[ʿAbd Allāh:] Mening otam yolg‘izlikka hammadan yaxshiroq chidardilar. Bishr,288 qanchalik ulug‘ bo‘lmasin, yolg‘iz qolishga toqat qila olmasdi: u bir soatga u yoqqa, bir soatga bu yoqqa tashrif buyurardi. 54.1

[ʿAbd Allāh:] My father could bear solitude better than anyone. Bishr,288 great as he was, couldn’t stand to be alone: he would go out visiting an hour here, an hour there. 54.1

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Otam faqat masjidda, janoza marosimida yoki kasal bo'lib qolgan biror kishining uyida ko'rilardi. U bozorlarda yurishni yomon ko'rardi. 54.2

[ʿAbd Allāh:] The only places anyone saw my father were in the mosque, at a funeral, or at the home of someone taken ill. He hated walking through the markets. 54.2

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Otam yolg‘izlikka hammadan yaxshiroq chidardi. Uni odamlar faqat masjidda, janozada yoki kasal bo‘lib qolgan birovning uyida ko‘rishardi.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] My father could bear solitude better than anyone. The only places anyone saw him were in the mosque, at a funeral, or at the home of someone taken ill.

U у бозорлар орасидан юришни ёқтирмасди. 54.3

He hated walking through the markets. 54.3

Fath ibn Nuh: Men Ahmad ibn Hanbalning shunday deganini eshitdim: "Men hech qachon erisha olmaydigan bir narsani orzu qilaman: umuman hech kim yo'q joy." 54.4

[Fatḥ ibn Nūḥ:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “I wish for something I’ll never have: a place with no one in it at all.” 54.4

Ahmad menga dedi: “Men hech kimni ko‘rmasam va meni hech kim ko‘rmasa ham parvo qilmayman — faqat ʿAbd al-Vahhobni sog‘inardim.”289 54.5

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad said to me, “I don’t care if I never saw anyone and no one saw me—though I would miss ʿAbd al-Wahhāb.”289 54.5

[Al-Maymūnī:] Ibn Ḥanbal dedi: “Men yolg‘iz qolishni o‘zim uchun osonroq deb topdim.” 54.6

[Al-Maymūnī:] Ibn Ḥanbal said, “I’ve found that being alone is easier for me.” 54.6

[Al-Isfahoniy:] Men bir safar Ahmadning eshigi oldida turib, ichkariga kirishga ruxsat berilishini kutgan edim.

[Al-Iṣfahānī:] I was once at Aḥmad’s door waiting to be given permission to go in.

Bir payt uning o‘g‘li ʿAbdulloh paydo bo‘ldi. U yerda bo‘lgan bir kishi unga dedi: “Otangga ayt, falonchi vafot etdi va biz uni bugun tushdan keyin qabristonga olib boramiz.” 54.7

At one point his son ʿAbd Allāh appeared. A man who was there said to him, “Tell your father that So-and-So died and we’re carrying him to the cemetery this afternoon.” 54.7

Abdulloh ichkariga kirdi, so'ng yana chiqib, o'sha odamga dedi: "Men unga aytdim. U marhum uchun Allohdan rahm so'radi va uning uchun duo qildi. Lekin odamlar uning kelishini bilsa, u chiqishni yoqtirmaydi, chunki atrofida olomon to'planib qoladi." [Al-Musayyabiy:] Men bir safar Ahmadga dedim: "Sizni ziyorat qilib, hurmatimni bajo keltirmoqchi edim, lekin sizga bu yoqmaydi deb qo'rqaman."290 54.8

ʿAbd Allāh went in, came out again, and said to the man, “I told him. He asked for God’s mercy on the deceased and prayed for him. But he doesn’t like to go out when people know he’s coming because he’ll draw a crowd.” [Al-Musayyabī:] I once said to Aḥmad, “I’d like to visit you and pay my respects, but I’m afraid you wouldn’t want me to.”290 54.8

«Men bunday narsalarni yoqtirmayman», dedi u.

“I don’t like that sort of thing,” he said.

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Men bir marta Ahmadga Abd al-Vahhob bilan uchrashib ko'rishni taklif qildim. 54.9

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I once suggested to Aḥmad that he meet up with ʿAbd al- Wahhāb. 54.9

“Bir qancha taqvodor kishilar uchrashuvlardan qochmaganmidi?” dedi u. So‘ng qo‘shib qo‘ydi: “U men bilan xushmuomala bo‘lishga harakat qilardi, men ham u bilan. Yo‘q, yolg‘izlik yaxshiroq ustoz.”

“Didn’t some of the pious avoid meetings?” he said. Then he added, “He would make an effort to be pleasant with me and I with him. No, solitude is a better teacher.

Haqiqiy idrokka ega bo‘lgan kishi Allohdan emas, balki Xudodan qo‘rqadi.291

The one with true understanding fears God.”291

Men bir marta Ahmadning shunday deganini eshitdim: “Makkaga tushib, hech kim meni topa olmaydigan o‘sha jarliklardan biriga o‘zimni tashlagim keladi.”

I once heard Aḥmad say, “I want to go down to Mecca and throw myself into one of those ravines where no one will ever find me.”