyasi boshlig'i Is'hoq ibn Ibrohimga xat yo'llab, jamoani sinovdan o'tkazishni buyurgan va u shunday qilgan. 67.1

According to his biographers, al-Maʾmūn sent a letter from al-Raqqah 338 to the chief of the Baghdad police, Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, telling him to put the community to the test, which he did. 67.1

[Ṣāliḥ:] Otamdan eshitganman: “Ishoq ibn Ibrohim bizni so‘roqqa chaqirganda, birinchi bo‘lib Tarsusdagi kishi yozgan maktubni o‘qib berdi”, ya’ni al-Ma’mun.339 “Ular bizga bir qancha oyatlarni o‘qib berdilar, jumladan «Unga hech narsa o‘xshamas»340 va «U har narsaning yaratuvchisidir»341. Men «Unga hech narsa o‘xshamas» degan oyatni eshitganimda, «U eshituvchi va ko‘ruvchidir»342 oyatini o‘qidim.” 67.2

[Ṣāliḥ:] I heard my father say, “When they took us in to be questioned by Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, the first thing they did was to read aloud the letter written by the one in Tarsus”—that is, al-Maʾmūn.339 “They recited some verses to us, including «Nothing is like Him»340 and «He is the creator of everything.»341 When I heard ‘Nothing is like Him,’ I recited «He is the One who hears and sees.»342 67.2

Keyin hozir bo‘lganlar sinovdan o‘tkazildi. Rozilik bildirishdan bosh tortganlar olib ketilib, qamoqqa solindi. Ularning hammasidan atigi to‘rt kishi qarshilik ko‘rsatdi. Ularning ismlari: Muhammad ibn Nuh; Ubayd Allah ibn Umar al-Qavoririy; Sajjoda deb ataladigan al-Hasan ibn Hammod va mening otam. Keyinchalik Ubayd Allah ibn Umar va al-Hasan ibn Hammod ham taslim bo‘ldi, qamoqda faqat Muhammad ibn Nuh va mening otam qoldi.

“Then those present were put to the test. Those who withheld their assent were taken away and locked up. Of them all, only four resisted. Their names are Muḥammad ibn Nuḥ; ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī; al-Ḥasan ibn Ḥammād, called Sajjādah; and my father. Later ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar and al-Ḥasan ibn Ḥammād gave in too, leaving only Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ and my father in confinement.

U shunda ular bir necha kun o‘tgach, Tarsusdan kelgan xat orqali ikkovlarini o‘sha yerga olib borish buyurilguncha qolishdi. Ular buyruqqa ko‘ra, bir-biriga bog‘langan holda jo‘natildilar. [Abū Maʿmar al-Qaṭīʿī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal Mihna davrida saroyga olib kelinganida men o‘sha yerda edim. U doim yumshoq xulqli kishi edi, ammo jamoa a’zolarining rozilik bildirayotganini ko‘rganda, tomirlari bo‘rtib chiqdi, ko‘zlari qizarib ketdi va butun yumshoqligi yo‘qoldi. Uni ko‘rib, o‘zimga: “U Alloh uchun turibdi”, deb o‘ylaganim esimda. 67.3

There they stayed until, several days later, a letter arrived from Tarsus ordering the two of them to be transported there. They were duly sent, shackled one to the other.” [Abū Maʿmar al-Qaṭīʿī:] I was there when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was brought to the palace during the Inquisition. He had always been a meek man, but when he saw the members of the community giving their assent, his veins swelled, his eyes went red, and all the meekness was gone. Seeing him, I remember thinking to myself, “He’s standing up for God.” 67.3

“Abū ʿAbd Allāh,” I told him, “bu xushxabar-ku! Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl ibn Ghazwān rivoyat qilganini, al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jumayʿdan, u esa Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwfdan naql qilganini eshitmadikmi, u shunday degan: ‘Payg‘ambar ﷺ sahobalari orasida dinning biror masalasida savol berilganda, o‘zlarini devonalardek qovoq solib, ko‘zlarini ola-kula qiladiganlar ham bo‘lgan’?” [Ibn Abī Usāmah:] Esimda, Mehnat (Inkvizitsiya) davrida kimdir Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbalga: “Ko‘rdingmi? Haq yutqazadi, nohaq g‘alaba qozonadi!” degani eshitilgan. 67.4

“Abū ʿAbd Allāh,” I told him, “this is good news! Haven’t we heard Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl ibn Ghazwān report, citing al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jumayʿ, citing Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf, who said, ‘Among the Prophet’s Companions were some who, if challenged on any matter of religion, would glower and roll their eyes like madmen’?” [Ibn Abī Usāmah:] I remember hearing that during the Inquisition, someone said to Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, “See? Right loses and wrong wins!” 67.4

“Hech qachon!” — deb javob qaytardi u. — “Nohaqlik faqat odamlarning qalbi adashib, yo‘lini yo‘qotganda g‘alaba qozonadi, lekin bizning qalblarimiz hali buncha adashmagan.” [Solih:] Otam va Muhammad ibn Nuh zanjirband qilib olib ketilganda, biz ularni al-Anbargacha kuzatib bordik. U yerda Abu Bakr al-Ahval otamdan so‘radi: “Abu Abdulloh, agar sizni qilich bilan qo‘rqitishsa, taslim bo‘larmidingiz?” 67.5

“Never!” he retorted. “Wrong wins only if people’s hearts wander off and lose their way, but ours haven’t done that yet.” [Ṣāliḥ:] My father and Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ were carried off in chains and we went with them as far as al-Anbār. There Abū Bakr al-Aḥwal asked my father, “Abū ʿAbd Allāh, if they threaten you with a sword, will you give in?” 67.5

“Yo‘q,” deb javob berdi. Shundan so‘ng u va Muhammad ibn Nuh olib ketildi.

“No,” he answered. Then he and Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ were taken away.

Keyinroq otam menga shunday dedi:

Later my father told me:

“Biz ar-Raḥbaga344 yetib kelganimizda tun yarmi edi. Biz jo‘nay boshlaganimizda bir kishi yonimizga kelib: «Sizlardan qaysi biri Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal?» dedi. Bir kishi meni ko‘rsatdi. «Tezlikni pasaytir», dedi u kishi tuya haydovchisiga. So‘ng menga qarab: «Eshiting, siz! Shu yerda, hozir o‘ldirishsa nima farqi bor? Siz shu yerda, hozirning o‘zida Jannatga kirasiz», dedi. Keyin: «Sizni Alloh panohiga topshiraman», dedi-yu, ketib qoldi.”

“When we got to al-Raḥbah343 it was the middle of the night. As we were leaving, a man came up to us and said, ‘Which of you is Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal?’ “Someone pointed me out. ‘Slow down,’ said the man to the camel-driver. Then to me: ‘Listen, you! What does it matter if they kill you right here and now? You’ll enter the Garden, here and now.’ Then he said, ‘I leave you in the care of God,’ and left.

“Men kim ekanligini so‘radim, va ular menga dedilar: “U Rabī‘a qabilasidan bo‘lgan arab, ismi Jobir ibn Omir, cho‘lda she’r yozadi. Odamlar uni juda maqtashadi.”” [Ibrohim ibn Abdulloh:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal shunday degan: “Mening sinovim paytida kimdir menga aytgan eng kuchli gap Raḥbat Ṭawqda bir sahroi arab menga aytgan gap bo‘ldi: “Ahmad, agar haq yo‘lida o‘lsang, shahid bo‘lasan, agar yashasang, qahramon bo‘lib yashaysan.”” 67.7

“I asked who he was and they told me: ‘He’s an Arab of Rabīʿah named Jābir ibn ʿĀmir who composes poetry in the wilderness. People speak highly of him.’” [Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal said, “The most powerful thing anyone said to me during my ordeal was what a desert Arab said to me at Raḥbat Ṭawq: ‘Aḥmad, if you die for the truth you die a martyr, and if you live you live a hero.’” 67.7

Shu bilan u mening irodamni mustahkamladi.

With that he strengthened my resolve.

[Aḥmad:] “Hech narsa menga cho‘l arabining Rahbat Tavqdan aytgan so‘zlaridan ko‘proq ta’sir qilmagan: ‘Ahmad, agar sen haqiqat uchun o‘lsang, shahid bo‘lasan, agar yashasang, qahramon bo‘lib yashaysan.’” 67.8

[Aḥmad:] “Nothing has ever made more of an impression on me than the words of a desert Arab from Raḥbat Ṭawq: ‘Aḥmad, if you die for the truth you die a martyr, and if you live you live a hero.’” 67.8

Ibn Abī Ḥātim ibn otasidan rivoyat qilib aytdi: "Oxir-oqibatda u haq edi. Tafsh (inkvizitsiya) tugagach, Olloh Ahmad ibn Hanbalni e'tiborga loyiq inson qilib qo'ydi." [Muallif:] Shuningdek, eshitdikki, ash-Shofi'iy, Olloh undan rozi bo'lsin, tushida Payg'ambar ﷺ uni Ahmadni ogohlantirishga buyurganini ko'rgan: u Qur'onning yaratilganligi masalasida sinovga tushadi. Bu rivoyat o'zining isnodi bilan tushlar bobida keltiriladi. 67.9

Ibn Abī Ḥātim quoted his father as saying, “In the end he was right. By the time the Inquisition was over, God had made Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal a name to be reckoned with.” [The author:] We have also heard that al-Shāfiʿī, may God be pleased with him, had a dream where the Prophet asked him to warn Aḥmad that he would be tried regarding the creation of the Qurʾan. This report will be given along with its chain of transmitters in the chapter on dreams. 67.9

[Al-Anbārī:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal al-Ma'mun huzuriga olib borilayotganini eshitganimda, Furot daryosini kesib o'tdim va Ahmadni karvonsaroyda o'tirgan holda topdim. Unga salom berganimda, u dedi: «Abu Ja'far, o'zingizni bunchalik qiynamasligingiz kerak edi!» 67.10

[Al-Anbārī:] When I found out that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was being taken to see al- Maʾmūn, I crossed the Euphrates and found Aḥmad sitting in a caravanserai. When I greeted him he said, “Abū Jaʿfar, you shouldn’t have troubled yourself!” 67.10

“Bu hech qanday qiyinchilik emas edi,” dedim men unga. So‘ng dedim: “Qulоq sоling! Bugundan boshlab sizning o‘rnaringizdan ergashishga tayyor odamlaringiz bor. Agar siz Qur’on yaratilgan, desangiz, ularning ko‘pchiligi ham shunday deydi. Agar siz qarshilik qilsangiz, ularning ko‘pchiligi ham qarshilik qiladi. O‘ylab ko‘ring: o‘sha odam sizni o‘ldirmasa ham, baribir bir kun kelib o‘lasiz. Shuning uchun Allohdan qo‘rqing va taslim bo‘lmang!” “Alloh xohlaganidek bo‘lsin!” — deb yig‘lab javob berdi Ahmad. “Alloh xohlaganidek bo‘lsin!” So‘ng u dedi: “Abu Ja‘far, aytganlaringizni yana takrorlab bering.” Men ularni yana takrorladim, u yana: “Alloh xohlaganidek bo‘lsin! Alloh xohlaganidek bo‘lsin!” dedi. [Solih:] Otam menga aytdi: “Adana shahridan endigina chiqqan edik, shahar darvozasi ortimizda ochildi va kimdir baqirdi: ‘Xushxabar! O‘sha odam o‘ldi!’”11

“It was no trouble,” I told him. Then I said, “Listen here! As of today, you have people prepared to follow your example. If you say the Qurʾan is created, many of them will say the same. If you resist, many of them will too. Think about it: even if that man doesn’t kill you, you’re going to die sooner or later anyway. So fear God and don’t give in!” “God’s will be done!” said Aḥmad, weeping. “God’s will be done!” Then he said, “Abū Jaʿfar, repeat what you said for me.” So I repeated it, and again he said “God’s will be done! God’s will be done!” [Ṣāliḥ:] My father told me: “We were just leaving Adana when the city gate opened behind us and someone called out: ‘Good news! That man is dead!’344 67.11

“Men unga hech qachon uchramasligim uchun ibodat qilib yurgandim.” [Al-Bushanjiy:] Men Ahmad ibn Hanbal shunday deganini eshitganman: “Uch marta Alloh taolodan biror narsa so‘radim, ikki marta so‘rovim ijobat bo‘ldi. Men Him-dan al-Ma’mun bilan uchrashtirmasligini so‘radim, al-Mutavakkilni ko‘rishni istamasligimni aytdim. Xullas, men al-Ma’munni hech ko‘rmadim.”345 67.12

“I had been praying I would never meet him.” [Al-Būshanjī:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “Three times I’ve asked God for something and twice seen my request granted. I asked Him to keep me away from al- Maʾmūn, and I told Him I didn’t want to see al-Mutawakkil. Well, I never saw al- Maʾmūn.”345 67.12

Al-Ma'mūn vafot etdi Badhandūn daryosi yonida — bu Vizantiya hududidagi daryo — Ahmad esa ar-Raqqada qamoqda edi. Al-Mu'tasim Anatoliyada bay'at oldi va Iroqqa qaytdi. Ahmad 218 [833] yilda Bag'dodga olib kelindi va uni sud qilgan aynan al-Mu'tasim bo'ldi. Al-Mutavakkilga kelsak, u Ahmadni saroyga o'z bolalariga hadis o'rgatish uchun olib kelganida, uni yashirin xonadan kuzatib turdi, ya'ni Ahmad uni ko'rmadi, lekin u Ahmadni ko'rdi.

Al-Maʾmūn died at the Badhandūn—a river in Byzantine territory—while Aḥmad was locked up in al-Raqqah. Al-Muʿtaṣim received the oath of allegiance in Anatolia and returned to Iraq. Aḥmad was brought back to Baghdad in 218 [833], and it was al- Muʿtaṣim who tried him. As for al-Mutawakkil, when he brought Aḥmad to the palace to instruct his children in Hadith, he observed him from a secret compartment, meaning that he saw Aḥmad but Aḥmad never saw him.

[Ṣāliḥ:] Otam va Muhammad ibn Nuh Tarsusdan qo‘lu oyoqlari hali ham kishanda holda qaytarildilar. Ar-Raqqaga yetib kelganlarida, ularni kemaga chiqardilar. Anotda346

[Ṣāliḥ:] My father and Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ were sent back from Tarsus still in irons. When they reached al-Raqqah, they were put onto a boat. At ʿĀnāt,346

Muhammad ibn Nuh vafot etdi va uning zanjirlari yechildi. Otam uning jasadi ustida janoza o'qidi. 67.13

Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ died and his chains were removed. My father prayed over his body. 67.13

[Hanbal:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal shunday dedi, men eshitdim: “Men Muhammad ibn Nuh kabi yosh va ilmsiz bo‘lsa-da, Alloh uchun bunchalik jasorat bilan o‘rnidan turgan birorta odamni ko‘rmaganman. Umid qilamanki, u vafot etganida Alloh uni najot topgan qildi!” 67.14

[Ḥanbal:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say: “I never saw anyone so young or so unlearned stand up for God more bravely than Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ. I hope God saved him when he died! 67.14

Bir kuni ikkovimiz yolg‘iz qolganimizda u menga dedi: “Ahmad, Allohdan qo‘rq! Allohdan qo‘rq! Sen bilan men bir-birimizga o‘xshamaymiz. Sen odamlar ergashadigan kishisan, hamma seni kuzatib, nima qilishingni kutib turibdi. Allohdan qo‘rq va qat’iy tur!” — yoki shunga o‘xshash so‘zlar. Tasavvur qiling, u meni mustahkam tutishga va to‘g‘ri ish qilishga ogohlantirishga harakat qilardi! Lekin o‘zi nima bo‘ldi: u kasal bo‘lib qoldi va qaerdadir yo‘l chetida vafot etdi. Men uning janozasini o‘qib, uni dafn qildim. U yana qo‘shib aytgan bo‘lishi mumkin: “Bu ʿĀnāhda bo‘lgan.” Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thābit rivoyat qilishicha, Muḥammad ibn Nūh 218 [833] yilda vafot etgan.

“One day, when the two of us were alone, he said to me, ‘Aḥmad, fear God! Fear God! We’re nothing alike, you and I. You’re a man people follow and everyone is watching and waiting to see what you’ll do. Fear God, and stand firm!’—or words to that effect. Imagine him trying to keep me strong and warn me to do the right thing! And look what happened to him: he fell sick and ended up dying by the side of a road somewhere. I prayed over him and buried him.” He may have added: “That was in ʿĀnāh.” Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thābit reported that Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ died in 218 [833].