ʿAbdulloh: Abu Zur'a Ahmad ibn Hanbal bir million hadis bilar ekan, deganini eshitdim. 8.1

[ʿAbd Allāh:] I heard Abū Zurʿah say that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal knew a million Hadith reports. 8.1

«Buni qanday bilasiz?» deb so‘raldi u.

“How would you know?” he was asked.

U va men ularni bir-birimizga o‘qib berdik va turli mavzularni ko‘rib chiqdik.49

“He and I recited them to each other, and we went through the different topics.”49

[Ṣāliḥ:] Otam menga bir kishi Ibn ʿUlayyaning eshigi oldiga Hushaymning hadis kitoblari bilan kelganini aytgan edi. 8.2

[Ṣāliḥ:] My father told me that a man once came to Ibn ʿUlayyah’s door with Hushaym’s Hadith books. 8.2

U unga hadislarni o‘qib bera boshladi, men har biri uchun rivoyat zanjirini aytib turardim. Al-Mu‘ayti ham hadis yod olardi, u kelganida men uni o‘zim bilan almashtirishni so‘radim, lekin u rozi bo‘lmadi.50

“He started reading the reports out to me, and I would say the chain of transmitters for each one. Al-Muʿayṭī also used to memorize Hadith, and when he arrived I asked him to take over, but he wouldn’t.”50

Otam dedi: “Men hatto Hushaymdan eshitmagan, lekin unga nisbat berilgan rivoyatlarni ham bilardim.” [Ahmad:] Hushaym hayot ekanida u kishidan eshitganlarimning hammasini yodlab olgan edim. 8.3

My father said, “I even knew of reports [transmitted by Hushaym] that I had never heard directly from him.” [Aḥmad:] I memorized everything I heard from Hushaym while he was still alive. 8.3

[Ibn Abī Ḥātim:] Saʿīd ibn ʿAmr al-Bardhaʿī bir marta Abu Zur'ah'dan kim ko'proq yod olganini so'radi: u o'zimi yoki Ahmad ibn Hanbal? 8.4

[Ibn Abī Ḥātim:] Saʿīd ibn ʿAmr al-Bardhaʿī once asked Abū Zurʿah who had memorized more, he or Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. 8.4

"Ahmad ibn Hanbal, albatta." "Buni qayerdan bilasiz?" Abu Zur'a shunday javob berdi: "Uning qo'lyozmalariga qarаganimda ko'rdimki, har bir daftar (kurrasa) boshida u rivoyat eshitgan roviylarning ismlarini yozib qo'ymagan. Aksincha, har bir daftar uchun roviylarning ismlarini yodidan bilar edi. Men hech qachon buni qila olmasdim." [At-Tustariy:] Abu Zur'adan ko'p rivoyat qiluvchi qadimgi roviylarning qaysi biri eng yaxshi xotiraga ega ekanligi so'raldi. 8.5

“Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, of course.” “How do you know that?” “When I looked at his papers,” said Abū Zurʿah, “I saw that at the front of each quire,51 he didn’t list the names of the transmitters he heard reports from. Instead, for every quire, he knew the names of the transmitters by heart. I could never do that.” [Al-Tustarī:] Abū Zurʿah was asked which of the senior transmitters had the best memory. 8.5

“Ahmad ibn Hanbal”, dedi u. “U vafot etgan kuni uning qoldirgan qog‘ozlari miqdori hisoblandi. Jami o‘n ikki yarim yuk chiqdi. Tashqi sahifalarning birortasiga ham u “So‘lan-so‘lanning hadisi” yoki “So‘lan-so‘lan bizga rivoyat qildi” deb yozmagan edi, ichki sahifalarning birortasida ham shunday yozuv yo‘q edi. Bularning hammasini u yodida saqlardi.” [Abu Zur‘a:] Men Ahmad ibn Hanbalning oldiga borib, Sufyonning hadisini topib berishini so‘radim. U “Sufyon” deb nomlangan, faqat “Sufyon” deb yozilgan, hech bir rivoyatning “Falon kishi tomonidan rivoyat qilingan” deb belgilanmagan daftarlarni olib chiqdi. Men ularning hammasi bitta kishi orqali rivoyat qilingan deb o‘yladim. Lekin men bir nechtasini tanlab, unga o‘qib berishini so‘raganimda, u har bir hadis uchun: “Vakiy”, yoki “Yahyo”, yoki boshqa kimdir “bizga rivoyat qildi…” deb aytar edi. Men hayratda qoldim. Bir necha bor shunga o‘xshash ish qilishga uringanman, lekin hech qachon uddalay olmaganman. 8.6

“Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal,” he said. “The day he died, they made an estimate of the number of papers he left behind. It came to twelve and a half loads.52 Nowhere on any of the outside pages had he written ‘the Hadith of So-and-So,’ or ‘So-and-So reported to us’ on any of the inside pages. All of that he knew by heart.” [Abū Zurʿah:] I went to see Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and asked him to find Sufyān’s Hadith for me. He brought out quires all labeled Sufyān, just Sufyān, without marking a single report as “Transmitted by So-and-So.” I thought they must all have been transmitted by the same person. But when I picked some out for him to read back, he would say for each Hadith, “Wakīʿ,” or “Yaḥyā,” or whoever, “reported to us …” I was amazed. More than once I’ve tried to do something like that, but I’ve never been able to. 8.6

[Ahmad:] Men Vakiʿga Sufyon as-Savriyning hadislarini yod aytib berishni taklif qilardim. Vakiʿ tunning oxirgi namozini o‘qib bo‘lgach, masjiddan chiqib uyiga yo‘l olardi. Men uni sinab ko‘rardim, u ko‘pincha to‘qqiz yoki o‘n hadis keltirib javob berardi, men esa ularni yod olardim. U ketgach, hadis olimlari mendan bu hadislarni aytib berishimni so‘rashardi va men aytib berardim. 8.7

[Aḥmad:] I used to challenge Wakīʿ to recite al-Thawrī’s Hadith reports from memory. Whenever Wakiʿ finished the last prayer of the night, he would leave the mosque and head for home. I would challenge him and he would often reply by citing nine or ten reports, which I would then memorize. After he left, the Hadith scholars would ask me to dictate the reports to them, and I would. 8.7

[Ibn Saʿīd:] Vakiʿ hadis halqasidan shom namozini o‘qish uchun chiqqan har safar, Ahmad ibn Hanbal ham u bilan birga borar va eshik oldida turib, Vakiʿ rivoyatlar yuzasidan unga savol berishda davom etardi. Bir kecha Vakiʿ eshik ostonasida, qo‘llarini chorchuvaga tirab to‘xtadi va dedi: “Men seni Sufyonning hadisi bo‘yicha sinab ko‘raman.” 8.8

[Ibn Saʿīd:] Whenever Wakīʿ would leave the Hadith-circle to pray the evening prayer, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal would go with him and stand by the door while Wakīʿ kept quizzing him about reports. One night, Wakīʿ stopped in the doorway with his hands on the jamb and said, “I’m going to test you on the Hadith of Sufyān.” 8.8

“Davom eting,” dedi Ibn Ḥanbal.

“Go ahead,” said Ibn Ḥanbal.

«Siz Sufyon Salama ibn Kuhayldan rivoyat qilgan hadisni yoddan bilasizmi?» — deb so'radi Vakiy hadisni o'qib berar ekan.

“Have you memorized what Sufyān transmitted citing Salamah ibn Kuhayl … ?” asked Wakīʿ, reciting the Hadith.

"Ha," dedi Ahmad. "Biz Yahyoning rivoyat qilganini eshitdik", — deb, rivoyat zanjirini keltirdi.

“Yes,” said Aḥmad. “We heard Yaḥyā report,” giving the transmitter.

"Salamah haqida shunday-shunday narsa bo'yicha-chi?" "Biz ʿAbd al-Raḥmān rivoyat qilganini eshitdik", dedi Aḥmad.

“What about Salamah on such-and-such?” “We heard ʿAbd al-Raḥmān report,” said Aḥmad.

“Sufyān-dan Salamah orqali shunday-shunday haqida nima deysiz?” “Biz buni sizdan eshitganmiz.” Shu tarzda ular Salamah orqali rivoyat qilingan barcha xabarlarni tugatguncha davom etdilar. Keyin Aḥmad so‘radi: “Salamahning … haqidagi rivoyatini bilasizmi?” – so‘ng hadisni keltirdi.

“What about Sufyān from Salamah on such and-such?” “We heard that from you.” And so they continued until they had covered all of the reports transmitted by Salamah. Then Aḥmad asked: “Do you know Salamah’s report about … ?” giving the Hadith.

Yo‘q, — dedi Vakiʿ.

“No,” said Wakīʿ.

Ahmad keyin bir xabardan ikkinchisiga o‘tib so‘rай boshladi. Har safar Vakiy‘ javob topa olmadi. Ahmad boshqa yirik rivoyat qiluvchilarning xabarlarini birma-bir ko‘rib chiqdi.

Aḥmad then began asking about one report after another. Each time, Wakīʿ was stumped. Aḥmad went through the reports of the other major transmitters one by one.

U hali o'sha yerda turgan edi, shu payt cho'ri paydo bo'lib dedi: "Tong yulduzi" — yoki "Zuhra" — "chiqdi!" [Ahmad:] Vakiy' shunday rivoyatlarni o'qir ediki, ularning hammasining sanadi bir xil bo'lardi, go'yo ularni shu tarzda yod olgandek. Men kechasi ulardan o'nta yoki o'n beshtasini yodlab olardim.53 8.9

He was still standing there when the servant girl appeared and said, “The morning star”—or “Venus”—“is up!” [Aḥmad:] Wakīʿ used to recite reports that all had the same chain of transmitters, as if he had memorized them all that way. At night I used to commit ten or fifteen of them to memory.53 8.9

«Abdulloh: Otam menga aytardilar: “Vakiʿ to‘plamidagi kitoblarning istalgan birini olib, unda biron-bir rivoyat nima deyilganini ayt, men sanadini aytib beraman.”

[ʿAbd Allāh:] My father used to tell me, “Take any of the books of Wakīʿ’s collection and tell me what any report says and I’ll tell you the chain of transmitters.

"Yoki menga isnodni ayting, men hadis nima deyishini aytib beraman."54 8.10

Or tell me the chain and I’ll tell you what the report says.”54 8.10