[Al-Hindibā'ī:] Men Ahmad ibn Hanbalning qabrini ziyorat qilib yurardim, keyin buni to'xtatdim. Ma'lum vaqt o'tgach, tushimda bir ovoz: "Sunnatning namunasi bo'lgan zotni ziyorat qilishni to'xtatding", deb aytdi. 94.1

[Al-Hindibāʾī:] I used to visit Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s grave but then stopped. After some time had passed, I had a dream where a voice said, “You’ve stopped visiting the exemplar of the sunnah.” 94.1

[Ahmad ibn al-Hasan:] Mening otam Abu Tohir al-Maymunni shunday deganini naql qildilar: "O'g'lim, men Rusafa masjidida bir kishi bilan uchrashdim — bu 466-yil Rabi' al-oxir oyida [1073-yil dekabr] edi. Men undan so'raganimda, u menga ol'tmish farsang yo'l bosib, o'sha yerga kelganini aytdi." 94.2

[Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan:] My father cited Abū Ṭāhir al-Maymūn as saying, “Son, I met a man in the Ruṣāfah mosque—this was in Rabīʿ II 466 [December 1073]—who told me when I asked him that he had traveled six hundred leagues to be there. 94.2

“Nima uchun?” “Bir juma kechasi uyimizda,” dedi u, “men o‘zimni cho‘lda, yoki katta bir sahroda ko‘rdim. Yaratilgan barcha odamlar o‘sha yerda turardi, jannatning eshiklari ochiq edi va farishtalar tushardi. Farishtalar ba’zi odamlarni yashil kiyimga kiyintirib, ular bilan birga yuqoriga uchib ketardi. Men ulardan kim ekanini so‘radim.” “‘Ahmad ibn Hanbalni ziyorat qilganlar.’ “Uyg‘onishim bilanoq ishlarimni tartibga solib, bu yerga keldim. Men uni bir necha marta ziyorat qildim va endi, xohlasa Alloh, uyimga qaytmoqdaman.” [Abu Bakr ibn Abruvayh:] Alloh elchisi ﷺ va Ahmad ibn Hanbal menga tushimda ko‘rindilar. 94.3

“‘Why?’ “‘One Friday night back home,’ he said, ‘I dreamed I was in the desert, or in a great wilderness. All the people in creation were standing there, the gates of Heaven were open, and angels were coming down. The angels were dressing certain people in green and flying back up with them. I asked who the special ones were.’ “‘The ones who visited Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.’ “As soon as I woke up, I put my affairs in order and came here. I’ve visited him several times and now I’m going home, God willing.” [Abū Bakr ibn Abruwayh:] The Emissary of God and Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal appeared to me in a dream. 94.3

"Allohning Elchisi," dedim, "bu kim?" "Bu Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Allohning do'sti va Uning Elchisining do'stidir. Eshit, Abu Bakr! Har kuni Alloh Ahmadning qabriga yetmish ming marta boqadi va u erda kimni ko'rsa, uni kechiradi." Men uyg'ondim, yuvindim va Allohga shukronalik bildirib, ikki rakat namoz o'qidim. So'ngra kiyimlarimni yechib, kambag'allarga berdim va ziyoratga yo'l oldim. Shundan so'ng Ahmadning maqbarasini ziyorat qildim va u erda bir hafta turdim.

“Emissary of God,” I asked, “who’s that?” “This is Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, God’s ally and the ally of His Emissary. Listen, Abū Bakr! Every day God looks over at Aḥmad’s grave seventy thousand times and forgives anyone he sees there.” I woke up, washed, and prayed two cycles in gratitude to God. Then I took off my clothes, gave them away to the poor, and set off on the pilgrimage. After that I visited Aḥmad’s tomb and spent a week there.

[Abū Bakr al-Najjād:] Men eshitgan edimki, kimki muhtoj bo‘lsa va chorshanba kuni Ahmadning qabrini ziyorat qilib, u yerda namoz o‘qisa, Allohdan keng rizq oladi. Shunday qilib, bir safar muhtoj bo‘lganimda, chorshanba kuni qabrni ziyorat qildim. Qaytayotganimda ko‘nglim g‘amgin edi, shu payt qabristonlardan birida bir kampir meni chaqirdi. 94.4

[Abū Bakr al-Najjād:] I had heard that anyone in need who visits Aḥmad’s grave on a Wednesday and prays there will receive generous sustenance from God. So once when I was in need, I visited the grave on a Wednesday. I was on my way back in a dismal frame of mind when an old woman called out to me from one of the cemeteries. 94.4

"Abu Bakr!" dedi u.

“Abū Bakr!” she said.

"Bu nima?" "Onang senga bir xalta qoldirib, agar sени muhtoj holatda ko'rsam, uni senga berishimni aytdi. Senga kerakmi?" "Ha," dedim va uni oldim. Xaltada esa — Miqdori yo'q; xudo ulug' shayxni asrasin, hikoyani rivoyat qilgan kishini! [Abū l-Ḥasan al-ʿUkbarī:] Bolaligimda ʿUkbarādan Bag'dodgacha, sarf qilish uchun hech qanday pulsiz sayohat qildim. Aylana shahar ichidagi masjidda bir necha kun turdim [«ovqatsiz» deb qo'shgan bo'lishi mumkin]. Juma kuni Ahmadning qabrini ziyorat qilgani bordim. U yerda menga salom bergan bir kishini uchratdim — men chiroyli kiyimda edim523 — va u meni ochmisan, deb so'radi. Men jim turganimda, u menga non va bir muddat yashashga yetadigan oltin berdi. Bir muddat u meni kuzatib turdi. 94.5

“What is it?” “Your mother left a bag with me and told me that if I saw you looking needy I should give it to you. Do you need it?” “Yes,” I said, and took it. In it was— The amount is missing, may God care for the worthy elder who transmitted the story! [Abū l-Ḥasan al-ʿUkbarī:] When I was a boy I traveled from ʿUkbarā down to Baghdad without any money to spend. I stayed in the mosque inside the Round City for several days [“without eating,” he may have added]. On Wednesday I went to visit Aḥmad’s tomb. There I found a man who greeted me—I was wearing fine clothes523— and asked me if I was hungry. When I said nothing, he gave me some bread and enough gold to live on for a while. For a while he continued to check on me. 94.5