Al-Ma'mun vafot etgach, Ahmad Bag'dodga qaytarilib, shu yerda qamoqqa tashlandi.

When al-Maʾmūn died, Aḥmad was brought back to Baghdad and imprisoned there.

Keyin uni al-Mu'tasim sinovdan o'tkazdi. O'sha paytdagi bosh qozi Ahmad ibn Abu Du'od edi, u xalifani Qur'onning yaratilgan ekanligiga bo'lgan ishonchni sinab ko'rishga ko'ndirgan edi.353 69.1

Then he was tried by al-Muʿtaṣim. The chief judge at the time was Aḥmad ibn Abī Duʾād, who had persuaded the caliph to test people’s belief that the Qurʾan is created.353 69.1

Al-Marrūdhī dedi: 69.2

Al-Marrūdhī said: 69.2

Ahmad ibn Hanbal qamoqqa tashlanganida, zindonbon unning oldiga kelib, zolimlar va ularga xizmat qiladiganlar haqidagi hadis sahihmi, deb so'radi. Ahmad unga u sahih ekanini aytdi.

When Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was put in prison, the jailer came and asked him whether the Hadith about tyrants and those who serve them was authentic.354 Aḥmad told him it was.

"Men ularga xizmat qiluvchilardanmanmi?" — deb so'radi zindonbon.

“Am I one of those who serve them?” asked the jailer.

“Xizmat qilayotganlar — bu sizning sochingizni oladigan, kiyimingizni yuvadigan, ovqatingizni tayyorlaydigan va siz bilan savdo qiladigan kishilardir. Siz esa zolimlardan birisiz.” [Ahmad:] Ramazon oyida, 219-yilda [sentyabr yoki oktyabr, 834-yil] meni Ishoq ibn Ibrohim uyiga ko‘chirishdi. Har kuni ular ikki kishini yuborishardi — biri Ahmad ibn Rabod, ikkinchisi esa Abu Shuayb al-Hajjom deb atalardi — meni bahsga chorlash uchun. Ular jo‘nab ketishga tayyorlanganda, kishan chaqirib, menda allaqachon bor kishanlarga qo‘shib qo‘yishardi. Oxir-oqibat oyoqlarimda to‘rtta kishan bo‘ldi.355 69.3

“Those who serve are the ones who cut your hair, wash your clothes, prepare your food, and do business with you. What you are is one of the tyrants.” [Aḥmad:] In Ramadan of ’19 [September or October 834] I was moved to Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm’s house. Every day they sent over two men—Aḥmad ibn Rabāḥ, one was called, and the other was Abū Shuʿayb al-Ḥajjām—to debate with me. When they were ready to leave they would call for a fetter and add it to the fetters that I already had on me. I ended up with four fetters on my legs.355 69.3

Uchinchi kuni ikkalasidan biri kelib, men bilan bahslasha boshladi. Bir payt men undan so'radim: "God'ning ilmi haqida nima deysiz?"356

On the third day one of the two came and started debating with me. At one point I asked, “What do you say about God’s knowledge?”356

"Xudoning ilmi yaratilgan", deb javob berdi u.

“God’s knowledge is created,” he replied.

“Siz kofirsiz!” Shu yerda Isḥoq ibn Ibrohim yuborgan bir kishi ham bor edi. U meni eshitib: “Sen mo‘minlar amirining elchisi bilan gaplashyapsan!” dedi. “U kim bo‘lsa ham,” dedim men, “baribir kofir.” To‘rtinchi kecha u, ya’ni al-Mu‘tasim, Bug‘ol deb atalmish Keksani meni Isḥoqnikidan olib kelish uchun yubordi. Chiqayotganimda meni Isḥoq huzuriga olib kirishdi, u shunday dedi: “Xudo haqqi, Ahmad, bu sening hayoting masalasi. U seni bir zarb bilan boshingni uzib tashlamaydi: agar uning talabini bajarmasang, seni urib hushingdan ketkazib, quyosh nuri ko‘rinmaydigan joyga tashlashga qasam ichgan. Mana, qarab tur: Xudo «Biz uni arabcha Qur’on qilib qo‘ydik»357 demaydimi? U uni yaratmasdan turib qanday qilib qo‘yishi mumkin edi?” 69.4

“You’re an unbeliever!” Present also was a man sent by Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm. When he heard me, he said, “You’re talking to the emissary of the Commander of the Faithful!” “Whoever he is,” I replied, “he’s still an unbeliever.” On the fourth night, he—that is, al-Muʿtaṣim—sent Bughā, called the Elder, to fetch me from Isḥāq’s. On the way out, I was taken to see Isḥāq, who said, “By God, Aḥmad, it’s your life we’re talking about here. He won’t behead you and be done with it: he’s sworn that if you don’t do as he asks he’ll flog you senseless and then throw you where you’ll never see the sun. Now look here: doesn’t God say «We have made it an Arabic Qurʾan?»357 How could He make it without creating it?” 69.4

Men bilan boshqa oyatni keltirdim: «U ularni chorva yeb tashlagan ekin poyasiga o‘xshatib qo‘ydi.»358 Keyin undan «made them» degani «yaratdi» degani emasmi, deb so‘radim. U javob bera olmay, hech narsa demadi. Oxiri: «Uni olib keting!» dedi. Bog‘ darvozasi deb ataladigan joyga yetganimizda, meni tashqariga olib chiqishdi.359 So‘ng menga minadigan hayvon keltirib, meni kishanlari bilan birga unga mindirishdi. Menga tayanib turadigan hech kim yo‘q edi, kishanlarning og‘irligidan bir necha marta yiqilay deb qoldim. Meni ichkariga, ya’ni al-Mu‘tasim saroyining ichiga olib kirishdi, bir xonaga qamab, eshikni qulflashdi. Namoz uchun o‘zimni tozalamoqchi bo‘ldim, ammo tun yarim edi va xonada chiroq yo‘q edi. Lekin qo‘limni cho‘zganimda yaqin atrofda bir kuvsh suv va bir leğen topdim. Shunda wudu‘ qilib namoz o‘qidim. 69.5

I answered with a different verse: «He made them like stubble cropped by cattle.»358 Then I asked him whether “made them” meant “created them.” He didn’t know how to answer me so he said nothing. Finally he said, “Take him away!” When we got to the place called the Orchard Gate, they took me out.359 Then they brought a riding animal and put me on it, fetters and all. There was no one with me to hold me up, and more than once I nearly fell over with the weight of the fetters. They took me inside—inside al-Muʿtaṣim’s palace, that is—put me in a room, and locked the door. I wanted to clean myself off for prayer, but it was the middle of the night and there was no lamp in the room. But when I stuck out my hand I found a pitcher of water and a basin nearby. So I did my ablutions and prayed. 69.5

Ertasi kuni ertalab shimim bog'ichini sug'urib oldim va uni kishanlarni bog'lab, ko'tarish uchun ishlatdim; shimim bir tomonga osilib qoldi.

The next morning, I pulled the drawstring out of my trousers and used it to tie the fetters together so I could lift them, leaving my trousers hanging down on one side.

Keyin al-Mu'tasimning elchisi keldi, meni qo'limdan ushlab, bormoqqa buyurdi.

Then al-Muʿtaṣim’s messenger came, took me by the arm, and told me to come along.

Men al-Mu'tasim huzuriga, kishanlarimni ip bilan ushlab turgan holda kirdim. U Ibn Abu Du'od va o'zining yaqinlari bo'lgan ko'p odamlar bilan birga o'tirgan edi. 69.6

So I appeared before al-Muʿtaṣim holding up my fetters with the cord. He was sitting there with Ibn Abī Duʾād and a crowd of his associates. 69.6

Ibrohim ibn Muhammad: Ahmad ibn Hanbal xalifa huzuriga olib kelindi.

[Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was brought before the caliph.

Ahmad ibn Abi Du'od va al-Shofe'iyning shogirdi Abu Abdurahmon ham u yerda edi. Ahmadga xalifa oldida o'rin berildi. Ular uni qo'rqitadigan gaplarni aytishgan edi va ular endigina ikki kishining boshini kesishgan edi. Abu Abdurahmonni ko'rgach, Ibn Hanbal undan so'radi: "Al-Shofe'iydan poyabzalga qo'l yurgizish haqida biron rivoyat bilasizmi?"360 69.7

Aḥmad ibn Abī Duʾād and Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, the disciple of al-Shāfiʿī, were there too. Aḥmad was given a seat in front of the caliph. They had said things to frighten him, and they had just finished beheading two men. Upon seeing Abū ʿAbd al- Raḥmān, Ibn Ḥanbal asked, “Do you know any reports from al-Shāfiʿī on passing hands over one’s shoes?”360 69.7

“Mana buni ko‘ring!” deb hayqirdi Ibn Abū Du’od. “Biz uni boshini kesish uchun olib keldik, u esa fiqh masalalarini muhokama qilmoqchi!” [Al-Bushanjiy:] Al-Mu’tasim Vizantiya chegarasidan Bag‘dodga 218-yilning Ramazon oyida qaytdi. Shu paytda u Ahmadni sud qildi va ochiq majlisda uni qamchilatdi.361 69.8

“Look at that!” exclaimed Ibn Abī Duʾād. “We bring him here to behead him, and he wants to discuss jurisprudence!” [Al-Būshanjī:] Al-Muʿtaṣim returned to Baghdad from the Byzantine front in Ramadan of ’18. It was then that he tried Aḥmad and had him flogged in open court.361 69.8

[Ahmad:] Men al-Mu'tasim huzuriga kelganimda, u meni yaqinroq kelishimni aytib turdi.

[Aḥmad:] When I came before al-Muʿtaṣim, he kept telling me to come closer.

U unga yaqinlashganimda, u menga o'tirishimni buyurdi va men, kishanlarning og'irligi ostida, o'tirdim.

When I got up close to him he told me to sit, and I did, weighed down by the fetters.

Bir muddat o'tgach, men gapirishga ruxsat so'radim.362 69.9

After a time I asked if I might speak.362 69.9

«Davom eting», dedi u.

“Go ahead,” he said.

“Payg‘ambar ﷺ bizni nimaga da’vat qildilar?” — deb so‘radim.

“What did the Prophet call on us to do?” I asked.

Bir zum sukutdan so'ng u javob berdi: "Allohdan boshqa iloh yo'qligiga guvohlik berish." "Xo'sh, men ham Allohdan boshqa iloh yo'qligiga guvohlik beraman." Shundan so'ng men davom etdim: "Sizning bobongiz Ibn ʿAbbos rivoyat qiladiki, Qays qabilasining vakillari Payg'ambar ﷺ huzuriga kelganlarida, ulardan iymon haqida so'radilar. U zot javob berdilar: 'Iymon nima ekanini bilasizlarmi?' "'Xudo va Uning Elchisi yaxshiroq biladi', dedilar ular."

After a moment of silence, he replied: “To testify that there is no god but God.” “Well, I testify that there is no god but God.” Then I went on: “Your grandfather Ibn ʿAbbās reports that when the delegation from the tribe of Qays came to see the Prophet, they asked him about faith. He answered, ‘Do you know what faith is?’ “‘God and His Emissary know best,’ they said.

"Bu shuni anglatadiki, Allohdan boshqa iloh yo‘qligiga va Muhammad Uning elchisi ekaniga guvohlik berish. Bu namozni ado etish, zakot berish va o‘ljaning beshdan bir qismini chiqarib berishni anglatadi." Note: "Allah" is rendered as "Alloh" (Uzbek spelling), and "God" is used where the original says "God". Since the original refers to "Muḥammad" as the Emissary of God rather than with an honorific, ﷺ is added after his name per the rules. Correction to the above: the rules require the Uzbek word for God, not "Allah," so the accurate version is: "Bu shuni anglatadiki, Xudodan boshqa iloh yo‘qligiga va Muhammad ﷺ Uning elchisi ekaniga guvohlik berish. Bu namozni ado etish, zakot berish va o‘ljaning beshdan bir qismini chiqarib berishni anglatadi."363

“‘It means testifying that there is no god but God, and Muḥammad is His Emissary. It means holding the ritual prayer, paying the alms tax, and giving up onefifth of your spoils.’”363

“Agar mening oldingi hukmdorim meni hal qilishim uchun sizni qoldirib ketmaganida edi, men sizga bunday qilmagan bo‘lardim”, dedi al-Mu‘tasim. So‘ng ʿAbd al-Rahmon ibn Ishoqqa yuzlanib, dedi: “Men sizdan surishtiruvni to‘xtatishni so‘ramaganmidim?” “Xudoga shukr!” — deb o‘yladim o‘zimcha. — “Musulmonlarning azoblari tugadi!” 69.10

“If my predecessor hadn’t left you for me to deal with,” said al-Muʿtaṣim, “I wouldn’t be doing this to you.” Then, turning to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq, he said, “Didn’t I ask you to stop the Inquisition?” “Thank God!” I thought to myself. “The Muslims’ suffering is over!” 69.10

Keyin u ularga dedi: "Unga qarshi bahslashinglar! Unga gapiringlar!" So'ng yana ʿAbd al-Rahmonga: "Unga gapir!" dedi. "Qur'on haqida nima deysiz?" deb so'radi ʿAbd al-Rahmon.

But then he said to them, “Debate with him. Talk to him!” and then again to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān: “Talk to him!” “What do you say about the Qurʾan?” asked ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.

«Xudoning ilmi haqida nima deysiz?» deb so‘radim. U jim qoldi.

“What do you say about God’s knowledge?” I asked. He fell silent.

Boshqalaridan biri gapga aralashdi: — Lekin Xudo «Xudo hamma narsaning yaratuvchisidir», demaganmidi?

One of the others broke in. “But didn’t God say, «God is the creator of all things»?

364 Qur'on ham bir narsa emasmi?» dedim. «Alloh taolo ham bir shamol haqida zikr qilgan, u «Robbining amri bilan hamma narsani vayron qilgan»365, lekin U xohlagan narsalarnigina vayron qilgan.»366

364 And isn’t the Qurʾan a thing?” “God also mentioned a wind,” I said, “that would «destroy everything at the behest of its Lord,»365 but it destroyed only what He wanted it to.”366

Shunda yana biri gapga aralashdi: “Alloh taolo aytadi: «Ularga Rabbilaridan biror yangi eslatma kelganda»367. Yaratilmagan narsa qanday yangi bo‘lishi mumkin?” Men javob berdim: “Alloh taolo yana aytadi: «Sod. Eslatmani o‘z ichiga olgan Qur’onga qasam»368. Bu eslatma Qur’ondir. Boshqa oyatda esa “the” so‘zi yo‘q.” Ulardan biri ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn rivoyatini keltirdi: Alloh eslatmani yaratgan. “Bu noto‘g‘ri,” dedim men. “Menda bir necha manbada borki, u zot: «Alloh eslatmani yozdi», deganlar.” Keyin ular Ibn Masʿūd hadisi bilan menga qarshi dalil keltirishga urindilar: “Alloh hech narsani yaratmagan — na Jannatni, na Do‘zaxni, na osmonlarni, na yerni — Oyatul kursiydan buyukroq.” Men dedim: “«Yaratilgan» so‘zi Jannatga, Do‘zaxga, osmonlarga va yerga nisbatan qo‘llanadi, ammo Qur’onga nisbatan emas.” Ulardan biri Xabbob hadisini keltirdi: “Ey sen! Allohga yaqinlashish uchun qanchalik harakat qilmang, Unga Uning kalomidan ko‘ra aziz bo‘lgan hech narsani topa olmaysiz, u bilan Unga yaqinlashasiz.”369

Then another one spoke up: “God says, «Whenever any new admonition comes to them from their Lord.»367 How can something be new without having been created?” I replied: “God also said, «Ṣād. By the Qurʾan, containing the admonition.»368 This admonition is the Qurʾan. In the other verse there’s no ‘the.’” One of them cited the Hadith of ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn that God created the remembrance. “That’s wrong,” I said. “I have it on more than one source that he said, ‘God wrote the remembrance.’” Next they tried arguing with me using the Hadith of Ibn Masʿūd: “God has created nothing—not the Garden or the Fire or the heavens or the earth—greater than the Throne Verse.” I said: “The word ‘created’ applies to the Garden, the Fire, the heavens, and the earth, but not to the Qurʾan.” One of them cited the Hadith of Khabbāb: “You there! Try as you may to come nearer to God, you will find nothing dearer to Him by which to approach Him than His word.”369

"Ha," dedim men, "shunday deyilgan." Ibn Abī Duʾād menga g‘azab bilan qaradi.

“Yes,” I said, “that’s what it says.” Ibn Abī Duʾād glared at me.

Shunday qilib, davom etdi. Ulardan biri biror gap aytar, men unga javob berardim. Keyin boshqasi gapirar, men uni ham rad etardim. Ularning birortasi tirjayib qolganda, Ibn Abī Duʾād gapga aralashardi: "Mo'minlar amiri! Xudoga qasamki, u adashgan, adashtiruvchi va bid'atchi kofirdir!" 69.11

And so it went. One of them would say something, and I would rebut him. Then another would speak and I would rebut him too. Whenever one of his men was stymied, Ibn Abī Duʾād would interrupt: “Commander of the Faithful! By God, he’s misguided, and misleading, and a heretical innovator!” 69.11

Lekin al-Mu'tasim doim: "Unga gapiring! Unga qarshi bahslashing!" deb turardi. Shunda ulardan biri yana nimadir deb gapirardi va men unga javob berardim. Keyin boshqasi gapirardi va men uni ham rad etardim. Ularning hech birida aytadigan gapi qolmaganda, u — ya'ni al-Mu'tasim — dedi: "Qani, Ahmad! Gapiring!" "Mo'minlarning amiri," dedim men, "menga rozi bo'lishim mumkin bo'lgan narsani bering — Xudoning Kitobidan yoki Uning Elchisi ﷺ sunnatidan biron narsa bering." Shunda Ibn Abu Du'od hayqirdi: "Nima! Sen faqat Qur'ondagi yoki Uning Elchisi ﷺ sunnatidagi narsalarnigina takrorlaysanmi?" "Sizda o'z talqiningiz bor," dedim men, "bu sizning ishingiz, lekin uning uchun odamlarni qamash yoki zanjirband qilish kerak emas." [Al-Bushanjiy:] Mening hamrohlarimdan biri xabar berdi: Ibn Abu Du'od Ahmad bilan to'qnashdi va uni bahsga tortishga urindi, lekin Ahmad unga e'tibor bermadi. Oxir-oqibat al-Mu'tasim Ahmaddan nega Ibn Abu Du'od bilan gaplashmayotganini so'radi. 69.12

But al-Muʿtaṣim kept saying, “Talk to him! Debate him!” So again one of them would say something, and I would rebut him. Then another would speak and I would rebut him too. When none of them had anything left to say, he—meaning al-Muʿtaṣim—said, “Come on, Aḥmad! Speak up!” “Commander of the Faithful,” I replied, “give me something I can agree to— something from the Book of God or the sunnah of His Emissary.” At that, Ibn Abī Duʾād exclaimed, “What! You only repeat what’s in the Qurʾan or the sunnah of His Emissary?” “You have an interpretation,” I said, “and that’s your affair, but it’s nothing to lock people up for, or put them in chains.” [Al-Būshanjī:] One of my associates reported that Ibn Abī Duʾād confronted Aḥmad and tried to engage him in debate but Aḥmad ignored him. Eventually al- Muʿtaṣim asked Aḥmad why he wouldn’t address Ibn Abī Duʾād. 69.12

«Men faqat olim kishilar bilan gaplashaman», dedi Ahmad.

“I speak only with men of learning,” said Aḥmad.

[Aḥmad:] “Mo‘minlar amiri,” dedi Ibn Abī Du’od, “uning sizga taslim bo‘lganini ko‘rish menga yuz ming dinor va yana yuz ming dinordan ham qimmatliroq bo‘lardi”370 — va shu tarzda bir raqamdan keyingisini tashladi. 69.13

[Aḥmad:] “Commander of the Faithful,” said Ibn Abī Duʾād, “seeing him capitulate to you would mean more to me than a hundred thousand dinars, and another hundred thousand dinars,”370 and so on, throwing out one number after another. 69.13

“Agar u menga xohlaganimni aytsa,” dedi al-Mu‘tasim, “qasam ichamanki, uni o‘z qo‘llarim bilan zanjirdan ozod qilaman. So‘ngra qo‘shinimni unga olib boraman va uning orqasidan yuraman.” So‘ng u dedi: “Ahmad, men sening yaxshiligingni istayman, худди sen mening o‘g‘lim Horun bo‘lganingdek. Xo‘sh, endi menga nima deya olasan?”371

“If he tells me what I want to hear,” said al-Muʿtaṣim, “I swear I’ll unchain him with my own hands. Then I’ll lead my troops to him and march along behind him.” Then he said, “Aḥmad, I want what’s best for you, the same as if you were my son Hārūn. Come on, now: What can you tell me?”371

"Menga Allohning Kitobidan yoki Uning Elchisining sunnatidan biror narsa keltiring", dedim men. Majlis cho'zilgani sari al-Mu'tasim zerikib, bezovtalana boshladi. "Boringlar!" dedi u olimlarga. So'ng 'Abd al-Rahmon ibn Ishoq bilan meni qolishga buyurdi, u men bilan gaplashmoqchi edi. 69.14

“Give me something from the Book of God,” I said, “or the sunnah of His Emissary.” As the session dragged on, al-Muʿtaṣim grew bored and restless. “Go!” he said to the scholars. Then he ordered ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq and me to stay behind so he could talk to me. 69.14

“Qani, qo‘ysana!” dedi u. “Nega taslim bo‘lmaysan?” So‘ng dedi: “Seni tanimayapman. Bu yerga ilgari hech kelganmisan?” “Men uni bilaman, Mo‘minlar amiri,” dedi ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq. “Ottiz yildirki, u musulmonlar sizga itoat qilishlari, sizga ergashib jihodda ishtirok etishlari va siz bilan birga haj ziyoratiga borishlari kerakligini aytib yuribdi.” “Alloh haqqi,” dedi al-Mu‘tasim, “u olim odam, ziyrak aql egasi! Boshqa dinlardagi odamlar bilan bahslashish uchun uning kabi odamni yonimda ko‘rsam yomon bo‘lmasdi.” So‘ng menga qarab: “Sen Solih ar-Rashidiyni tanirmiding?” dedi. “Uning haqida eshitganman”, dedim men.

“Come on!” he said. “Why don’t you give up?” Then he said, “I don’t recognize you. Have you never come here before?” “I know him, Commander of the Faithful,” said ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq. “For thirty years, he’s been saying that Muslims owe obedience to you and should follow you in the holy war and join you on the pilgrimage.” “By God,” said al-Muʿtaṣim, “he’s a man of learning—a man of understanding! I wouldn’t mind having someone like him with me to argue against people from other religions.” Then, turning to me, “Did you know Ṣāliḥ al-Rashīdī?” “I’ve heard of him,” I said.

“Ustozim edi, u mana shu yerda o‘tirgan edi,” dedi u xonaning bir burchagiga ishora qilib. “Men undan Qur’on haqida so‘radim, u meni inkor qildi, shuning uchun uni oyoq osti qildirib, sudrab chiqarib tashlatdim. Shunday ekan, ey Ahmad: biror narsa topgin — har qanday narsa — unga rozi bo‘lishing mumkin bo‘lgan, men esa seni o‘z qo‘llarim bilan zanjirdan ozod qilaman.” “Menga Xudoning Kitobidan yoki Uning Elchisi sunnatidan biror narsa keltiring”, dedim men. Majlis uzoq cho‘zildi. Nihoyat al-Mu‘tasim o‘rnidan turib ichkariga qaytib ketdi va meni meni saqlab turishgan joyga qaytarib yuborishdi. 69.15

“He was my tutor, and he was sitting right there,” he said, pointing to a corner of the room. “I asked him about the Qurʾan and he contradicted me, so I had him trampled and dragged out. So Aḥmad: find something—anything—you can agree to, and I’ll unchain you with my own hands.” “Give me something from the Book of God,” I said, “or the sunnah of His Emissary.” The session dragged on. Finally al-Muʿtaṣim rose and went back inside, and I was sent back to the place where they had been keeping me. 69.15

Maƙrib namozidan keyin Ibn Abī Duʾodning ikki hamrohi ichkariga kiritildi va u yerda tunab, men bilan munozarani davom ettirish uchun qolishdi. Ular iftor vaqtigacha qolishdi.372 Dasturxon keltirilganda, ular meni ovqatlanishga majbur qilishdi, lekin men rad etdim. Keyin tun davomida al-Muʿtaṣim Ibn Abī Duʾodni yubordi.

After sunset prayers, two of Ibn Abī Duʾād’s associates were sent in to spend the night there and continue debating with me. They stayed until it was time to break the fast.372 When the meal arrived they pressed me to eat but I wouldn’t. Then, at some point during the night, al-Muʿtaṣim sent over Ibn Abī Duʾād.

“Mo‘minlarning amiri sizda biror gap bormi-yo‘qligini bilmoqchi,” dedi. Men odatdagi javobimni berdim.

“The Commander of the Faithful wants to know if you have anything to say.” I gave him my usual answer.

"Bilasizmi," dedi u, "sizning ismingiz ettita (yetti) qatorda edi — Yahyo ibn Ma'in va boshqalar bilan birga — lekin men uni o'chirib tashladim."373

“You know,” he said, “your name was one of the seven—Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn and the rest—but I rubbed it out.”373

Yahyo ibn Mo'in, Abu Xaysama, Ahmad ad-Davroqiy, al-Qavoririy, Sa'duvayh va ba'zi rivoyatlarda Xalaf al-Maxzumiy — yetti kishi shular edi.374

The seven were Yāḥyā ibn Maʿīn, Abū Khaythamah, Aḥmad al-Dawraqī, al- Qawārīrī, Saʿduwayh, and—in some accounts—Khalaf al-Makhzūmī.374

Ibn Abī Duʾād davom etdi: “Sizni hibsga olishganini ko‘rib afsuslandim.” So‘ng u dedi: “Mo‘minlar amiri sizni yaxshilab kaltaklab, keyin quyosh ko‘rinmaydigan biror joyga tashlashga qasamyod qilgan. Lekin u, agar siz taslim bo‘lsangiz, o‘zi kelib zanjirlaringizni yechishini ham aytadi.” Shundan so‘ng u chiqib ketdi.

Ibn Abī Duʾād continued: “I was sorry to see them arrest you.” Then he said, “The Commander of the Faithful has sworn to give you a good long beating and then throw you somewhere where you’ll never see the sun. But he also says that if you capitulate he’ll come and unchain you himself.” Then he left.

Ertasi kuni ertalab — u yerda ikkinchi kunim edi — al-Mu'tasimning elchisi keldi, meni qo'limdan ushlab, uning oldiga olib bordi. Al-Mu'tasim yana ular meni bahslashishga buyurdi. "Unga gapiring!" dedi u. 69.16

The next morning—on my second day there—al-Muʿtaṣim’s envoy came, took me by the arm, and brought me before him. Again al-Muʿtaṣim ordered them to debate me. “Talk to him!” he said. 69.16

Shunday qilib, bahs yana boshlandi. Ulardan biri narigi tomondan gapirardi va men unga javob berardim, boshqasi esa bu tomondan gapirardi va men unga ham javob berardim. Ular Alloh kitobida yoki Uning Elchisining sunnatida, yoki salaflar haqidagi rivoyatda bo'lmagan biror narsani tilga olganlarida, men: "Men nima deyayotganingizni bilmayman", deb aytardim. "Mo'minlar amiri", deb norozilik bildirishardi, "u bizga qarshi dalil topganda o'z so'zida turadi, lekin biz biror fikr aytganimizda, u nima haqida gapirayotganimizni bilmayman deydi." "Uning bilan bahslashishda davom eting!" dedi al-Mu'tasim.

So the debate began again. One of them would speak from over here and I would answer him, and another from over there and I’d answer him too. Whenever they mentioned anything not in the Book of God or the sunnah of His Emissary, or in a report about the early Muslims, I would say, “I don’t know what you mean.” “Commander of the Faithful,” they would protest, “when he has an argument against us he stands his ground, but whenever we make a point he says he doesn’t know what we’re talking about.” “Keep debating him!” said al-Muʿtaṣim.

"Men ko'rayotgan yagona narsa," dedi ulardan biri, "sen hadis keltirish va uning ma'nosini bilaman deb da'vo qilishing."17

“All I see you doing,” said one of them, “is citing Hadith and claiming to know what it means.” 69.17

“Bolalaringiz haqida Alloh sizlarga shunday buyuradi: bir erkakka ikki ayolning ulushi kabi ulush berilsin”, deb aytadigan oyatga nima deysiz? — deb so‘radim undan. Note: the quoted verse is from the Qur'an, so I've rendered it with its Uzbek Qur'anic wording and kept it in the same quotation form.375

“What do you say,” I asked him, “about the verse «Concerning your children, God enjoins you that a male shall receive a share equivalent to that of two females»?”375

"Bu faqat mo'minlarga tegishli", dedi u.

“It applies only to believers,” he said.

U unga savol berdim: “Qotillar, qullar yoki yahudiylar-chi?” U jim qoldi. Men bu usulga bitta sabab bilan murojaat qilgan edim: ular Qur’onning ochiq matniga tayanib bahslashayotgan edilar, menesa esa asossiz ravishda hadis keltirayotganimda ayblayotgan edilar.376

I asked him: “What about murderers, slaves, or Jews?” He fell silent. I had resorted to that tactic for one reason: they had been arguing on the basis of the plain text of the Qurʾan while accusing me of citing Hadith for no good reason.376

Ular tushgacha bahslashishda davom etdilar. Al-Mu'tasim charchagach, Abd ar-Rahmon ibn Ishoqdan boshqa hammani jo'natib yubordi, u esa men bilan bahslashishni davom ettirdi.

They kept at it until nearly noon. When al-Muʿtaṣim had had enough, he sent everyone away except for ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq, who continued to argue with me.

Nihoyat al-Muʿtasim o‘rnidan turib ichkariga qaytdi va meni ular meni ushlab turgan joyga qaytarib yuborishdi.

Finally al-Muʿtaṣim rose and went back inside, and I was sent back to the place where they had been holding me.

[Abdulloh:] Al-Fath ibn Shakhraf o'z qo'li bilan menga yozdi, u Xurosondan bo'lgan olim Ibn Hutayt (uning to'liq ismini u aytib bergan) dan eshitganini aytdi: Ahmad ibn Hanbal qamchilanishidan oldin, u va mehnat qurbonlarining boshqa ba'zilari qayerdadir bir uyda qamoqda saqlangan. 69.18

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Al-Fatḥ ibn Shakhraf wrote to me in his own hand saying that he heard from Ibn Ḥuṭayṭ—a man of learning from Khurasan, whose name he gave in full —that before Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was flogged, he and some of his fellow victims of the Inquisition were kept in confinement in a house somewhere. 69.18

"Tun tushdi," dedi Ahmad, "boshqalar uxlab qolishdi, lekin men o'zimga nima bo'lishini o'ylashdan to'xtay olmadim. Shunda uxlayotganlar orasidan o'tib, menga tomon kelayotgan baland bo'yli bir odamni ko'rdim."

“Night fell,” said Aḥmad, “and the others went to sleep, but I couldn’t stop thinking about what would happen to me. Then I saw a tall man picking his way around the sleepers toward me.

"Siz Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbalmisiz?" — deb so‘radi u.

“‘Are you Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal?’ he asked.

U hech narsa demadim va u yana so‘radi. Men javob bermaganimda, u uchinchi marta so‘radi:

“I said nothing and he asked again. When I didn’t answer, he asked a third time:

“Siz Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbalmisiz?” “Ha.” “Faqat sabr qiling,” dedi u, “va Jannat sizniki bo‘ladi.” Keyinroq, qamchilarning kuyishini his qilganimda, u menga aytgan so‘zlarini esladim. [Aḥmad:] Uchinchi kecha o‘ylardimki, ertasi kuni albatta biror narsa yuz beradi. Menga tayinlangan kishilardan biridan arqon topib berishini so‘radim. U topib keldi va men uni zanjirlarimni tortib ko‘tarish uchun ishlatdim. So‘ng shimimning bog‘ichini qayta bog‘lab, agar menga biror narsa bo‘lsa ham, ust-boshim yechilib qolmasligi uchun shimimni ushlab turdim. 69.19

‘Are you Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal?’ “‘Yes.’ “‘Only endure,’ he said, ‘and the Garden is yours.’ “Later, when I felt the burning of the whips, I remembered what he’d told me.” [Aḥmad:] I remember thinking to myself on the third night that something was bound to happen the next day. I asked one of the men who were assigned to me to find me a cord. He found one and I used it to pull up my chains. Then I put the drawstring back on my trousers to hold them up so I wouldn’t be exposed if something happened to me. 69.19

Uchinchi kuni ertalab 377 al-Mu'tasim meni yana chaqirtirdi. Men zalga kirdim va uni odamlarga to'la holda ko'rdim. Men asta-sekin oldinga yurganimda qilichli odamlarni, qamchili odamlarni va boshqalarni ko'rdim — birinchi ikki kundagiga qaraganda ancha ko'p edi. Men unga yetib borganimda, u menga o'tirishimni aytdi. «Unga e'tiroz bildiringlar», dedi u boshqalarga. «U bilan gaplashinglar!» 69.20

On the morning of the third day,377 al-Muʿtaṣim sent for me again. I entered the hall to find it packed with people. As I came slowly forward, I saw people with swords, people with whips, and so on—many more than on the first two days. When I reached him, he told me to sit down. “Debate him,” he told the others. “Talk to him!” 69.20

Ular mening bilan bahslasha boshladilar. Biri gapirar, men unga javob berardim, so'ngra yana bir kishi gapirar, men unga ham javob berardim. Tez orada men g'alaba qozonayotgan edim.378 Al-Mu'tasim yonida turgan kishilardan biri meni barmoq bilan ko'rsata boshladi. Majlis bir muddat davom etgach, al-Mu'tasim meni bir chetga olib ketishni buyurdi, toki u ular bilan yakka o'zi maslahatlashsin.

They began to argue with me. One would talk and I would answer him, and then another would talk and I’d answer him too. Soon I was winning.378 One of the men standing near al-Muʿtaṣim began pointing at me. After the session had gone on for a while, al-Muʿtaṣim had me led away to one side so he could confer with them alone.

Keyin u ularni chetga yubordi va meni chaqirtirdi.

Then he sent them to the side and had me brought over.

“Ketdik, Ahmad!” dedi u. “Men xohlagan gapni ayt, men seni o‘z qo‘llarim bilan zanjirdan ozod qilaman.” Men unga odatdagi javobimni berganimda, u meni so‘kdi, so‘ng dedi: “Uni olib keting va yalang‘ochlang!” Meni olib ketishdi va yalang‘ochlashdi.379

“Come on, Aḥmad!” he said. “Tell me what I want to hear, and I’ll unchain you with my own hands.” When I gave him my usual answer, he cursed me, then said, “Drag him away and strip him!” I was dragged away and stripped.379

Bir oz oldin men Payg‘ambarning sochlaridan ba’zilarini olgan edim. Ko‘ylagimning yengida nimadir tugilgan holda ekanini sezgan Ishoq ibn Ibrohim odam yuborib, bu nima ekanini so‘radi. Men unga bu Payg‘ambar ﷺning sochlari ekanini aytdim. Ular ko‘ylagimni yirtib olishni boshlaganda, al-Mu‘tasim ularga to‘xtashni buyurdi va ko‘ylagimni yirtmasdan yechib olishdi. Menimcha, u ichkarida tugilgan soch tufayli shunday qildi. 69.21

Some time before, I had acquired some of the Prophet’s hair. Noticing that I had something knotted up in the sleeve of my shirt, Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm sent someone over to ask what it was. I told him it was some of the Prophet’s hair. When they started tearing my shirt off, al-Muʿtaṣim told them to stop and they pulled it off me without ripping it. I think he held back because of the hair that was knotted up inside. 69.21

Stul ustiga o‘tirgan holda al-Mu‘tasim qoziqlar va qamchilarni olib kelishni buyurdi. Ular qoziqlarni olib chiqib, meni qo‘llarimni cho‘zishga majbur qilishdi. Orqamdan kimdir: “Tishlarni ushlab torting”, dedi, lekin men tushunmadim va natijada ikkala bilagimni cho‘zib oldim.380 69.22

Sitting down on a chair, al-Muʿtaṣim called for the posts and the whips. They brought out the posts and made me stretch out my arms. From behind me someone said, “Hold on to the tusks and pull,” but I didn’t understand, so I ended up spraining both my wrists.380 69.22

[Al-Būshanjī:] Aytishlaricha, Ahmad lavozimlaridan chetlatilganda, al-Mu'tasim uning qo'rqmasligini ko'rib, uning jasoratiga shunchalik qoyil qoldiki, unga nisbatan yumshoqlik ko'rsatishga tayyor bo'ldi. Lekin shunda Ahmad ibn Abu Du'od uni qo'zg'atdi va dedi: "Agar siz uni qo'yib yuborsangiz, odamlar: "Siz al-Ma'mun e'tiqodidan voz kechdingiz va uni amalga oshirishdan bosh tortyapsiz", deb aytishadi." Aynan shu gap al-Mu'tasimni uni qamchilashga undadi. 69.23

[Al-Būshanjī:] They say that when Aḥmad was suspended from the posts, al- Muʿtaṣim, seeing him undaunted, so admired his bravery that he was prepared to be lenient with him; but then Aḥmad ibn Abī Duʾād provoked him, saying, “If you let him go, people will say that you’ve renounced al-Maʾmūn’s creed and are refusing to enforce it.” It was this that pushed al-Muʿtaṣim to go ahead and flog him. 69.23

[Aḥmad:] Qamchilar olib kelinganda, al-Mu'tasim ularga qarab: «Boshqalarini olib keling», dedi, va shunday qilindi.381 So'ng u jallodlarga dedi:382

[Aḥmad:] When they brought the whips, al-Muʿtaṣim looked at them and said, “Bring different ones,” which was done.381 Then he said to the lictors,382

"Davom eting!" 69.24

“Proceed!” 69.24

Ular birma-bir menga yaqinlashib, har biri ikki darradan urdi, al-Mu‘tasim esa baqirardi: “Kuchliroq uringlar, la‘nat sizlarga!” Har biri chetga chiqqach, boshqasi kelib yana ikki marta urardi, u esa shu zahoti baqirardi: “Kuchliroq uringlar, hammangizga la‘nat!”383

One at a time, they came at me, and struck two lashes apiece, with al-Muʿtaṣim calling out, “Harder, damn you!” As each one stepped aside another would come up and hit me twice more, with him shouting all the while, “Harder, damn you all!”383

Mening urishimga o‘n to‘qqiz qamchi zarbasi tushganidan so‘ng, u — ya’ni al-Mu‘tasim — o‘rnidan turib, menga tomon yurib keldi. 69.25

After I had been struck nineteen lashes, he—meaning al-Muʿtaṣim—rose from his seat and walked up to me. 69.25

“Aḥmad,” ol dedi, “nega o‘zingni o‘ldirmoqdasan? Xudoga qasamki, men sening yaxshiligingni istayman.” Shundan so‘ng ʿUjayf qilichining dastasi bilan meni turtkilay boshladi. “Sen butun bu to‘da bilan kurashib g‘alaba qozonishni o‘ylaysanmi?” “Uyat bo‘lsin!” deb kimdir baqirdi. “Xalifa seni kutib turibdi.” “Mo‘minlarning amiri!” deb yana biri yig‘ladi. “Uni o‘ldiring, uning qoni menga bo‘lsin!” Shundan so‘ng boshqalari ham qo‘shilib gapira boshladi. “Mo‘minlarning amiri, siz ro‘za tutgansiz, endi esa quyoshda turibsiz!”384

“Aḥmad,” he said, “why are you killing yourself? I swear to God, I want what’s best for you.” Then ʿUjayf began jabbing at me with the hilt of his sword. “Do you think you can win against this whole lot?” “For shame!” someone called out. “The caliph is standing there waiting for you.” “Commander of the Faithful!” cried another. “Kill him, and let his blood be on my hands!” Then more of them chimed in. “Commander of the Faithful, you’ve been fasting, and now you’re standing in the sun!”384

“Qani, Ahmad,” dedi u. “Biror narsa ayt!” “Menga ishonsa bo‘ladigan biror narsa keltiring,” dedim men, “Alloh Kitobidan yoki Uning Elchisining sunnatidan.” U o‘z stuliga qaytib borib o‘tirdi.

“Come on, Aḥmad,” he said. “Say something!” “Give me something I can believe,” I said, “from the Book of God or the sunnah of His Emissary.” He went back to his chair and sat down.

“Davom et”, dedi u jallodga. “Tegsin, bilib qo‘y!” Ko‘p o‘tmay u ikkinchi marta o‘rnidan turdi va dedi: “Qani, Ahmad! Men eshitmoqchi bo‘lgan gapni ayt.” 69.26

“Proceed,” he said to the lictor. “Let him feel it, damn you!” Soon he rose a second time, saying, “Come on, Aḥmad! Tell me what I want to hear.” 69.26

Boshqalar ham qo'shilib, dedilar: "Uyat bo'lsin senga, Ahmad: sening imaming bu yerda seni kutib turibdi." "Sening sheriklaringdan qaysi biri ham sen qilayotgan ishni qilyapti?" — deb so'radi Abdurrahmon. "Qo'lingdan kelganini ayt," dedi menga al-Mu'tasim, "men seni o'z qo'llarim bilan zanjirdan ozod qilaman." "Menga ishonsa bo'ladigan biror narsa ber," dedim men, "Xudoning Kitobidan yoki Uning Elchisining sunnatidan." U yana kursisiga qaytib borib o'tirdi. "Davom et," dedi u jallodlarga.

The others joined in, saying, “Shame on you, Aḥmad: your imam is standing here waiting for you.” “Which of your associates,” asked ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, “is doing what you’re doing?” “Tell me whatever you can manage,” al-Muʿtaṣim said to me, “and I’ll unchain you with my own hands.” “Give me something I can believe,” I said, “from the Book of God or the sunnah of His Emissary.” Again he went back to his chair and sat down. “Proceed,” he said to the lictors.

Yana ular navbat bilan yaqinlashib, har biri menga ikki darradan urdi, al-Mu'tasim esa baqirardi: “Yana kuchliroq uringlar, la'nat sizlarga!” Har biri chetga o'tgach, yana bir kishi kelib menga yana ikki darra urdi, u esa bu vaqtda ham qichqirardi: “Hammangiz kuchliroq uringlar, la'nat sizlarga!” Shunda men hushimdan ketdim.385

Again they came up one by one and struck me two lashes apiece, with al-Muʿtaṣim calling out, “Harder, damn you!” As each stepped aside another would come up and hit me twice more, with him shouting all the while, “Harder, damn you all!” That’s when I passed out.385

Bir muddat o'tgach, o'zimga kelganimda, zanjirlarim yechilgan edi.

Some time later I came to my senses to find that my chains had been removed.

«Bizni yuzingiz bilan yerga yiqitdik,» dedi o‘sha yerda bo‘lgan odamlardan biri. «Keyin sizni yerda ag‘darib, oyoq osti qildik.» Men buni eslay olmasdim.

“We threw you face down,” said one of the men who had been there. “Then we rolled you over on the ground and trampled you.” I had no memory of that.

Menga arpa suvi keltirishdi va uni ichib, qusishimni aytishdi.

They brought me some barley water and told me to drink it and vomit.

«Men ro‘zamni buzolmayman», dedim men ularga.

“I can’t break the fast,” I told them.

Meni yana Isḥāq ibn Ibrohim huzuriga olib borishdi, u yerda peshin namozini o‘qidim.386 Ibn Samā‘ah imomlik qilish uchun oldinga o‘tdi. Namozni tugatgach, u menga dedi: “Kiyimingiz ichida qon oqayotgan bo‘lsa, qanday qilib namoz o‘qiy olding?” 69.27

They took me back to Isḥāq ibn Ibrahīm’s place, where I attended the noon prayer.386 Ibn Samāʿah stepped forward to lead the prayer. When he finished he asked me, “How could you pray when you’re bleeding inside your clothes?” 69.27

Umar namozni yarador bo‘lgan holida, yarasidan qon otilib turgan holda o‘qidi.

“ʿUmar prayed with blood spurting from his wounds,” I answered.

Solih dedi: 69.28

Ṣāliḥ said: 69.28

Otam ozod qilinib, uyiga qaytdi. U birinchi marta hibsga olingan paytdan to qamchilanib, qo‘yib yuborilgunga qadar yigirma sakkiz oy o‘tdi.

My father was released and went home. From the time he was first arrested to the time he was flogged and let go was twenty-eight months.

Otam bilan birga bo‘lgan ikki kishidan biri — ya’ni zindonda — hamma narsani eshitdi va ko‘rdi. Keyinchalik u mening oldimga kelib dedi: “Amakivachcha, Alloh Abū ʿAbd Allohga rahm qilsin! Men hech kimni u kishiga o‘xshagan holda ko‘rmaganman. Ularing ovqat olib kelishganda, men unga ro‘zador ekanini eslatardim va o‘zini saqlab qolishi mumkinligini aytardim.387 Yana esimda, u chanqagan edi. U xizmatchidan ichish uchun biror narsa so‘radi. Odam unga muz solingan bir piyola suv berdi. U olib, bir lahza unga qarab turdi, lekin ichmasdan qaytarib berdi. Shunday dahshatli joyda ham ovqatsiz va suvsiz o‘tira olishiga men hayron qolgan edim.” Ṣāliḥ dedi: 69.29

One of the two men who were with my father—in jail, that is—heard and saw everything. Later he came to see me and said, “Cousin, may God have mercy on Abū ʿAbd Allāh! I never saw anyone like him. When they sent food in, I would remind him that he was fasting, and tell him he was allowed to save himself.387 I also remember that he was thirsty. He asked the attendant for something to drink. The man gave him a cup of water with ice in it. He took it and looked at it for a moment, but then he gave it back without drinking it. I was amazed that he could go without food or water even in that terrifying place.” Ṣālīḥ said: 69.29

Shu paytda men unga ozgina ovqat yoki bir-ikki non yashirib olib kirish uchun qo'limdan kelgan barcha ishni qilardim, ammo mening barcha iltijolarim hech qanday foyda bermadi.

At the time, I was doing everything I could to smuggle some food or a loaf or two of flatbread in to him, but none of my pleading did any good.

U bir kishi, u yerda bo‘lgan odam, menga aytdiki, u uch kun davomida unga ko‘z tikib turgan va butun bahs-munozara davomida bir marta ham bitta so‘zni noto‘g‘ri talaffuz qilmagan. "Men hech kimning u kabi chidamli bo‘lishi mumkin deb o‘ylamagan edim." [Al-Būshanjī:] Al-Mu‘tasim Ramazon oyida, 218-yilda Vizantiya frontidan Bag‘dodga qaytdi. Aynan o‘shanda u Ahmadni sudga berdi va uni o‘z oldida qamchilatdi. 69.30

A man who was there told me that he kept his eye on him for the entire three days, and not once during all the argument and debate did he mispronounce a single word. “I didn’t think it was possible for anyone to be as tough as he was.” [Al-Būshanjī:] Al-Muʿtaṣim returned to Baghdad from the Byzantine front in Ramadan of ’18. It was then that he tried Aḥmad and had him flogged before him. 69.30

Mening ishonchli hamkasbim menga Ibrohim ibn Mus’ab aytgan gapni xabar berdi. U o‘sha paytda Ishoq ibn Ibrohim o‘rnida al-Mu’tasimning bosh politsiya boshlig‘i vazifasini bajarardi: “Men shohlar va shahzodalar oldiga olib kelingan, lekin Ahmad kabi qo‘rquvsiz ko‘ringan birorta odamni ko‘rmaganman. Uning nazarida biz pashshalar to‘dasidan boshqa narsa emasdek edik.” [Az-Zuhriy:] Men o‘z yozuvlarimdan o‘qidim: Ahmad ibn Hanbalning sudida, Ahmad ikki ustun orasida osilgan holatda turganda, al-Marrudhiy nima degan edi.388 69.31

A trustworthy associate of mine reported to me what he was told by Ibrāhīm ibn Muṣʿab, who at that time was standing in for Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm as al-Muʿtaṣim’s chief of police: “I’ve never seen anyone brought face to face with kings and princes show as little fear as Aḥmad did that day. To him we were nothing but a cloud of flies.” [Al-Zuhrī:] I read from my own notes what al-Marrūdhī said at the trial of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, as Aḥmad was hanging between the posts.388 69.31

«Ustoz», dedi al-Marrūdhiy, «Alloh taolo: "O'zlaringizni o'ldirmanglar", deydi». Wait, the rules say never write "Allah", so use God's Uzbek word: Xudo. «Ustoz», dedi al-Marrūdhiy, «Xudo: "O'zlaringizni o'ldirmanglar", deydi».389

“Master,” said al-Marrūdhī, “God says, «Do not kill yourselves.»”389

«Marrūdhiy», dedi Ahmad, «chiqib tashqariga qarang-da, nima ko‘rayotganingizni menga ayting.» Al-Marrūdhiy rivoyat qiladi: «Men chiqdim va xalifa saroyining hovlisida ulkan odamlar to‘plamini ko‘rdim — ularning soni qancha ekanini faqat Alloh biladi — qo‘llarida qog‘ozlar, qalamlar va siyohdonlar bor edi. Men ulardan nima qilayotganlarini so‘radim, ular: “Ahmad nima deydi, shuni eshitib yozib olish uchun kutyapmiz”, deyishdi.» U ularga o‘z joylarida turishni buyurdi-da, ichkariga qaytib keldi. Ahmad hamon ustunlar orasida osilgan holda turgan edi. Al-Marrūdhiy unga qalam va qog‘oz ushlagan, u aytadigan har bir so‘zni yozib olishni kutayotgan odamlar to‘plamini ko‘rganini aytdi.

“Marrūdhī,” said Aḥmad, “go and look outside and tell me what you see.” Al-Marrūdhī reported: “I went out and there, in the courtyard of the caliph’s palace, was a vast crowd of people—God only knows how many—with their sheets of paper, their pens, and their pots of ink. I asked them what they were doing, and they said, ‘We’re waiting to hear what Aḥmad says so we can write it down.’” He told them to stay where they were, then went back inside, where Aḥmad was still hanging between the posts. He told him that he had seen a crowd of people holding pen and paper and waiting to write down whatever he would say.

«Men bu odamlarni aldashim mumkinmi?» — deb so‘radi Ahmad. — «Men o‘zimni o‘ldirganim ma’qul.»390

“Can I mislead all those people?” asked Aḥmad. “I’d rather kill myself.”390

[Muallif:] Mana, Bilol kabi, o‘z Xudosi yo‘lida jonini berishga tayyor bo‘lgan bir kishi. Sa’id ibn al-Musayyab haqida ham shunday rivoyat qilinadi: uning nazarida hayoti chivinning hayotidan ortiq emas edi. Bunday o‘zligidan voz kechish faqat kishi bu hayotdan keyingi hayotni ko‘rib, nigohini hozirgi zamondan emas, kelajakka qaratgan taqdirdagina mumkin. Ahmadning katta azob-uqubatlari uning kuchli imonidan dalolatdir, chunki Payg‘ambar ﷺ aytganlar: “Inson imoni darajasida azob chekadi.” Ahmadga yordam bergan, unga idrok ato etgan, irodasini mustahkamlagan va unga madad bergan Zotga hamdu sanolar bo‘lsin. 69.32

[The author:] Here then is a man who, like Bilāl, was willing to give up his life for the sake of his God.391 Of Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab, similarly, it is reported that his life meant as little to him as the life of a fly. Such indifference to self is possible only when one has glimpsed the life that lies beyond this one and trained one’s gaze on the future rather than the present. Aḥmad’s great suffering is evidence of his strong faith, for, as the Prophet is known to have said, “A man suffers in proportion to his faith.” Praise the One who helped Aḥmad, granted him the gift of perception, strengthened his resolve, and came to his aid. 69.32

[Ibn al-Aṣbagh:] Men Bag'dodda edim, bir shovqinni eshitdim. Nima haqida ekanini so'radim, odamlar Ahmad ibn Hanbalning sudga tortilayotganini aytishdi. Shunda uyimga qaytdim, katta miqdorda pul yig'dim va majlisga kirish uchun pora berdim. Saroy ichida qilichlari yalang'och, nayzalari o'rnatilgan, qalqonlari tiklangan va qamchilari tayyor turgan askarlarni ko'rdim. Menga qora chopon, kamar va qilich berishdi va gaplar eshitiladigan darajada yaqin joyga o'tqazishdi. 69.33

[Ibn al-Aṣbagh:] I was in Baghdad and heard a clamor. I asked what it was about and people told me that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was being tried. So I went home, collected a substantial sum of money, and bribed my way into the session. Inside the palace, I saw soldiers with their swords drawn, their spears fixed, their shields planted, and their whips at the ready. I was fitted out with a black cloak, a sash, and a sword, and given a seat close enough that I could hear what was being said. 69.33

Xalifa paydo bo‘ldi va kursiga o‘tirdi. Shundan so‘ng Ibn Hanbal olib kirildi.

The caliph appeared and seated himself in a chair. Then Ibn Ḥanbal was brought in.

“Men o‘zim bobom Payg‘ambarga qasamki, agar aytganimdek demasang, seni qamchilatib o‘ldiraman!” dedi xalifa va qorovulga o‘girilib, “Olib keting uni!” dedi. Birinchi zarbda Ahmad: “Alloh nomi bilan!” dedi. Ikkinchisida: “Hech qanday kuch va quvvat faqat Allohdan!” dedi. Uchinchisida: “Qur’on Allohning kalomi bo‘lib, yaratilmagandir!” dedi. To‘rtinchisida: “«Ayting: Allohning bizga yozgani bizga yetadi!»” dedi. Note: the Uzbek word for God here is Alloh, which is the form Uzbek uses, but per your rules, the original's "God" is written as the Uzbek word for God, which is Xudo. Corrected translation: “Men o‘zim bobom Payg‘ambarga ﷺ qasamki, agar aytganimdek demasang, seni qamchilatib o‘ldiraman!” dedi xalifa va qorovulga o‘girilib, “Olib keting uni!” dedi. Birinchi zarbda Ahmad: “Xudo nomi bilan!” dedi. Ikkinchisida: “Hech qanday kuch va quvvat faqat Xudodan!” dedi. Uchinchisida: “Qur’on Xudoning kalomi bo‘lib, yaratilmagandir!” dedi. To‘rtinchisida: “«Ayting: Xudoning bizga yozgani bizga yetadi!»” dedi.392

“I swear by my ancestor the Prophet,” said the caliph, “that if you don’t say as I say, I’ll have you flogged!” Turning to the lictor, he said, “Take him away!” At the first blow, Aḥmad said, “In the name of God!” At the second, he said, “There is no might or power except by God!” At the third, he said, “The Qurʾan is the speech of God, and uncreated!” At the fourth he said, “«Say: we will suffer only what God has decreed for us!»”392

Likto uni yigirma to‘qqiz marta qamchiladi, shu payt Ahmadning shim bog‘ichi — ya’ni bir parcha kiyim astari bo‘lgan bog‘ich — uzilib ketdi. Shimi belidan pastga, chov qismigacha tushib ketdi.

The lictor had struck him twenty-nine lashes when Aḥmad’s trouser cord—which was made of nothing more than a strip of garment lining—broke. His trousers slipped down as far as his groin.

«U ahvol bilan qolar-ku», deb o‘yladim o‘zimcha. Ammo shu payt u osmonga qaradi va lablarini pichirlatdi. Shu zahoti shim sirg‘anishdan to‘xtadi va o‘z joyida qoldi.

“He’ll be left with nothing on,” I thought to myself. But then he looked up to the heavens and moved his lips. Instantly the trousers stopped slipping and remained in place.

Yetti kundan keyin men uning oldiga bordim. “Ahmad,” deb so‘radim, “ular seni kaltaklagan kuni men ham u yerda edim, shimingning bog‘ichi uzilib ketdi. Ko‘rdimki, sen yuqoriga qarab lablaringni harakatlantirding. Nima deding?” U dedi: “Men shunday dedim: ‘Ey Xudo, Seni arshni to‘ldirgan nomingiz bilan chaqiraman! Agar Sen meni haqligimni bilsang, avratimni ochib qo‘yma.’” [Ahmad ibn al-Faraj:] Ahmad qamchilanayotganda men u yerda edim. Abu l-Dann yaqinlashib, unga o‘ndan ortiq qamchi urdi. Uning yelkalaridan qon oqa boshladi. U bir juft shim kiygan edi, uning bog‘ichi uzildi. Shim pastga tusha boshlaganini ko‘rdim, u esa nimadir deb pichirladi va shim yana yuqoriga ko‘tarildi. 69.34

Seven days later, I went to see him. “Aḥmad,” I asked, “I was there the day they beat you and your trousers came apart. I saw you look up and move your lips. What were you saying?” He said, “I said, ‘God, I call You by Your name, which has filled the Throne! If You know me to be in the right, do not expose my nakedness.’” [Aḥmad ibn al-Faraj:] I was there when Aḥmad was whipped. Abū l-Dann came up and struck him more than ten lashes. Blood started pouring from his shoulders. He was wearing a pair of trousers, and the cord broke. I noticed that as the trousers began to come down, he said something inaudible and they went back up. 69.34

“Keyinroq men unga bu haqda so‘radim va u o‘zi aytgan gapini aytib berdi: “‘Ey mening Xudoyim va Rabbim, Sen meni shu yerga qo‘ydingmi, endi esa avratimni dunyo oldida ochib qo‘yasanmi?’ Shundan so‘ng mening shimim yana yuqoriga ko‘tarildi.”393

Later I asked him about it, and he told me what he had said: “‘My God and Lord, You’ve put me here, and now You’re going to expose my nakedness to the world?’ That’s when my trousers came back up.”393

[Al-Qurashīy:] Ahmad ibn Hanbalni qamchilash uchun olib chiqishganida, uning shimidan boshqa hamma narsasini yechib olishdi. Qamchilanayotganda shimi bo‘shashib ketdi. Uning lablari harakatlandi, so‘ng qamchilanayotganda uning ostidan ikki qo‘l paydo bo‘lib, shimini yana tortib qo‘ydi. Qamchilash tugagach, shimi bo‘shashganda nima deganini so‘radik. U bizga shunday dedi: “Men dedim: “Arshing qayerdaligini faqat O‘zing biladigan Zotga iltijo qilaman. Agar men haq bo‘lsam, mening avratimni fosh qilma.” Men shuni dedim.” 69.35

[Al-Qurashī:] When they brought Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal forward to be flogged, they stripped him of everything but his trousers. As he was being flogged, the trousers came loose. His lips moved, and then I saw two hands appear from under him as he was being whipped and pull the trousers back up. When the flogging was over, we asked him what he had said when the trousers came loose. He told us, “I said, ‘I call on You who alone knows where Your Throne is. If I’m in the right, do not expose my nakedness.’ That’s what I said.” 69.35

[Ar-Roziy:] Ishoq ibn Ibrohim shunday derdi: "Xudo haqqi, Ahmad qamchilanayotgan kuni men u yerda edim. Uning shimi tushib ketdi, so'ng yana ko'tarildi va bo'shab qolganda o'zi yana bog'landi. Uning yonidagi odamlar esa o'z ishlari bilan band edi va buni sezmadilar. Lekin men al-Mu'tasim uchun bundan dahshatliroq kun ko'rmaganman. Agar u qamchilashni to'xtatmaganida, u hech qachon tirik qutula olmas edi."394 69.36

[Al-Rāzī:] Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm used to say, “By God, I was there the day Aḥmad was flogged and his trousers came down and went up again, and reknotted themselves after coming loose. The people there with him were too preoccupied to notice. But I never saw a more terrible day for al-Muʿtaṣim. If he hadn’t stopped the flogging, he would never have made it out alive.”394 69.36

[Al-Anṣārī:] Men bir jallodning shunday deganini eshitdim: “Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal qaroqchidek bardoshli chiqdi.395 Agar tuya cho‘kkalab o‘tirgan bo‘lsa-yu, men uni u kishini urganimdek qattiq urganimda, uning qornini yorib yuborgan bo‘lardim.” 69.37

[Al-Anṣārī:] I heard one of the lictors say, “Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal turned out to be as tough as a bandit.395 If a camel knelt down and I hit it as hard as I hit him, I would have split open its belly.” 69.37

[Shābāṣ:] Men Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbalni səkkiz o‘n qamchi bilan urdim. Agar fil bunchalik qattiq urilganida, uni yiqitib qo‘yardi.396 69.38

[Shābāṣ:] I struck Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal eighty lashes. If I’d hit an elephant that hard I would’ve knocked it down.396 69.38

[Al-Rāshidī:] Mening hamkasblarimdan biri xabar berdi: «Qamchilar Abū ʿAbd Allohning ustiga tushib, tanasini yirtay boshlaganda, u: “Osmonlar va yer Hukmdori, Sizga faryod qilaman!” dedi». 69.39

[Al-Rāshidī:] One of my associates reported: “When the whips began to tear into Abū ʿAbd Allāh, he said, ‘To You, Sovereign of the heavens and the earth, I cry for help!’” 69.39

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Men otamning tez-tez: "Alloh Abu-l-Haysamga rahm qilsin! Alloh Abu-l-Haysamni mag'firat etsin! Alloh Abu-l-Haysamni kechirsin!" deganini eshitardim. 69.40

[ʿAbd Allāh:] I often heard my father say, “God have mercy on Abū l-Haytham! God pardon Abū l-Haytham! God forgive Abū l-Haytham!” 69.40

“Dada,” nihoyat so‘radim, “Abū l-Haytham kim?” “Bilmaysanmi?” “Yo‘q.” “U Abū l-Haytham al-Ḥaddād. Meni olib ketib, qamchilash uchun qo‘llarimni cho‘zishganda, orqamdan kimdir kiyimimdan tortayotganini his qildim.”

“Dad,” I finally asked, “who is Abū l-Haytham?” “Don’t you know?” “No.” “It’s Abū l-Haytham al-Ḥaddād. The day they took me and stretched my arms out for the flogging, I felt someone pulling at my clothes from behind.

“Meni tanidingmi?” — deb so‘radi u.

“‘Do you recognize me?’ he asked.

“‘Yo‘q.’ “‘Men Abu l-Haysam bo‘laman, men qaroqchi, cho‘ntakesar va o‘g‘riman. Bir paytlar bor-yo‘g‘i shayton va dunyo ishlari uchun Mo‘minlar amiri huzurida qayd etilgan o‘n sakkiz ming darra yegan edim. Shuning uchun sabr qil va Xudo hamda Islom yo‘lida urilishga chidа.’ “Ular uning o‘n sakkiz ming darrasi o‘rniga menga o‘n sakkiz darra urishdi. Shundan so‘ng xizmatkor chiqib: ‘Mo‘minlar amiri uni kechirdi!’ dedi.” [Muallif:] Ibrohim ibn Muhammad ibn Arafa o‘zining “Tarix” asarida Ahmad o‘ttiz olti darra urilganini rivoyat qiladi.397

“‘No.’ “‘I’m Abū l-Haytham, and I’m a bandit, a cutpurse, and a thief. At one time or another, I’ve been struck eighteen thousand lashes—all on record with the Commander of the Faithful—for the sake of Satan and the things of this world. So bear up and take your beating for God and Islam.’ “They struck me eighteen lashes instead of his eighteen thousand. Then the attendant came out and said, ‘The Commander of the Faithful has pardoned him!’” [The author:] In his History, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿArafah reports that Aḥmad was struck thirty-six lashes.397

[Yahyo ibn Nu'aym:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal al-Mu'tasimning huzuriga kaltaklanish uchun olib chiqilayotganda, uni kuzatib borayotgan zobit dedi: "Bu ishni sizga qilgan kishini la'natlang!" 69.41

[Yaḥyā ibn Nuʿaym:] As Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was being taken out to al-Muʿtaṣim to be flogged, the officer escorting him said, “Go ahead and curse whoever did this to you!” 69.41

“Cursing your oppressor,” said Aḥmad, “shows a lack of fortitude.” [Al-Baghawī:] I saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal going into the mosque of al-Manṣūr wearing a green over-garment, his sandals in his hand, bare-headed. To me he looked to be a tall, dark-skinned, white-bearded old man. Sitting in the gallery of the minaret were members of the caliph’s entourage. When they saw him, they came down to pay their respects. Kissing his head and hands, they said, “Curse the one who mistreated you.” 69.42

“Cursing your oppressor,” said Aḥmad, “shows a lack of fortitude.” [Al-Baghawī:] I saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal going into the mosque of al-Manṣūr wearing a green over-garment, his sandals in his hand, bare-headed. To me he looked to be a tall, dark-skinned, white-bearded old man. Sitting in the gallery of the minaret were members of the caliph’s entourage. When they saw him, they came down to pay their respects. Kissing his head and hands, they said, “Curse the one who mistreated you.” 69.42

"Zolimingizga la'nat aytish," dedi Ahmad, "sabr-toqatning yetishmasligidan dalolat beradi."398

“Cursing your oppressor,” said Aḥmad, “shows a lack of fortitude.”398

[Ahmad:] Meni saroyga olib borishganda, men ikki kun davomida ovqatsiz yurdim.

[Aḥmad:] When they took me to the palace I went without food for two days.

Ular meni qamchilaganlaridan keyin menga arpa suvi keltirishdi, lekin men o‘zimning ro‘zamni buzmaslik uchun undan ichmadim. 69.43

After they flogged me they brought me some barley water, but I didn’t have any so as not to break my fast. 69.43

[Al-Makhzūmī:] Men Makkada Sa'id ibn Mansur bilan Ka'baning atrofida aylanib yurgan edim, orqamdan bir ovoz eshitildi: “Bugun Ahmad ibn Hanbalni qamchilash kuni.” 69.44

[Al-Makhzūmī:] I was in Mecca walking around the Kaʿbah with Saʿīd ibn Manṣūr when I heard a voice behind me say: “Today is the flogging of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.” 69.44

Keyinroq men uning o‘sha kuni qamchilanganini bildim.

Later I found out that he had been flogged that day.

Boshqa rivoyatda:

In another telling:

Sa'id ibn Mansur mendan so'radi: "Men eshitganimni sen ham eshitdingmi?" Men unga eshitganimni aytdim.

Saʿīd ibn Manṣūr asked me, “Did you hear what I heard?” I told him I had.

"Bugun qanday kun ekanligini eslang", dedi u.

“Remember what day this is,” he said.

Keyinroq biz uning o'sha kuni qamchi bilan urilganini bilib oldik.

Later we found out that he had been flogged that day.

[Al-Ṭaḥḥān:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal qamchilangan kuni men Abu Ubayd al-Qosim ibn Sallom, Ibrohim ibn Abil-Layth va yana bir nechta kishilar bilanOsim ibn Alining uyida edim. 69.45

[Al-Ṭaḥḥān:] On the day Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was flogged, I was with Abū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām, Ibrahīm ibn Abī l-Layth, and several others at the home of ʿĀṣim ibn ʿAlī. 69.45

“Bu odamga men bilan birga borib gaplashadigan kim bormi?” deb so‘radi ʿĀṣim.399 U savolini bir necha marta takrorladi, lekin hech kim javob bermadi. Nihoyat Ibrohim: “Men boraman”, dedi. ʿĀṣim xizmatkor bolaga etigini olib kelishni baqirib buyurdi. Lekin shundan so‘ng Ibrohim: “Avval qizlarimni ko‘rib kelay. Ular bilan ancha vaqtdan beri ko‘rishmadim, ularga aytadigan gaplarim bor”, dedi. U chiqib ketdi va biz, u xushbo‘y narsa surtib, kafanini kiyish uchun ketgan bo‘lsa kerak, deb taxmin qildik.

“Will anyone come with me and talk to that man?” asked ʿĀṣim.399 He repeated the question several times but no one answered, until finally Ibrāhīm said, “I’ll come.” ʿĀṣim shouted to the servant boy to bring his boots. But then Ibrāhīm said, “Let me go and see my daughters first. I haven’t seen them in a while and I have some things to tell them.” He left, and we suspected that he had gone to perfume himself and put on his shroud.

U qaytib kelganida, ʿĀṣim yana botinkalarini chaqirdi.

When he returned, ʿĀṣim again called for his boots.

“Men qizlarimni ko‘rgani bordim”, dedi Ibrohim, “ular yig‘ladilar.” Shundan so‘ng ʿĀsimning ikki qizidan Vositdan xat keldi. Unda shunday yozilgan edi: “Ota, bizga xabar berishdi, o‘sha odam Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbalni olib, uni Qur’on yaratilgan deb aytishga majburlash uchun kaltaklagan emish. Agar u sizdan ham shuni talab qilsa, Allohdan qo‘rqing va rad eting. Alloh haqqi, sizning taslim bo‘lganingizdan ko‘ra, vafot etganingiz haqida eshitganimizni afzal ko‘ramiz.” [Al-Ḥarrānī:] Aḥmad kaltaklanayotganda men va Abū ʿUbayd al-Qosim ibn Sallom al-Mu‘tasimning darvozasi oldida kutib turgan edik. Abū ʿUbayd gapira boshladi: “Biz bu odamlarning eng yaxshisiga shunday qilishlariga yo‘l qo‘yamizmi? Bunga chidab bo‘lmaydi!” 69.46

“I went to see my daughters,” said Ibrāhīm, “and they wept.” Then a letter came from ʿĀṣim’s two daughters in Wāsiṭ. It read, “Father, we’ve heard that that man has taken Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and flogged him to make him say that the Qurʾan is created. If he asks you to do the same thing, be fearful of God and refuse. By God, we’d rather hear that you’d died than that you gave in.” [Al-Ḥarrānī:] While Aḥmad was being flogged, Abū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām and I were waiting at al-Muʿtaṣim’s gate. Abū ʿUbayd started saying, “Are we going to let them do this to the best of us? It’s unbearable!” 69.46

Siz aytdingiz:

I said:

Ular unga bunday qamchi urishga haqqi yo‘q edi.

They had no right to flog him so.

Lekin ular urishsin, chunki u mustahkam turdi.

But let them strike, for firm he stood.

Hatto ular uni cho'zib yotqizganlarida ham.

And even as they stretched him flat.

Tog' yerlaridek, dedi u, ilhom bilan.

As highland earth, he said, inspired.

"Men o'lishim mumkin, lekin yonadigan sen bo'lasan, men emas."

“I may die, but you, not I, will burn.

“Do‘zaxning chuqurlaridagi yolg‘onchilar bilan!”

With the liars in the pits of Hell!”.

[Abu Hotim:] Ahmadni qamchilagan kuni men borib, unga nima bo'lganini o'z ko'zim bilan ko'rishga qaror qildim. Erta yetib bordim va u yerda bir keksa odamni turgan holda ko'rdim, u: "Xudo, unga quvvat ber! Xudo, unga yordam ber!" deb aytardi. U davom etib, go'yo og'ir ikkilanishda qolgandek gapirardi: "Men bilishim kerak, u taslim bo'ldimi yoki yo'qmi, va agar shunday bo'lsa, men uning o'rniga borishim kerak." 69.47

[Abū Ḥātim:] The day they flogged Aḥmad, I decided to go and see for myself what had happened to him. I arrived early and found an old man standing there saying, “God, give him strength! God, help him!” He continued, speaking as if caught in some terrible dilemma, “I need to know if he’s given in and I have to go take his place.” 69.47

Shunda biri chiqib, "U taslim bo'lmadi", dedi. "Alhamdulillah!" dedi cholga. Note: per the rules, "God" must be rendered as the Uzbek word for God, not "Allah". Corrected version: Shunda biri chiqib, "U taslim bo'lmadi", dedi. "Xudoga shukr!" dedi cholga.

Then someone came out, saying, “He didn’t give in.” “Thank God!” said the old man.

Men bir odamdan u keksa odam kim ekanini so'radim.

I asked someone who the old man was.

Menga "Bishr ibn al-Ḥārith" deb aytishdi.400

“Bishr ibn al-Ḥārith,” I was told.400

[Muallif:] Boshqa rivoyatlardagi qamchilash haqida xabarlardan xabardormiz, ammo ularning aniqligiga shubha qilamiz va shuning uchun ularni keltirmadik.401 69.48

[The author:] We are aware of other accounts of the flogging, but we doubt their accuracy and have therefore omitted them.401 69.48

Payg'ambar ﷺ shunday dedilar: "Shunday bir zamon keladiki, o'z dinida sabr bilan azob chekkan kishi sizlarning ajriga nisbatan ellik baravar ko'proq ajr oladi." 69.49

The Prophet, God bless and keep him, said: “There will come a time when anyone who suffers bravely for his faith will be rewarded fifty times more than you.” 69.49

"Bizdan ko'ra ko'proqmi?" deb so'radi sahobalari.

“More than us?” asked his Companions.

“Ha,” dedi u, uch marta takrorlab.

“Yes,” he said, repeating it three times.

[Ash-Shofi'iy:] «Eng qiyin uchta narsa shular: oz narsang bo'lganda saxiy bo'lish, yolg'iz qolganingda o'zingni tiyib turish va hokimga haqiqatni aytish.» 69.50

[Al-Shāfiʿī:] “The hardest three things are these: being generous when you have little, being scrupulous when you’re alone, and speaking truth to power.” 69.50

[Abū Zurʿah:] Men doim Ibn Ḥanbalni maqtab, uni Yahyo ibn Ma'in va Abu Xaysamadan ustun qo'yayotganlarini eshitardim, lekin u sinovdan o'tkazilganidan keyin bu maqtov hech qachon bo'lmagan darajada oshdi. U sinovdan o'tkazilganidan keyin uning obro'si chegara bilmadi. 69.51

[Abū Zurʿah:] I always used to hear people speaking highly of Ibn Ḥanbal and giving him precedence over Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn and Abū Khaythamah, though never as much as after he was tried. After he was tried, his reputation knew no bounds. 69.51

[Ibn Abī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān:] Men Aḥmad ibn Yunusning quyidagi hadisni o‘qiganini eshitdim: “Jannatda faqat payg‘ambarlar, rostgo‘ylar yoki o‘z nafsi ustidan hokimiyatga ega bo‘lganlar uchun ochiladigan saroylar bor.” 69.52

[Ibn Abī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Yūnus recite the Hadith: “In the Garden are palaces open only to prophets, truth-tellers, or those given power over their own souls.” 69.52

Kimdir so‘radi: “Nafslari ustidan hokimiyat berilganlar” kimlar?” U javob berdi: “Masalan, Ahmad ibn Hanbal.”

Someone asked, “Who are ‘those given power over their own souls’?” “Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, for example,” he replied.

Ushbu hadis Ka'b al-Ahbor orqali rivoyat qilinadi, quyidagicha:

[The author:] This Hadith is traced back to Kaʿb al-Aḥbār, as follows:

Biz Muhammad ibn Abd al-Bokiy ibn Ahmad ibn Sulaymon rivoyatini keltiramiz, u Hamd ibn Ahmad dan rivoyat qiladi, u Ahmad ibn Abdulloh al-Isfahoniy dan rivoyat qiladi, u Abdulloh ibn Muhammadning rivoyat qilganini eshitgan, u Abdurahmon ibn Muhammad ibn Salmning rivoyat qilganini eshitgan, u Hannod ibn al-Sariyning rivoyat qilganini eshitgan, u Muhammad ibn Ubaydning rivoyat qilganini eshitgan, u Salamah ibn Nubaytdan, u Abdulloh ibn Abu l-Ja'ddan, u Ka'b al-Ahbordan rivoyat qilib aytadi:

[Ibn al-Ḥārith:] Abu Muhammad at-Tufāviy Ahmad ibn Hanbaldan ular unga nima qilganini aytib berishini so'radi. 69.56

[Ibn al-Ḥārith:] Abū Muḥammad al-Ṭufāwī asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal to tell him what they had done to him. 69.56

“Ahmad dedi: — Meni kaltaklaganlaridan keyin, — dedi Ahmad, — o uzun soqolli kishi, ya’ni ʿUjayf yaqinlashdi va qilichining dastasi bilan meni urdi. Shunda o‘zimga: “Nihoyat, tugadi”, deb o‘ylagandim. Bo‘ynimni uzib qo‘yishsin, dam olay! Ibn Samāʿah xalifaga dedi: — Mo‘minlarning amiri! Uni boshini kesib tashlang, uning qoni menga bo‘lsin. Lekin shunda Ibn Abī Dūʾād dedi: — Mo‘minlarning amiri, bu ish qilmaganingiz ma’qul! Agar uni shu yerda o‘ldirsangiz yoki saroyning ichida halok bo‘lsa, odamlar uning oxirigacha chidaganini aytishadi. Uni qahramonga aylantirishadi va o‘zlarining haqligi isbotlangan deb o‘ylashadi. Yo‘q, uni darhol qo‘yib yuboring. Agar u tashqarida halok bo‘lsa, nima bo‘lganini hech kim bilmaydi. Ba’zilar uning qarshilik ko‘rsatganini aytishadi.404

“After they had flogged me,” said Aḥmad, “that one with the long beard”— meaning ʿUjayf—“came up and jabbed me with the hilt of his sword. I remember thinking it was finally over. Let him cut my throat so I can rest! “Ibn Samāʿah said to the caliph, ‘Commander of the Faithful! Behead him and let his blood be on my hands.’ “But then Ibn Abī Dūʾād said, ‘Commander of the Faithful: better not to! If you kill him here or let him die inside the palace, they’ll say he held out till the end. They’ll make a hero of him and they’ll think they’ve been proven right. No: let him go right away. If he dies outside they won’t know what happened. Some will say he resisted404

“Lekin hech kim buni aniq bilmaydi.”405

but no one will know for sure.’”405

Abu Zur'a: Al-Mu'tasim chaqirtdi Ahmad ibn Hanbalning amakisini va odamlardan so'radi: "Bu kimligini bilasizlarmi?" 69.57

[Abū Zurʿah:] Al-Muʿtaṣim summoned Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s uncle and asked the people, “Do you know who this is?” 69.57

“Ha,” deyishdi ular. “Bu Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.” “Unga qarang. Uning hech narsasi yo‘qligini ko‘ryapsizmi?” “Ha.” Agar u shunday qilmaganida, menimcha, to‘xtatib bo‘lmaydigan zo‘ravonlik avj olgan bo‘lardi.406 U: “Men uni sizlarga sog‘-salomat topshiraman”, deganida, odamlar tinchlandi.

“Yes,” they said. “It’s Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.” “Look at him. Do you see that he’s unharmed?” “Yes.” If he hadn’t done that, I suspect that an unstoppable outburst of violence would have ensued.406 When he said, “I give him to you unharmed,” the people were mollified.