[Abū Yūsuf:] Men Aḥmadning shunday deganini eshitganman: “Ovqatlanishning uch yo‘li bor: do‘stlar bilan zavq uchun, kambag‘allar bilan sadaqa uchun va dunyoparast kishilar bilan burch yuzasidan.” 32.1

[Abū Yūsuf:] I once heard Aḥmad say, “There are three ways to eat: with friends for pleasure, with the poor in charity, and with worldly men out of duty.” 32.1

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Men Ahmad ibn Hanbalning shunday deganini eshitdim: “Har narsa sharaflanishi mumkin. Odamning qalbi Xudoning irodasiga rozi bo‘lganda sharaflanadi.”181 32.2

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “Anything can be noble. A person’s heart is noble when it accepts God’s will.”181 32.2

[Ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz:] Men al-Muti' li-Llah 182 ning minbarda turganini ko'rdim, u Hanbaliylardan iborat taxminan o'ttiz ming kishilik olomonni o'ziga jalb qilishga harakat qilardi, ular unga tikilib turishardi. U shunday dedi: "Ustozim Ibn Bint Mani' aytganini eshitganman, u Ahmad ibn Hanbal aytganini eshitgan: "Odamning do'stlari vafot etsa, u qadr-qimmatini yo'qotadi."" 32.3

[Ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz:] I once saw al-Muṭīʿ li-Llāh 182 on the pulpit trying to win over a crowd of Ḥanbalīs—maybe thirty thousand—who were looking at him. He said, “I heard my teacher Ibn Bint Manīʿ say that he heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, ‘When a man’s friends die he comes down in the world.’” 32.3

[Ismoil ibn al-Alo:] Men Rizq Alloh al-Kalovodiy taklifini qabul qildim, u bizni ko'p ovqat bilan siyladi. U yerda Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Yahyo ibn Ma'in, Abu Xaytama va yana bir nechta kishilar ham bor edi. Mezbonimiz bodom xamirli rulet taqdim etganida183

[Ismāʿīl ibn al-ʿAlāʾ:] I accepted an invitation from Rizq Allāh al-Kalawādhī, who served us a great deal of food. Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, Abū Khaythmah, and some others were there as well. When our host presented an almond pastry roll183

"Bu uning sakson dirhamiga tushgan edi", deb hayqirdi Abū Xaytamah: "Bu isrofgarchilik-ku!" 32.4

that had cost him eighty dirhams, Abū Khaythamah exclaimed, “That’s an extravagance!” 32.4

"Yo'q, unday emas," dedi Ahmad ibn Hanbal. "Agar dunyoning narsalarini kichkina to'pga o'rab, bir musulmon ikkinchisiga yedirishi mumkin bo'lganida edi, unda isrofgarchilik bo'lmas edi."184

“No it isn’t,” said Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. “If only the things of this world could be folded up into a little ball that one Muslim could feed to another, there would be no extravagance involved.”184

“Yaxshi aytding, Ahmad”, dedi Yahyo.

“Well said, Aḥmad,” said Yaḥyā.

[Ja'far al-Sayigh:] Ahmad ibn Hanbalning qo'shnilaridan biri gunoh va iflos hayot kechiradigan odam edi. Bir kuni u Ahmad o'tirgan joyga kelib, unga salom berdi. Ahmad o'sha odamdan chetlanganday bo'ldi va salomiga befarq, zo'rg'a javob qaytardi.

[Jaʿfar al-Ṣāyigh:] One of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s neighbors was a man who lived a life of sin and filth. One day he came over to where Aḥmad was sitting and greeted him. Aḥmad seemed to shrink away from the man and returned his greeting only halfheartedly.

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“Ahmad, mendan yuz o‘girmang,” dedi o‘sha odam. “Siz ko‘rgan o‘sha ishlarimni tark etdim — hammasi bir tush tufayli.” “Nima tush ko‘rding? Bu yerga kel!” “Men Payg‘ambar ﷺ ni ko‘rdim, u kishi bir tepalikda turardilar, pastda esa ko‘p odamlar o‘tirishardi. Ular birin-ketin o‘rnidan turib, u zotdan ular uchun duo qilishni so‘rashardi, u zot ham duo qilardilar. Tez orada men yolg‘iz qoldim. O‘rnimdan turishga urindim, lekin qilgan xunuk ishlarimdan shunchalik uyalardimki, turolmadim.”

“No need to turn away from me, Aḥmad,” said the man. “I’ve given up those things you’ve seen me do—all because of a dream I had.” “What did you dream? Come over here!” “I dreamed I saw the Prophet, God bless and keep him, standing on a sort of hill with a lot of people sitting at the bottom. One by one they got up and asked him to pray for them, and he did. Soon I was the only one left. I tried to get up, but I was too ashamed at the ugly things I had been doing.

“Hey you!” dedi Payg‘ambar. “Nega turib, mendan siz uchun duo qilishimni so‘ramaysizmi?” “Ey Allohning elchisi, – deb javob berdim men, – uyalaman”. “Agar uyalishni bilsang, – dedi u, – turib, mendan so‘rasang, men sen uchun duo qilaman, chunki sen mening sahobalarimdan birortasini hech qachon so‘kmaganing uchun”. Shunda men turdim va u men uchun duo qildi. Keyin uyg‘ondim va Xudo o‘tgan umrimni menga nafratli qilib qo‘yganini his qildim. “Ja‘far!” – deb chaqirdi Ahmad, meni va keyin u yerda bo‘lganlarning boshqalarini. “Sen va sen! Chiqinglar va bu hikoyani takrorlanglar, unutmanglar. Odamlar uni eshitsalar, ularga foydasi bo‘ladi”. [Ammor ibn Rajo’:] Ahmad ibn Hanbalni shunday deganini eshitdim: “Rivoyatlaringiz uchun imkon qadar eng yuqori ishonchli manbani izlash yaxshi odatdir”.185 32.6

“‘You there!’ said the Prophet. ‘Why don’t you get up and ask me to pray for you?’ “‘Emissary of God,’ I answered, ‘I’m too ashamed.’ “‘If you can feel shame,’ he said, ‘you can get up, and if you ask me I’ll pray for you, since you’ve never cursed any of my Companions.’ “So I got up and he prayed for me. Then I woke up, feeling that God had made my past life hateful to me.” “Jaʿfar!” cried Aḥmad, calling out to me, and then to the others present. “You, and you! Go out and repeat this story, and don’t forget it. It will do people good to hear it.” [ʿAmmār ibn Rajāʾ:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “It’s a good practice to seek the highest possible authority for your reports.”185 32.6

[Ḥarb ibn Ismāʿīl:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbaldan yuqori hokimiyatni izlash haqida so‘ralganda, u bu odat oldingi avlod olimlarining amaliyoti ekanini aytdi. “Hatto ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmardan rivoyatlarni eshitgan kishilar ham ʿUmar bilan birga o‘qish va o‘sha rivoyatlarni undan eshitish uchun Kufadan to Madinagacha butun yo‘lni bosib borishardi.” 32.7

[Ḥarb ibn Ismāʿīl:] Asked about seeking higher authority, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal said that it was a practice of previous generations of scholars. “Even the people who heard reports from ʿAbd Allāh, the son of ʿUmar, would travel all the way from Kufa back to Medina to study with ʿUmar and hear the same reports from him.” 32.7

[Ḥanbal ibn Isḥāq:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal bir marta meni juda mayda yozayotganimni ko‘rib qoldi va dedi: “Bunday qilma; eng ko‘p o‘qishga muhtoj bo‘lgan paytingda yozganingni o‘qiy olmay qolishing mumkin.” 32.8

[Ḥanbal ibn Isḥāq:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal once saw me writing in a very small hand and said, “Don’t do that; when you most need to read what you’ve written, you might not be able to.” 32.8

[Al-Maymūnī:] Men Aḥmaddan Qurʾonni qaysi qiroat bilan o'qishim kerakligini so'radim. 32.9

[Al-Maymūnī:] I asked Aḥmad which reading of the Qurʾan I should use. 32.9

“U Abū ʿAmr ibn al-ʿAlāʾ qiroatidir, — deb javob berdi u. — Bu Quraysh va eng aniq talaffuzga ega bo‘lgan sahobalarning nutqidadir.” Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān aytdi: “Men Aḥmadga nikoh borasida maslahat so‘rab xat yozdim. U shunday deb yozdi: “Bokira qizga uylan va uning onasi vafot etgan bo‘lsin.”” 32.10

“The reading of Abū ʿAmr ibn al-ʿAlāʾ,” he replied. “It’s in the speech of Quraysh and the Companions who had the clearest pronunciation.” Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān said: “I wrote to Aḥmad asking his advice on marriage. He wrote, ‘Marry a virgin and make sure her mother is dead.’” 32.10

Abu Bakr Abd al-Aziz ibn Ja'far xabar berdiki, Ahmad ibn Hanbal ikki o'g'liga dedi: «Haj safariga chiqqanlarida xayrlashgani kelgan barcha kishilarning ro'yxatini tuzinglar. Ular qaytib kelganda, biz ularni qutlash uchun boramiz.» 32.11

Abū Bakr ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Jaʿfar reported that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal told his two sons, “Make a list of everyone who came to say good-bye when they went on the pilgrimage. When they return, we’ll go and welcome them back.” 32.11

Ibn ʿAqil izoh berdiki, Ibn Ḥanbal buni kibr uchun emas, balki ilmiy aloqalarini saqlab qolish maqsadida qilgan.

Ibn ʿAqil commented that Ibn Ḥanbal did this not out of pride but in order to keep up his scholarly connections.