[Ad-Duriy:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal menga Basradagi ba'zi hadis rivoyat qiluvchilariga tavsiya xati yozganida, meni shunchaki "hadis izlovchi" deb atadi. 49.1

[Al-Dūrī:] When Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal wrote me a letter of introduction to some Hadith transmitters in Basra, he called me simply “someone seeking Hadith.” 49.1

[Muhammad ibn Ibrohim:] Eshitdimki, Ahmad ibn Hanbal o'zining hadischi do'stlaridan bir guruhi tashrif buyurganida, qo'lida bor pulga ularga taom sotib olgan. Yana eshitdimki, al-Mutavakkil uni Samarraga olib kelganida, u saroyda tayyorlangan hech narsaga qo'l urmagan va Bag'dod tomonidan pul yetib kelguncha, bir kaylajah — ya'ni to'rtdan bir qism arpa uni[265] — o'n besh kun davomida yetkazgan. 49.2

[Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm:] I heard that when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was visited by a group of his fellow Hadith-men, he bought them something to eat using only the money he had on hand.264 I also heard that when al-Mutawakkil brought him to Samarra he refused to touch anything prepared at the palace, and made a kaylajah—a fourth of barley meal265—last for fifteen days while he waited for money to reach him from Baghdad. 49.2

[Isḥāq ibn Mūsā l-Anṣārī:] Al-Ma'mun menga pul berdi va uni hadischilarga taqsimlashni buyurdi, "chunki ularning ba'zilari kambag'al." 49.3

[Isḥāq ibn Mūsā l-Anṣārī:] Al-Maʾmūn gave me some money and ordered me to distribute it to the Hadith-men, “since some of them are poor.” 49.3

Ularning har biri pul qabul qilgan — faqat Ahmad ibn Hanbal bundan tegmaslikni tanlagan.

Every one of them accepted some money—except for Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, who refused to touch it.

[Furon:] Vafotidan ikki kecha oldin biz Ahmad ibn Hanbalning huzurida edik. Biz bilan birga yosh qora qul ham bor edi, uni uning amakisi Abu Yusuf al-Mutavakkil bergan pul evaziga sotib olgan edi. Qul Ahmadni yelpimoqchi bo'ldi, lekin u unga buni qilmaslikni aytdi. 49.4

[Fūrān:] We were at Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s two nights before he died. With us was a young black slave whom his uncle Abū Yūsuf had bought with the money given him by al-Mutawakkil. The slave wanted to fan Aḥmad but he told him not to. 49.4

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Men kasal bo‘lganimda, otam meni ko‘rgani keldi. 49.5

[ʿAbd Allāh:] When I was ill, my father came to check on me. 49.5

"Dada," dedim, "al-Mutawakkil bizga bergan pulning bir qismi hali bizda bor. Agar uni hajga borish uchun ishlatsam-chi?" "Shunday qil," dedi u.

“Dad,” I said, “we still have some of the money al-Mutawakkil gave us. What if I used it to make the pilgrimage?” “You should,” he said.

«Lekin agar uni sarflashga qarshi bo'lmasangiz», — deb so'radim men, — «nega uni olmaysiz?» «Men buni harom deb hisoblamayman, o'g'lim», — javob berdi u. — «Lekin tiyilishni afzal ko'raman». [Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal menga aytdi: «Har yili men yashayotgan uyni ko'zdan kechirib, u uchun zakot to'layman, ʿUmar ibn al-Khattob Iroqdagi Qora yer haqida aytganiga amal qilgan holda». 266 49.6

“But if you don’t mind spending it,” I asked, “why don’t you take it?” “I don’t consider it forbidden, son,” he answered. “But I’d rather abstain.” [Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal told me, “Every year I survey the house I live in and pay the alms-tax on it, following what ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb said about the Black Land in Iraq.”266 49.6

[Muhammad ibn Yunus:] Sulaymon ibn Dovud al-Shadhakuni menga bir gal aytdi: «Ali ibn al-Madiniyning Ahmad ibn Hanbalga taqlid qilishga urinayotganini ko‘rganmisan? Bu kun hech qachon kelmaydi! Ular ikkovi tuya bilan qo‘y kabi bir-biridan farq qiladi. Makkada bir marta Ahmadning qanchalik pok vijdonli ekanini o‘z ko‘zim bilan ko‘rdim. U bir mevali va yong‘oqli sotuvchiga mis chelakni garovga qo‘yib, yeyish uchun biror narsa sotib olgan edi. Chelakni qaytarib olish uchun yetarli pul topganida, sotuvchiga bordi. Sotuvchi ikkita chelakni ko‘rsatib: “O‘zingizniki qaysi bo‘lsa, shuni oling”, dedi». 49.7

[Muḥammad ibn Yūnus:] Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd al-Shādhakūnī once told me, “Have you seen ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī trying to emulate Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal? That’ll be the day! They’re like chalk and cheese.267 Once in Mecca I saw firsthand how scrupulous Aḥmad is. He had pawned a copper pail to a fruit-and-nut vendor so he could buy something to eat. When he had enough money to redeem the pail, he went to the vendor, who held out two of them and said, ‘Take whichever one is yours.’ 49.7

“Bilmayman,” dedi Aḥmad. “Uni saqlab tur va pulni ham o‘zingda qoldir.” Shunday qilib, u o‘z chelagini qoldirib ketdi.

“‘I can’t tell,’ said Aḥmad. ‘Keep it, and keep the money.’ “So he left his pail.

“Qasam ichamanki, u bittasi uniki edi”, dedi sotuvchi. “Men shunchaki uni sinab ko‘rayotgan edim!” [Al-Ṭūsī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal qachon nasroniyni ko‘rsa, ko‘zlarini yumib olardi.

“‘One was his, I swear,’ said the vendor. ‘I was just testing him!’” [Al-Ṭūsī:] Whenever he saw a Christian, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal would close his eyes.

U'ndan nima uchun deb so'ralganda, u dedi: "Men Xudo haqida yolg'on gapiradigan kishiga qaray olmayman." 49.8

Asked why, he said, “I can’t look at anyone who lies about God.” 49.8

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Otam bilgan barcha hadislarga qaramay, men uning kitobsiz so‘zlab berganini ko‘rgan hadislari yuztadan kam edi. 49.9

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Even with all the Hadith my father knew, there were fewer than a hundred reports I ever saw him recite without using a book. 49.9

[Al-Madīnī:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal bizning hammamizdan yaxshiroq xotiraga ega, lekin eshitishimcha, u hadislarni faqat kitoblardan o‘qib beradi — bu hammamiz ergashishimiz kerak bo‘lgan namunadir. 49.10

[Al-Madīnī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal has a better memory than any of us, but I’ve heard that he only recites Hadith out of books—an example all of us should follow. 49.10

Ibrohim ibn Jobir al-Marvoziy: Biz Ahmad ibn Hanbal bilan birga o'tirar edik va hadis rivoyatlarini takrorlab, ularni yaxshi o'zlashtirib, to'g'ri yod olguncha qaytarar edik.

[Ibrāhīm ibn Jābir al-Marwazī:] We used to sit with Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and go over Hadith reports until we knew them well and could recite them correctly.

Biz biror narsani yozib qo'ymoqchi bo'lganimizda, u: "Kitob bizdan ko'ra yaxshiroq eslab qoladi", derdi. So'ng u kitobni olish uchun sakrab turardi. 49.11

Whenever we wanted to write something down, he would say, “The book remembers it better than we do.” Then he would jump up to get the book. 49.11

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Men Ahmad ibn Hanbal­ning shunday deganini eshitganman: "Men bu darvozaxonaga sarflash uchun oltmish besh dirham qarz olishga majbur bo'ldim, ammo bino ijarasidan menga faqat to'rtdan bir qismi keladi." 49.12

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I once heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “I had to borrow sixty-five dirhams to spend on this entranceway, but all I get on the building is a quarter of the rent.” 49.12

«Nega buni Abdulloh to‘lashiga ruxsat bermadingiz?» — dedim men.

“Why didn’t you let ʿAbd Allāh pay for it?” I said.

“U mening pulimni harom qilishini istamayman.”268

“I don’t want him to taint my money.”268

[Al-Tustariy:] Eshitdimki, Ahmad ibn Hanbal bir safar uch kun ovqatlanmagan va bir do'stiga un so'rab xabar yuborgan. Uning ochligini sezgan oila a'zolari tezda uning uchun nimadir pishirishgan. Taom uning oldiga qo'yilganda, u ular qanday qilib bunchalik tez pishirishga ulgurganini so'ragan. 49.13

[Al-Tustari:] I heard that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal once went three days without eating and sent a message to a friend asking to borrow some flour. Realizing that he was starving, his family quickly baked something for him. When they put the dish in front of him, he asked how they had managed to bake so fast. 49.13

“Ṣāliḥ uyidagi pech allaqachon isib qolgan edi”, — deyishdi ular unga.

“The oven in Ṣāliḥ’s house was already warm,” they told him.

«Buni olib keting!» dedi u va ushlashdan bosh tortdi. Keyin u odamlarga o‘z uyini Solih uyiga tutashtirib turgan eshikni mahkam berkitishni buyurdi.269

“Take this away!” he said, and refused to touch it. Then he ordered them to seal up the door that joined his house to Ṣāliḥ’s.269

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Ahmadning so‘nggi kasalligi paytida uning xotiniga shunday deganini eshitdim: “Senga u yerda biror narsa pishirishni kim aytdi?” — ya’ni o‘g‘li Solihning uyida. U bir marta u yerda biror narsa pishirgan edi, va u uni tegizishdan bosh tortib: “Buni kim yeydi?” degan edi. 49.14

[Al-Marrūdhī:] During Aḥmad’s final illness, I heard him say to his wife, “Who told you to bake anything there?”—meaning at his son Ṣāliḥ’s house. She had baked something there once before and he had refused to touch it, saying, “Who’s going to eat that?” 49.14

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Men Aḥmad bilan biror joyda bo‘lgan edim, u {Siz o‘zlariga zulm qilgan kishilarning maskanlarida yashadingiz} oyatini o‘qidi va: «Albatta, yashadik», yoki: «Biz ana shu yerdamiz», deb qo‘shib qo‘ydi. 49.15

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I was once with Aḥmad somewhere and he recited, «You lived in the dwellings of those who wronged themselves,»270 adding, “We certainly have,” or “That’s where we are.” 49.15

[Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm:] Ahmad meni uch-to'rt tanga bilan qozon uchun ziravor sotib olish uchun yubordi. Keyin yana bir tanga berib dedi: "Bunga ham ziravor sotib ol, lekin uni boshqalari bilan aralashtirma." 49.16

[Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm:] Aḥmad once sent me with three or four coins to buy spices for the cooking pot. Then gave me another coin and said, “Buy spices with this one too, but don’t mix them with the others.” 49.16

Lekin ziravorlar aralashib ketgan edi. Men ularni qaytarib olib borib, bu haqda aytganimda, u: "Sotib olganingni qaytar va pulingni qaytarib ol", dedi. Men shunday qildim, u esa qaytarib olingan pulni cho'rining haqi bilan birga aralashtirib yubordi, chunki qaysi tangalar nopok ekanini ajrata olmadi.

But the spices did get mixed up. When I brought them back and told him, he said, “Return what you bought and get the money back.” I did, and he tossed it in with the money he paid the servant girl, since he couldn’t sort out which coins were tainted.

Ibn Hāniʾ: Ahmad menga bir tanga berdi va dedi: "Buni ol va menga suvdagi loviya sotib ol." 49.17

[Ibn Hāniʾ:] Aḥmad once gave me a coin and said, “Take this and buy me some beans in water.” 49.17

Husn, uning o‘g‘lining onasi menga yana bir tanga berdi va dedi: “Buni ol-da, menim uchun ham loviya sotib kel.” Ahmad qo‘shimcha qildi: “Va bolalar uchun yog‘da pishirilgan loviya ham sotib ol.” Yog‘da pishirilgan loviya uchun sarflagan tangamdan bir yoki ikki habbah qaytim qoldi, shuning uchun loviya sotuvchisiga menga yana biroz yog‘ berishni aytdim. Yog‘ni olib, Ahmad uchun sotib olgan loviyaga quydim. Ovqatni olib kelib, uning oldiga qo‘ydim. U yog‘ izini ko‘rib: “Bu nima?” deb so‘radi. Men dedim: “Bolalarning tangasidan bir habbah ortib qolgan edi, shuning uchun sizga yog‘ sotib oldim.” “Olib keting, ahmoq,” dedi u. “Senga kim buni qilishni aytdi? Qachon aqlli bo‘lasan?” U ovqatdan hech narsa yemadi.

Ḥusn, his son’s mother, gave me another coin and said, “Take this and buy some beans for me too.” Aḥmad added, “And buy some beans in oil for the boys.” I ended up with one or two ḥabbahs in change from the coin I had spent on the beans in oil, so I told the bean vendor to give me some more oil. I took the oil and poured it over the beans I had bought for Aḥmad. When I brought the food back and put it in front of him, he noticed the trace of oil and asked, “What’s this?” I said, “There was a ḥabbah left over from the boys’ coin so I spent it on oil for you.” “Take it away, you idiot,” he said. “Who told you to do that? When are you going to learn?” He didn’t eat any of it.

[Al-Simsār:] Men Ahmadning Ishoq ibn Ibrohim al-Naysaburiyga: "Umm Aliga bor va u sendan nima olsa, ol", deganini eshitdim, ya'ni uning qizini nazarda tutgan holda. 49.18

[Al-Simsār:] I heard Aḥmad say to Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm al-Naysābūrī, “Go to Umm ʿAlī”—meaning his daughter—“and take whatever she gives you.” 49.18

Ishoq ichkariga kirdi va bir tovuq ko'tarib chiqdi. Keyin u bilan men birga chiqib ketdik.

Isḥāq went in and came back out carrying a chicken. Then he and I left together.

“Umm ʿAlī nima dedi?” deb so‘radim undan.

“What did Umm ʿAlī say?” I asked him.

"U aytdiki, otasiga hijomat qilish kerak, lekin pulga ega emas, va menga tovuqni berib, uni sotishimni so'radi." Tovuqni bozorga olib borganimizda, Ishoq unga bir dirham va ikki daniq taklif qilindi, lekin sotish fikridan qaytdi va tovuqni o'ziga qaytarib oldi.

“She said her father needs a cupping but has no money, and asked her to give me the chicken and have me sell it.” When we got the chicken to market, Isḥāq was offered a dirham and two dāniqs for it, but changed his mind about the sale and took it back.

Ko'prikda biz Ahmadning o'g'li Abdulloh bilan uchrashdik, u Ibn Bukhtonning do'konida o'tirgan edi. U Ishoqni chaqirib, so'radi: "Nega tovuq ko'tarib yuribsizlar? Bu kimning tovug'i?" Men unga Umm Aliy uni sotish uchun berganini aytdim.

At the bridge, we ran across Aḥmad’s son ʿAbd Allāh, who was sitting at Ibn Bukhtān’s shop. He called Isḥāq over and asked, “Why are carrying a chicken? And whose is it?” I told him that Umm ʿAlī had given it to us to sell.

“Bunga qancha pul oldingiz?” “Bizga bir dirham va ikki daniq taklif qilishdi.” “Menga bir yarim dirhamga bering.” Ishoq pulni olib, unga tovuqni berdi. Qaytib kelganimizda Umm Aliy undan qancha pul olganini so‘radi.

“How much did you get for it?” “We were offered a dirham and two dāniqs.” “Give it to me for one and a half.” Isḥāq took the money and gave him the chicken. When we got back, Umm ʿAlī asked him how much he’d gotten.

"Bir yarim dirham." "Shunchagina-mi?" "Bozorda menga berilgan taklif bor-yo'g'i bir dirham va ikki daniq edi." Shunda Ahmad ibn Hanbal so'radi: "Uni kim sotib oldi?" "Sizning o'g'lingiz Abdulloh." Buni eshitgach, Ahmad pulni Umm Aliydan qaytarib oldi. "Bor," deb menga baqirdi, "va uni qaytarib ber!" Ishoq Abdullohning orqasidan yugurib ketdi.

“One and a half dirhams.” “That’s all?” “The offer I got at the market was only a dirham and two dāniqs.” Then Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal asked, “Who bought it?” “Your son ʿAbd Allāh.” When he heard that, Aḥmad grabbed the money back from Umm ʿAlī. “Go,” he shouted at me, “and return it!” Isḥāq went running back to ʿAbd Allāh.

«Pulingizni qaytarib oling!» dedi u. «Otangiz men bilan shu sababdan baqirib gapirdi.» «Nega unga bu menman deb aytdingiz?» deb so‘radi ʿAbdulloh, lekin pulni qaytarib oldi.

“Take your money back!” he said. “Your father shouted at me over it.” “Why did you tell him it was me?” asked ʿAbd Allāh, but took the money back.

Ishoq hikoyasini davom ettirdi:

Isḥāq continued the story:

[Isḥoq:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal menga bozorga qaytib, uning o‘g‘lini u yerdan uzoqroq tutishni buyurdi. Shunda men tovuqni tanimagan bir kishiga bir dirham va bir uchdan bir dirham evaziga sotdim, so‘ngra Ahmadning oldiga qaytdim.

[Isḥāq:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal told me to go back to the market and keep his son out of it. So I sold the chicken to someone I didn’t know for a dirham and a third, and then went back to Aḥmad.

"Sen uni ʿAbdulloh ga sotmagan bo‘lsang yaxshi bo‘lardi", dedi u.

“You’d better not have sold it to ʿAbd Allāh,” he said.

“Yo‘q,” dedim. “Uni begona odamga sotdim.” [Al-Simsār:] ʿAbdulloh onasining uyi bizning ko‘chamizda bizning uyimiz yonida edi. Bu uy Aḥmadning merosidan edi, shuning uchun u undan bir dirham ijara olar edi. Bir paytda uning pulga ehtiyoji tushdi va ʿAbdulloh unga pul berdi. Shundan keyin Aḥmad undan dirham olishni to‘xtatdi, chunki u endi harom aralashgan deb hisobladi.271 49.19

“No,” I replied. “I sold it to a stranger.” [Al-Simsār:] ʿAbd Allāh’s mother had a house next to ours in the lane. The house had been part of Aḥmad’s inheritance, and so he collected a dirham in rent on it. At one point she needed money and ʿAbd Allāh gave it to her. After that, Aḥmad stopped taking the dirham from her, saying that it was now tainted.271 49.19

[Muhammad ibn Ali:] Solih rivoyat qiladi: otasi kasal bo'lib qolganda, tabib Abdurrahmon unga qovoqni kuydirib, sharbatini ichishni maslahat berdi. 49.20

[Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī:] Ṣāliḥ reported that when his father got sick, ʿAbd al- Raḥmān the healer advised him to roast a gourd and drink the juice. 49.20

«U menga uni na o‘z uyimda, na ʿAbdulloh uyida pishirmaslikni aytdi», — dedi Solih.

“He told me not to cook it in my house or in ʿAbd Allāh’s,” said Ṣāliḥ.

Men Abū Bakr al-Marrūdhīning shunday deganini eshitdim: u uni olib, pishirdi va unga qaytarib keltirdi.

I heard Abū Bakr al-Marrūdhī say that he took it and cooked it and brought it back to him.

[Ibn ʿAyyāsh:] Ahmad meni bir tanga arzonga sariyog' sotib olish uchun yubordi.

[Ibn ʿAyyāsh:] Aḥmad sent me to buy him a single coin’s worth of clarified butter.

Men uni unga yashil barg ichiga o‘ralgan holda olib bordim.272 U yog‘ni oldi, menga bargni qaytarib berdi va dedi: “Uni qaytar.” 49.21

I brought it to him wrapped in a green leaf.272 He took the butter, gave me back the leaf, and said, “Return it.” 49.21

[Al-Ṣaḥnāʾī:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal menga bir dona tanga berib, non ustiga sepilgan loviya sotib olib kelishimni aytdi. Men ko'p loviya olib keldim, u esa nega shunchalik ko'p olib kelganimni so'radi. 49.22

[Al-Ṣaḥnāʾī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal gave me a single coin to buy some beans on bread in broth. I came back with a lot of beans and he asked why. 49.22

Ikki nafar loviya sotuvchisi bir-biridan arzonroq narxda sotishga urinardi. "Uni qaytarib ber", dedi u. "Sotuvchiga ovqatni qaytarib ber va pulni o'zida qoldirsin." Men uning aytganini qildim.

“There were two bean vendors trying to undersell each other.” “Take it back,” he said. “Give the vendor the food back and let him keep the money.” I did as he asked.

[Al-Mukharrimī:] Ravh ibn Ubodah bizning oldimizga mehmon bo'lib keldi va Ahmad ibn Hanbal uni ko'rgani keldi. Ahmad aynan shu yerda uxladi. U o'ziga bir oz non yengiga solib qo'ydi, ariqdan suv ichdi va Ravh chiqishini tashqarida kutdi.

[Al-Mukharrimī:] Rawḥ ibn ʿUbādah came to stay with us and Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal came to see him. Aḥmad slept right here. He kept some bread for himself in his sleeve and drank water from the watercourse, and he waited outside for Rawḥ to appear.

Shundan so'ng Yahyo ibn Aktham o'z xizmatchilari bilan keldi. U Ahmad oldida o'tirib, unga savollar bera boshladi. Ahmad esa faqat pastga qarab turdi. Yahyo uning javob bermaslikka qat'iy ekanini tushunib, o'rnidan turib ketdi. 273 4923

Then Yaḥyā ibn Aktham showed up with an entourage. He sat in front of Aḥmad and started asking him questions. Aḥmad just kept looking down. When Yaḥyā realized he wasn’t going to respond, he got up and left.273 49.23

[Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal uyidan bir kishi kelib, uning o‘g‘li kasal bo‘lib, sariyog‘ istayotganini aytdi. Ahmad hozir bo‘lganlardan biriga bir tanga berib, sariyog‘ sotib olishni buyurdi. Odam sariyog‘ni chovg‘ bargiga o‘ralgan holda olib keldi. Ahmad ularni ko‘rishi bilanoq so‘radi: “Bu barglar qayerdan olingan?” 49.24

[Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad:] Someone from Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s house came to tell him that his son was ill and wanted butter. Aḥmad gave a coin to one of the men present and told him to buy some butter. The man brought back some butter wrapped in leaves of chard. As soon as he saw them, Aḥmad asked, “Where did those leaves come from?” 49.24

"Bakaldan." "Ularni olishga uning ruxsatini so'radingizmi?" "Yo'q." "Hammasini qaytarib bering!" [Solih:] Farzandim tug'ilganda, do'stlarimdan biri menga sovg'a berdi. Bir necha oy o'tgach, o'sha do'stim Basraga borishga qaror qildi. U mendan otamning u yerdagi oqsoqollarga tanishtiruv xati yozib bera olish-olmasligini so'radi. Men otamdan so'raganimda, u dedi: "Uning senga sovg'a bergani bo'lmaganida, men unga xat yozib berardim." 49.25

“From the grocer.” “Did you ask his permission to take them?” “No.” “Take it all back!” [Ṣāliḥ:] When I had a baby, one of my friends gave me a gift. Months later, the same friend decided to go to Basra. He asked me whether my father would write a letter of introduction to the elders there. When I asked my father he said, “I would write for him except that he gave you a gift.” 49.25

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Bir vaqtlar bu yerda bir keksa odam bor edi, u bizga aytdi: “Men Aḥmadning uchiga chiqqan qotirma (chechak) bilan og‘riganini sezdim, shuning uchun unga dori olib keldim va toshmaga surtishni aytdim. U dorini oldi, lekin keyin qaytarib berdi. Men sababini so‘radim va u: ‘Sen men bilan hadis o‘rganasan’, dedi.”274 49.26

[ʿAbd Allāh:] There was once an old man here who told us, “I noticed that Aḥmad was suffering from scabies, so I brought him some medicine and told him to put it on the rash. He took it but then gave it back. I asked him why, and he said, ‘You study Hadith with me.’”274 49.26

[Al-Harawī:] Biz Xushaym eshigi oldida edik, shu payt kimdir tavsiya xati bilan keldi. Eshikni u kirsin deb ochishganda, biz ham kirdik, faqat Ahmad orqada qoldi. U o‘sha paytda yosh yigit edi — hali yigirma yoshga ham to‘lmagan edi. 49.27

[Al-Harawī:] We were at Hushaym’s door when someone showed up with a letter of introduction. When they opened the door to let him in, we went in too, except for Aḥmad, who stayed back. He was a young man at the time—not even twenty. 49.27

"Ahmad, kiring!" dedik biz.

“Aḥmad, come on in!” we said.

«Menga hech kim ruxsat bermagan», — deb javob berdi u.

“No one gave me permission,” he replied.

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Ahmad uy tomini to‘qimachilarga ijaraga bergan uyida ta’mirlattirdi. Ta’mirlash shunday amalga oshirildiki, suv oqizish quvuri ko‘chaga suv to‘kadigan bo‘ldi. Ertasi kuni u: “Duradgorni chaqiring va unga quvurni uyga qarab burishni ayting, shunda suv uyga oqadi”, dedi. 49.28

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad had some repairs done on the roof of the house he rented out to the weavers. The repairs were done in such a way that the drainpipe emptied into the street. The next morning he said, “Call the carpenter and tell him to turn the pipe so it drains to the house.” 49.28

Men duradgorga qo‘ng‘iroq qildim va u quvurni ko‘chirdi.275

I called the carpenter and he moved the pipe.275

Men Ahmad ibn Hanbalning hadis darslarida ikki yil qatnashdim.

[Al-Ḥarbī:] I attended Aḥmad Ibn Ḥanbal’s Hadith sessions for two years.

Hadis aytish uchun chiqqan har safar u qamish qalam va qizil charm bilan qoplangan siyohdonini olib chiqardi. Agar o‘z yozuvida xato yoki tushib qolgan joy topsa, uni o‘zining qalami va siyohi bilan tuzatardi; u shunchalik ehtiyotkor ediki, bizning birortasini ham olishni istamasdi. Biz undan ba'zi rivoyatlarni yodlaganmi, deb so‘rardik, u esa: "Yo‘q, menga yozma nusxa kerak", deb javob berardi. 49.29

Whenever he came out to recite Hadith, he would bring out a reed pen and an inkpot covered in red leather. If he found an error or an omission in his transcript, he would correct it using his own pen and ink; he was too scrupulous to take any of ours. We would ask if he knew certain reports by heart, and he’d say, “No, I need the transcript.” 49.29

[Al-Ḥarbī:] Ahmad ibn Hanbal — Alloh unga rahm qilsin — bizga dars berish uchun chiqqanda, doim qamish qalam va charm qopli siyoh idishini olib kelardi. U shunchalik taqvodor edi ki, biror harfni, yoki shunga o‘xshash narsani tuzatish uchun bizning siyohimizdan foydalanishni ham o‘ziga ep ko‘rmasdi.276 49.30

[Al-Ḥarbī:] Whenever Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal—God have mercy on him—came out to teach us, he always had a reed pen and a leather-covered inkpot. He was too scrupulous to take any of our ink to correct an S or any such thing.276 49.30

[Ibn Shabīb:] Men Ahmad ibn Hanbaldan Muhammad ibn Muoviya al-Naysaburiy haqida so'radim, u menga dedi: "Yahyo ibn Yahyo yaxshi odam." 49.31

[Ibn Shabīb:] I once asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal about Muḥammad ibn Muʿāwiyah al-Naysābūrī, and he said to me, “Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā is a fine man.” 49.31

[Muallif:] Men aytaman: Bu yerda Ahmad, yolg'onchi sifatida tanilgan Muhammad ibn Muoviya ni, boshqa birovni maqtash orqali bilvosita qoralagan. Boshqa rivoyatda esa u uni qoralaydi, lekin bu yerda va boshqa joylarda bunday qilishdan tiyiladi.

[The author:] I say: Here Aḥmad indirectly condemned Muḥammad ibn Muʿawiyah, a known liar, by praising someone else. In another report he condemns him, but here and elsewhere he avoids doing so.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Men otam Yahyo ibn Ma'inga: "Odamlar menga sizning: "Men Ismoil, Ulayyaning o'g'li, rivoyat qilganini eshitdim", deb aytayotganingizni aytishadi", deganini eshitganman. 49.32

[ʿAbd Allāh:] I heard my father say to Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, “People tell me you say, ‘I heard Ismāʿīl, son of ʿUlayyah, report.’” 49.32

"Ha, shunday deb aytaman." "Unday bo'lsa, buni aytma. Buning o'rniga, 'Ibrohim o'g'li Ismoil' deb ayt. Eshitdimki, u onasining nomi bilan atalishni yoqtirmas ekan." Yahyo bu ko'rsatmani xushmuomalalik bilan qabul qildi.

“Yes, I do say that.” “Well, don’t. Say ‘Ismāʿīl, son of Ibrāhīm,’ instead. I’ve heard that he doesn’t like being called after his mother.” Yaḥyā accepted this instruction with good grace.

[Muallif:] Ko'pgina odamlar odatda onalarining ismi bilan tanilgan.

[The author:] A number of people are commonly known by their mothers’ names.

Ular orasida Bilol ibn Hamomah, Mu'oz ibn Afro, Bashir ibn al-Xasosiya, Ibn Buhayna, Ya'lo ibn Munya va boshqa ko'plab kishilar bor, ular barchasi mening "Aql uchun changcha" kitobimda zikr qilingan. Qanday bo'lmasin, ehtiyotkorlik talab qiladiki, odamlarni ular yoqtirmaydigan tarzda atashdan saqlanish lozim.

These include Bilāl son of Ḥamāmah, Muʿādh son of ʿAfrāʾ, Bashīr son of al- Khaṣāṣiyah, Ibn Buḥaynah, Yaʿlā son of Munyah, and many others, all mentioned in my book Pollen for the Mind. In any event, being scrupulous dictates that one avoid referring to people in a way they dislike.

[Al-Ruhāvī:] Men Bag'dodda Ahmad ibn Hanbal bilan bir marta uchrashdim, u mendan: "Harrondagi o'sha al-Javhariy nima bo'ldi? U olim edi", deb so'radi. 49.33

[Al-Ruhāwī:] I once met Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal in Baghdad and he asked me, “Whatever happened to that man al-Jawharī you have there in Ḥarrān? He was learned.” 49.33

Men Ḥarrānda hadis o'rgatadigan bunday nomdagi birorta odamni bilmasligimni aytdim.

I replied that I knew of no one by that name teaching Hadith in Ḥarrān.

"Siz kim haqida gapirayotganimni bilasiz: u Abū Maʿbad Ḥafs ibn G'aylonning hamrohi edi." "Men uni tanimayman." "Qo'ying-e!" dedi Aḥmad. "Uning bir qancha o'g'illari bor." "'Boyqush'ni nazarda tutyapsizmi?" "Ha!" dedi u. "Undan o'rganing: u ishonchli." [Muallif:] Bu kishining ismi Sulaymon ibn Abī Dovud bo'lib, u "Boyqush" laqabi bilan atalgan. Ehtiyotkorlik yuzasidan, bizning ibrat namunamiz Aḥmad uning laqabini ishlatishdan tiyilgan.

“You know who I mean: he was an associate of Abū Maʿbad Ḥafṣ ibn Ghaylān.” “I don’t know him.” “Come on!” said Aḥmad. “He has a number of sons.” “Do you mean ‘the Owl’?” “Yes!” he said. “Learn from him: he’s reliable.” [The author:] The man’s name was Sulaymān ibn Abī Dāwūd and he was called “the Owl.” Out of scrupulosity, our exemplar Aḥmad avoided using his nickname.

[Al-Sijistānī:] Men bir marta Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbaldan mast odamning talоq aytishining to‘g‘riligi haqida so‘radim. U: “Boshqadan so‘ra”, dedi.277 49.34

[Al-Sijistānī:] I once asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal about the validity of a declaration of divorce pronounced by a drunken man. He said, “Ask someone else.”277 49.34

[Al-Ḥarbī:] Aḥmad vafot etish oldidan, bir qasamini buzgan bo‘lishi mumkinligini aytib, undan kafforat berishimizni so‘radi: “Menimcha, buni buzdim.”278 49.35

[Al-Ḥarbī:] On his deathbed Aḥmad asked that we make expiation for him for one vow he had made, saying “I think I broke it.”278 49.35

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Men Ahmad ibn Hanbalga qancha marta biror narsa haqida savol berganman, u "Bilmayman" deb javob bergan. 49.36

[Al-Marrūdhī:] More times than I can count, I asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal about something and he said, “I don’t know.” 49.36

[Al-Yamāmī:] Men Ahmad ibn Hanbalning shunday deganini eshitdim: "Ko'p marta bir fiqhiy masala haqida qanday fikr yuritishni bilish uchun uch yil kutganman." 49.37

[Al-Yamāmī:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “Many times I’ve waited three years before knowing what to think about a problem of law.” 49.37

[Al-Athram:] Men Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbalni bir kishi unga savol berganda "bilmayman" deganini ko‘p eshitganman. U buni bu masala haqida nima degani ma’lum bo‘lgan holda ham aytardi. Unga afzal ko‘rgan javobini aytish so‘ralganda, u turli fikrlar borligini eslatardi. Uning "bilmayman" deganidan maqsadi qaysi qarashni tanlashni bilmasligi edi. Men uni "bilmayman" deb, keyin esa turli fikrlarni keltirayotganini ko‘p eshitganman. 49.38

[Al-Athram:] I often heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, when someone asked him a question, say that he didn’t know. He would say this even when he was aware of what had been said about it. When asked to give the answer he preferred, he would note that there was a difference of opinion. What he meant when he said “I don’t know” was that he didn’t know which view to choose. I often heard him say, “I don’t know,” and then start citing opinions. 49.38

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Men Samarrodagi Ītākh saroyida Aḥmad bilan birga bo‘lganimda, devorga osib qo‘yilgan bir narsaga ishora qildim.279 U menga unga qaramaslikni aytdi. 49.39

[Al-Marrūdhī:] When I was with Aḥmad in Ītākh’s palace in Samarra, I pointed out something that had been put up on the wall.279 He told me not to look at it. 49.39

"Men buni allaqachon qilganman," dedim.

“But I already did,” I said.

"Yaxshisi, qilmang."

“Well, don’t.”