Biz Ahmad ibn Hanbalga shunchalik hurmat bilan qarardik, uning fikriga qarshi chiqishga yoki biror masalada u bilan bahslashishga jur'at qilmasdik. 36.1

[Muḥammad ibn Muslim:] We were too much in awe of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal to disagree with him or argue with him about anything. 36.1

Bu uning qanchalik kuchli va hayratlanarli shaxs ekani hamda unga ato etilgan Islomga sadoqatining qanchalik ta'sirli ekani tufayli edi.194

This was because of how imposing he was, and how intimidating the devotion to Islam he had been blessed with.194

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad, the superintendent of the bridge, who lived in my neighborhood, told me, “I’ve met Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, and So-and-So, and Soand- So”—all of them men of authority—“but I never saw anyone as overpowering as Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. I once went to talk to him about something, and the moment I saw him, I shuddered.” 36.2

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad, the superintendent of the bridge, who lived in my neighborhood, told me, “I’ve met Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, and So-and-So, and Soand- So”—all of them men of authority—“but I never saw anyone as overpowering as Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. I once went to talk to him about something, and the moment I saw him, I shuddered.” 36.2

Al-Kalbiy, razvedka boshlig'i, bir kuni kechasi uning huzuriga kelgan, lekin u va uning odamlari eshigini taqillatishga botinolmay, buning o'rniga amakisining eshigini taqillatishgan. Ahmad aytadiki, u ularning taqillatayotganini eshitib, javob bergan.

Al-Kalbī, the chief of intelligence, once came to see him at night, but he and his men were too intimidated to knock on his door and so knocked on his uncle’s door instead. Aḥmad said that he heard them knocking and answered.

[ʿAbdūs:] Ahmad bir marta meni kulayotganimni ko‘rdi. Hozir ham bu haqda uyalaman. 36.3

[ʿAbdūs:] Aḥmad once saw me laugh. I’m still embarrassed about it. 36.3

[Al-Qosim ibn Sallom:] Men Abu Yusuf, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, Yahyo ibn Sa'id va Abdurrahmon ibn Mahdiy bilan o'tirganman, lekin Ahmad ibn Hanbal bilan o'tirganimda hech qachon bunchalik hayiqmaganman. U qamoqda bo'lganida men uni ziyorat qilgani bordim.

[Al-Qāsim ibn Sallām:] I’ve sat with Abū Yūsuf, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī, and I was never as intimidated as I was when I sat with Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. When he was in prison, I went to visit him.

Kimdir menga savol berdi, lekin u yerda Aḥmad bo'lgani uchun uga javob berishdan qo'rqdim. 36.4

Someone asked me a question but with Aḥmad there I was afraid to answer it. 36.4

Ibn Makram dedi: “Men bu rivoyatni Yaʿqūb ibn Shaybahga aytdim, u esa shunday dedi: ‘Ehtimol, u o‘sha yerda Ahmad bilan xato qilishdan qo‘rqqan.’”

Ibn Makram added: “I told Yaʿqūb ibn Shaybah this story, and he said, ‘He was probably afraid to make a mistake with Aḥmad there.’”