Al-Marrūdhī: Ahmad kambag'allarni yaxshi ko'rardi. Uning majlisida o'tirgan kambag'allar bilan yaxshiroq muomala qilinayotganini hech ko'rmaganman. 51.1

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad loved the poor. I never saw poor men treated as well as they were when sitting in his company. 51.1

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Ahmad bir kishi haqida gapirdi, u kishi kambag'al va kasal edi, va menga dedi: "Borib, undan nima qilishimizni xohlayotganini so'ra." 51.2

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad once mentioned someone who was poor and ill, and told me, “Go and ask him what he wants us to do for him.” 51.2

U'sha paytda u menga bir oz xushbo'y narsa berib: "Buni unga surting", dedi. [Al-Marrūdhiy:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal bir marta shunday degan edi: "Kambag'allikdek foydali narsa yo'q — hech narsa yo'q! Bu yerda pul bo'lmaganda men xursand bo'laman." 51.3

Then he handed me some scent and said, “Put this on him.” [Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal once said, “Nothing does as much good as poverty—nothing! When there’s no money here I rejoice.” 51.3

Men bir marta sabr bilan faqirlikka chidagan, yirtiq kiyimda yashagan bir kishi haqida gapirgan edim.

I once mentioned someone who bore poverty steadfastly despite living in rags.

Shundan keyin u mendan uning ahvolini so‘rar, derdi: “Bor, qarab kel, u qanday ahvolda! Alhamdulillah, faqirlikka sabr qilishga o‘xshagan narsa yo‘q — hech narsa unga o‘xshamaydi. Buning ma’nosini tushunasanmi?” Bir safar u shunday dedi: “Ba’zi odamlarga dunyo narsalari sinov uchun beriladi. Dunyo sendan qo‘lini tortib olsa, bu ancha yaxshiroqdir!” Bir marta men al-Fudayl va Fath al-Mavsiliy qanday qilib yoqsizlikda yashaganlarini, lekin shikoyat qilmay sabr bilan chidaganlarini aytib qoldim. “Alloh ularga rahm qilsin”, dedi u, ko‘zlari yoshga to‘lib. “Ular derdilar: solihlar eslanganda, Allohning rahmati nozil bo‘ladi.” Bir kuni u dedi: “Bu yerda pul bo‘lmasa, men xursandman.” U bu so‘zni aytishi bilanoq, kichik o‘g‘li undan biror narsa so‘rab keldi. “Otangda bitta tiyin ham, boshqa hech narsa ham yo‘q”, deb javob berdi u.

After that he would ask me about him, saying, “Go and see how he’s doing! God be praised: there’s nothing like bearing poverty—nothing like it at all. Do you understand what it means?” Once he said, “Some people have the things of this world given to them in order to test them. It’s much better when the world leaves you alone!” I once mentioned how al-Fuḍayl and Fatḥ al-Mawṣilī had lived in destitution but bore up without complaint. “God have mercy on them,” he said, as his eyes filled with tears. “They used to say that when the righteous are recalled, God’s grace descends.” One day he said, “When there’s no money here, I’m glad.” No sooner had he said it than his little son came to ask him for something. “Your father doesn’t have a single coin,” he replied, “or anything else.”