Bolalik davri haqidagi bobda biz Ahmad ibn Hanbalning yoshligidayoq katta hurmatga sazovor bo‘lganini qayd etdik. 19.1

In the chapter about his childhood, we noted that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was highly regarded even as a youth. 19.1

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Men Ahmadga dedim: "Sizning uchun ko'p odamlar duo qilishyapti." U dedi: "Bu meni qo'rqitadi. Bu o'zimni yuqori baholashga vasvasa bo'lishi mumkin."

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I once said to Aḥmad, “There are a lot of people praying for you.” “That frightens me,” he said. “It could be a temptation to think highly of myself.

"Nega ular shunday qiladi?" — men bir kishiga aytgan edimki, Tarsusdan bo‘lgan bir odamni uchratganman, u Vizantiyaliklar bilan urushgan ekan. Tunning sukunatida, dedi u, odamlar: "Abū ʿAbd Allāh uchun Allohga ibodat qiling!" deb chaqirishar edi. U so‘zida davom etdi: "Biz mangonelning qo‘lini tortar, so‘ngra uni qo‘yib yuborardik. Bir marta qalqonining orqasida devor ustida turgan bir vahshiyga tosh otdik, tosh uning ham boshini, ham qalqonini urib tushirdi."114

Why do they do it?” I once told him that I had met a man from Tarsus who said that he had been fighting the Byzantines. In the still of the night, he told me, the men would call out “Pray to God for Abū ʿAbd Allāh!” He went on: “We would pull back the arm of the mangonel112 and then release it. Once we shot a stone at a barbarian113 standing on a rampart behind his shield, and the stone knocked off his head and the shield both.”114

Ahmadning yuzi tushib ketdi va u dedi: "Ah, bu fitna bo'lmaganida edi!" Keyin u dedi: "Sizningcha, bu fitnami?" "Albatta yo'q", deb javob berdim.

Aḥmad’s face fell, and he said, “If only it weren’t a temptation!” Then he said, “Do you think it’s a temptation?” “Of course not,” I answered.

[Al-Abbār:] Balx daryosi bo‘ylab bir necha kun yurganimizdan so‘ng oziq-ovqatimiz tugadi, shuning uchun ikkovimiz biror narsa sotib olish uchun Buxoro tomon yo‘l oldik.

[Al-Abbār:] We’d been marching along the Balkh River for several days when our provisions ran out, so two of us headed off toward Bukhārā to buy something to eat.

Yo'lda biz sochi sarg'ish, yuzi qizargan bir odamga duch keldik, u bizdan qayerdan ekanimizni so'radi.

On the way we met a blond-haired, red-faced man who asked us where we were from.

"Biz unga Bag'dodlik ekanimizni aytganimizda, u: "Ahmad ibn Hanbal qanday?" deb so'radi. 19."2

When we told him we were from Baghdad, he asked, “How is Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal?” 19.2

«Biz ketganimizda u sog‘-salomat tirik edi.» Odam boshini ko‘tarib, Aḥmadning salomatligi uchun Allohga duo qildi.

“When we left, he was alive and well.” The man raised his head and prayed to God for Aḥmad’s well-being.

“Endi hamma narsani ko‘rdim”, dedim hamrohimga. “Hatto bu yerda, Islom chegarasida, turklar orasida ham!” [Al-Marrūdhiy:] Men bir marta Ahmadga, bu yerdan to turklar yurtigacha odamlar uning salomatligi uchun duo qilayotganini kimdir aytganini aytdim. Men undan Alloh unga ato etgan mashhurlik uchun qanday shukr qilishini so‘radim. 19.3

“Now I’ve seen it all,” I said to my companion. “Even here, on the frontier of Islam, among the Turks!” [Al-Marrūdhī:] I once told Aḥmad that someone had said that from here as far as the land of the Turks, people were praying for his well-being. I asked him how he showed his gratitude for the popularity God had blessed him with. 19.3

«Men Xudodan iltijo qilaman, hech narsani ko‘rsatish uchun qilmayman», dedi u.

“I pray to God that I do nothing for the sake of appearances,” he said.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Bilāl va men Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Tirmiziy huzuriga bordik, u bizga dedi: “Bir guruh odamlar Vahb ibn Jarīrning huzurida edik. Aḥmad ham u yerda edi. U mendan o‘qib berishimni so‘radi, lekin men o‘qimadim.” 19.4

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Bilāl and I went to see Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Tirmidhī, who told us, “A group of us were at Wahb ibn Jarīr’s. Aḥmad was there too. He asked me to read,115 but I didn’t.” 19.4

Biz undan nega emasligini so‘radik.

We asked him why not.

“Men o‘qishni xohlamadim, chunki Aḥmad biror gap aytib qolishi yoki qandaydir reaksiya bildirishi mumkin edi, va odamlar bu haqda gapira boshlashardi.” [Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn:] Men bir Xurosonlik odamning shunday deganini eshitdim: “Vatanimizda odamlar Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbalni inson emas, deb o‘ylashadi. Ular uni qandaydir farishta deb hisoblashadi.” 19.5

“I didn’t want to read because Aḥmad might say something, or show some kind of reaction, and people would start talking about it.” [Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn:] I heard a man from Khurasan say, “Back home people think Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal isn’t human. They think he’s some kind of angel.” 19.5

Men chegara tomonda bo‘lgan bir kishidan eshitdim, u yerdagi odamlar aytar ekan: “Ahmad ibn Hanbalga bir marta qarash, bir yillik ibodatdan afzaldir” yoki “unga teng keladi.” [Alī ibn al-Jahm:] Yoshligimda bir kuni odamlarning shoshilib o‘tayotganini ko‘rib, qayerga ketayotganlarini so‘radim. Menga: “Bu yerda Ahmad ibn Hanbalni ko‘rgan bir odam bor!” deyishdi. 19.6

I also heard from a man who had been at the frontier that people there were saying, “One look from Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal is better than”—or “equal to”—“a year’s worth of ritual devotion.” [ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm:] Once when I was young I saw crowds of people rushing by and asked where they were going. They told me, “There’s a man here who saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal!” 19.6

Men odamdan haqiqatan ham Ahmadni ko‘rganmi-yo‘qmi, deb so‘radim.

I asked the man if he had really seen Aḥmad.

"Men uning masjidida namoz o‘qiganman", deb javob berdi u.

“I prayed in his mosque,” he replied.

[Al-Qūmisī:] Ikki zardushtiy ayol meros borasida nizolashib qoldi va hakamlik qilishi uchun bir olimga murojaat qilishdi. Olim ulardan birining foydasiga emas, balkim ikkinchisiga qarshi hukm chiqardi. Hukm qilinган ayol shunday dedi: "Agar siz Ahmad ibn Hanbal aytganiga ko'ra hukm qilgan bo'lsangiz, qabul qilaman; aks holda qabul qilmayman." 19.7

[Al-Qūmisī:] Two Zoroastrian women had a dispute over an inheritance and went to a scholar for arbitration. The scholar ruled against one woman, who said, “If you’ve judged according to what Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal would say, I accept; otherwise I don’t.” 19.7

Olim javob berdiki, u Ibn Hanbal hukm qilgan kabi hukm qilgan edi va ayol bu hukmni qabul qildi.116

The scholar replied that he had ruled as Ibn Ḥanbal would have, and the woman accepted the judgment.116

Al-Marrūdhiy aytdi: "Bir kuni Ahmadning uyidan nasroniy shifokor bilan birga ruhoniy yoki ehtimol rohib chiqayotganini ko‘rdim. Shifokorning bir kishiga: ‘U men bilan birga kelishni so‘radi, Ahmadni ko‘rish uchun’, deganini eshitdim." 19.8

Al-Marrūdhī said: “I once saw a Christian doctor coming out of Aḥmad’s house with a priest or maybe a monk. I heard the doctor tell someone, ‘He asked to come with me so he could get a look at Aḥmad.’” 19.8

Al-Marrūdhī dedi: «Men bir nasroniyni Ahmad uyiga olib keldim, u uni davolash uchun.»

Al-Marrūdhī said: “I once brought a Christian to Aḥmad’s house to treat him.

“Ahmad,” dedi u unga, “men ko‘p yillardan beri siz bilan uchrashishni orzu qilib yuraman. Sizning farovonligingiz faqat musulmonlarni emas, balki boshqalarni ham qiziqtiradi. Siz hech qachon birortamizga shikoyat qilishga sabab bermagansiz.” Men Ahmadga dedim: “Agar hamma joydagi hamma odamlar siz uchun duo qilsa edi.” “Odam o‘zini bilar ekan,” deb javob berdi u, “odamlar nima deyishining farqi yo‘q.” [ ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAdī:] Men Muhammad ibn ʿAbdulloh al-Sayrafiyning Shofiʿiy maktabi talabalariga quyidagicha murojaat qilganini eshitdim: “Husayn al-Karobisiy va Abu Savr bilan nima bo‘lganiga diqqat bilan e’tibor bering. Husayn o‘z ilmi va xotirasi bilan mashhur edi, uning xotirasi Abu Savrnikidan o‘n baravar kuchli edi. Ammo Ahmad ibn Hanbal Husaynning talaffuz masalasidagi qarashiga e’tiroz bildirganda, Husayn obro‘sini yo‘qotdi, Ahmad esa sunnatga sodiq qolgani uchun Abu Savrni maqtaganda, uning obro‘si oshdi.” 19.9

‘Aḥmad,’ he told him, ‘I’ve been hoping to meet you for years. Your well-being concerns not only the Muslims but everyone else as well. You’ve never given any of us cause for complaint.’” I said to Aḥmad, “If only everyone everywhere would pray for you.” “So long as a man knows himself,” he replied, “it makes no difference what people say.”[ ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAdī:] I heard Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṣayrafī addressing students of the Shāfiʿī system as follows: “Take careful note of what happened to Ḥusayn al-Karābīsī and Abū Thawr. Ḥusayn was famous for his learning and his powers of retention, which were ten times greater than Abū Thawr’s. But when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal objected to Ḥusayn’s view of utterance117 Ḥusayn lost his reputation, and when Aḥmad praised Abū Thawr for sticking to the sunnah, his reputation grew.” 19.9

[Ibn Rohaviya:] Men bir safar Abdulloh ibn Toohir huzuriga bordim. U shunday dedi: "Bu Kechiktiruvchilarga (murji'a) o'xshagan odamlarni hech ko'rmaganman! Ular: «Mening imonim Jabroil alayhissalomning imoni kabi kuchli», deydilar. Ammo, Alloh haqqi, menimcha, «Mening imonim Yahyo ibn Yahyo yoki Ahmad ibn Hanbalning imoni kabi kuchli», deyishning o'zi ham to'g'ri emas." 19.10

[Ibn Rāhawayh:] I once went to see ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir, who said, “I’ve never seen anything like these Postponers!118 They’ll say, ‘My faith is as strong as Gabriel’s,’ but by God I don’t think it’s right even to say, ‘My faith is as strong as Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā’s, or Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s.’” 19.10

[Muhammad ibn Yahyo:] Men Ahmad ibn Hanbalnikidek saxiylikni hech ko'rmaganman. Men ertalab undan hadis eshitardim va o'sha kechqurun uni shogirdlarimga aytib berardim. 19.11

[Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā:] I’ve never seen generousity as meaningful as Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s. I used to hear Hadith from him in the morning and dictate it to my students that same evening. 19.11

[Ahmad:] Men Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn bilan Yamandagi Sanʼoga sayohat qildim. Asr namozi vaqtiga yaqin yetib bordik va ʿAbd al-Razzoqning uyi qayerda ekanini so‘radik. Ular bizga uning al-Ramāda deb ataladigan qishloqda yashashini aytishdi. Uni ko‘rishga shunchalik intilganimdan, oldinga o‘tib ketdim, Yaḥyā esa ortda qoldi. Bu joy Sanʼodan unchalik uzoq emas edi. So‘rashim bilan uyni ko‘rsatishdi. Lekin eshikni taqillatish uchun borganimda, ko‘cha narigi tarafidagi bir bozorchi: “Taqillatmang, shayx dahshatli odam”, dedi. 19.12

[Aḥmad:] I traveled to Sanaa in Yemen with Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn. We arrived around the time of the afternoon prayer and asked where ʿAbd al-Razzāq’s house was. They told us he lived in a village called al-Ramādah. I was so eager to meet him that I went on ahead, but Yaḥyā stayed behind. It wasn’t that far from Sanaa. As soon as I asked, they pointed out the house. But then when I went to knock on the door, a grocer across the street said, “Don’t knock; the shaykh is a terror.” 19.12

Shunday qilib men Mag‘rib namozining vaqti deyarli kirguncha o‘tirib kutdim. ʿAbd al-Razzoq namoz o‘qish uchun chiqqanda, men sakrab o‘rnimdan turdim va tanlab olgan bir hadisni unga uzatdim.

So I sat down to wait until it was almost time for the sunset prayer. When ʿAbd al- Razzāq came out to pray, I jumped up, holding out some Hadith I had chosen.

«Assalomu alaykum!» dedim men. «Iltimos, shularni menga o‘qib berasizmi? Men uzoq yo‘l bosib keldim.» «Sen kimsan?» deb so‘radi u.

“Peace be upon you!” I said. “Will you recite these for me, please? I’ve come a long way.” “Who are you?” he asked.

“Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.” U buni eshitib, to‘xtadi va yelkalarini qisdi, go‘yo o‘zini kichikroq ko‘rsatmoqchidek. So‘ng orqasiga burilib, meni quchoqladi. “Haqiqatan ham sen Aḥmadmisan?” deb so‘radi. U hadis rivoyatlarini oldi va o‘qishni boshladi, qorong‘i tushib, ko‘zi ko‘rmay qolguncha to‘xtamadi. U bozorchidan chiroq so‘radi va odatda eng oxirgi vaqtda o‘qiydigan shom namozining vaqti o‘tib ketguncha davom etdi.

“Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.” When he heard that, he stopped and drew his shoulders together as if to make himself smaller. Then he turned back and embraced me. “Are you really Aḥmad?” he asked. He took the Hadith reports and started reading them, not stopping until it got too dark for him to see. He asked the grocer for a lamp and kept going until the time for the sunset prayer—which he usually performed at the last possible time—had passed.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Otam ʿAbd al-Razzoq huzurida maqtalganini eshitganini eslaganida har doim yig'lardi.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Whenever my father recalled learning that he had been praised in the presence of ʿAbd al-Razzāq, he would weep.

[Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Ḥaṭṭāb:] Vaqtlar o'tishi bilan ko'plab buyuk zotlar hali hayot ekanida, men bir nechta qog'oz parchalarini olib, ularga ularning ismlarini yozdim: har bir qog'ozga bittadan: Aswad ibn Sālim, Bishr ibn al-Ḥārith, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal va boshqalar. So'ngra men ikki rakat namoz o'qidim va ulug' va buyuk Alloh... Correction per rules: God, not Allah. [Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Ḥaṭṭāb:] Vaqtlar o'tishi bilan ko'plab buyuk zotlar hali hayot ekanida, men bir nechta qog'oz parchalarini olib, ularga ularning ismlarini yozdim: har bir qog'ozga bittadan: Aswad ibn Sālim, Bishr ibn al-Ḥārith, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal va boshqalar. So'ngra men ikki rakat namoz o'qidim va ulug' hamda buyuk Xudodan menga o'zimga namuna bo'ladigan birini tanlab berishini so'radim. Qog'ozlarni aralashtirib, ko'zdan yashirdim, so'ngra bittasini oldim. Hayratlanarlisi, u Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal chiqdi. Men yana ikki rakat namoz o'qidim, Xudoga iltijo qildim va qog'ozlarni qayta aralashtirdim, yana Aḥmad chiqdi. Uchinchi marta sinab ko'rganimda ham xuddi shunday bo'ldi. 19.13

[Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Ḥaṭṭāb:] Back when many of the great men were still with us, I took some slips of paper and wrote down their names, one on each slip: Aswad ibn Sālim, Bishr ibn al-Ḥārith, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, and so on. Then I prayed two cycles and asked God, mighty and glorious, to choose one for me as an exemplar. I shuffled the slips and put them out of sight, then picked one. To my delight, it turned out to be Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. I prayed two more cycles, invoked God, and reshuffled the slips, and again it came out Aḥmad. When I tried it a third time the same thing happened. 19.13