[Ṣāliḥ:] Otam kasal bo'lganda, ularga uni parvarish qilishga ruxsat berdi. Qishda uni isitish uchun ular tikanli butalarning ildizlarini sotib olib, tor ko'mir idishida yoqishardi. 47.1

[Ṣāliḥ:] When my father got sick, he let them take care of him. To keep him warm in winter, they would buy thorn-bush roots and burn them in a narrow coal-pan. 47.1

[Al-Muṭawwiʿī:] Otam xabar berdilar, Ahmad ibn Hanbal sutli ovqatni qoshiq bilan yemas edi. Balki uni qo‘lida yerdi. U yupqa non ham yer edi, deb ham aytdilar. 47.2

[Al-Muṭawwiʿī:] My father reported that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal didn’t eat pudding with a spoon. Instead, he would eat it out of his hand. He also said that he ate thin flatbread. 47.2

“Qanday bilasiz?” deb so‘radim.

“How do you know?” I asked.

“Bir kuni uning eshigi oldida turgan edim, o‘g‘li Ṣāliḥ unga non pishirib bergan edi. Bir tilanchi eshikka kelib tilamoq qildi va unga bir bo‘lak non chiqarib berishdi. Men Aḥmad ham shu narsani yeyishi kerakligini angladim, chunki Payg‘ambar ﷺ: «Yemaydigan narsangdan sadaqa qilma», degan edilar.”

“Once I happened to be outside his door just after his son Ṣāliḥ had done some baking for him. A beggar came to the door begging, and they sent out a crust of flatbread. I realized that Aḥmad must eat the same thing, since the Prophet, God bless and keep him, said, ‘Don’t give away anything you don’t eat.’”