Ṣāliḥ, who was called Abū l-Faḍl, was the eldest of Aḥmad’s children. He was born in 203 [818–19]. His father loved him and treated him generously. Burdened with children while he was still young, Ṣāliḥ was unable to transmit as many of his father’s reports as he might have, though he still transmitted quite a few, along with reports he learned from Abū l-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī, Ibrāhīm ibn al-Faḍl al-Dhāriʿ (the taker of measures),328 and ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī. Transmitting in turn from him were his son Zuhayr, al-Baghawī, and Muḥammad ibn Makhlad, among others. He moved to Isfahan after being appointed judge there, and there he died. 65.1

Ṣālih, who was called Abū l-Faḍl, was the oldest of Aḥmad’s children. He was born in 203 [818–19]. His father loved him and treated him generously. Burdened with children when he was still young, Ṣāliḥ was unable to transmit as many of his father’s reports as he might have, though he still transmitted quite a few, along with reports he learned from Abū l-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī, Ibrāhīm ibn al-Faḍl al-Dhāriʿ (the taker of measures),328 and ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī. Transmitting in turn from him were his son Zuhayr, al-Baghawī, and Muḥammad ibn Makhlad, among others. He moved to Isfahan after being appointed judge there, and there he died. 65.1

[Al-Xallol:] Solih doim pul sarflashga ishtiyoqli edi. Miṣṣīṣada al-Hasan ibn Alī l-Faqīh menga aytdiki, Solih bir marta qon oldirgan va keyin sog'ayganini nishonlash uchun do'stlarini taklif qilgan. U atir va shunga o'xshash narsalarga yigirma dinor sarflagan bo'lsa kerak. 65.2

[Al-Khallāl:] Ṣāliḥ was always eager to spend money. Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī l-Faqīh told me in Miṣṣīṣah that Ṣāliḥ once had his blood let and afterward invited his friends to celebrate his recovery. He must have spent twenty dinars on scent and that sort of thing. 65.2

Menga yana al-Hasan ham quyidagini aytib bergan.

I think it was also al-Ḥasan who told me the following.

Bir payt Ahmad eshikni taqillatdi. Mehmonlardan biri, Ibn Abu Maryam, Solihga dedi: “Otangdan balo topmaslik uchun pardani tushir! Va unga atirning hidini sezdirma!” Ahmad kirib, o‘tirdi va Solihdan qanday ahvolda ekanini so‘radi. Keyin dedi: “Mana, bu ikki dirhamni ol va bugun o‘zingga sarflа.” Shu bilan u o‘rnidan turib chiqib ketdi.

At one point Aḥmad knocked on the door. One of the guests, Ibn Abī Maryam, said to Ṣāliḥ, “Let down that curtain so we don’t get in trouble with your father! And don’t let him smell the scent!” Aḥmad came in, sat down, and asked Ṣāliḥ how he was feeling. Then he said, “Here, take these two dirhams and spend them on yourself today.” With that, he got up and left.

"Sen falon-pistonsan!" dedi Ibn Abī Maryam Ṣāliḥga. "Bu dirhamlarni olishni qanday o'ylading?" [Muhammad ibn Alī:] Ṣāliḥ Isfahonga yetib kelganida men u bilan birga edim. U birinchi bo'lib jome masjidiga bordi va u yerda ikki rak'at namoz o'qidi. So'ng ayanlar va oqsoqollar to'planganda, u xalifa bergan tayinlov xatini eshitish uchun o'tirdi. Xat o'qilayotganda u to'xtovsiz yig'lay boshladi. Ko'p o'tmay, uning yonida o'tirgan oqsoqollar ham yig'lay boshladilar. O'qish tugagach, ular uning uchun ovoz chiqarib duo qildilar. "Shahrimizdagi har bir kishi Abū Abdulloh xotirasini qadrlaydi," deyishdi ular unga, "va sizga yaxshilik tilaydi." 65.3

“You so-and-so!” said Ibn Abī Maryam to Ṣāliḥ. “How could you think of taking those dirhams?” [Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī:] I was with Ṣāliḥ when he arrived in Isfahan. The first place he went was the Friday mosque, where he prayed two cycles. Then, when the notables and elders had gathered, he sat down to hear the letter of appointment that the caliph had given him. As the letter was being read he began to weep uncontrollably. Soon the elders sitting near him were weeping as well. When the reading was finished, they prayed aloud for him. “Everyone in our town treasures the memory of Abū ʿAbd Allāh,” they told him, “and wishes you the best.” 65.3

"Bilasizlarmi," deb so'radi u ulardan, "nega yig'layotganimni? Otam meni shu holda ko'rsa edi, deb tasavvur qildim" — ya'ni, o'z lavozimining qora libosida. "Qachonlardir biror kambag'al zohid otamning oldiga kelganida, uni ko'rishim uchun meni chaqirtirardi. U meni shunday bo'lishimni, yoki shunday ko'rinishimni istardi. Xudoning o'zi guvohki, bu lavozimni qabul qilishdan boshqa ilojim yo'q edi: men to'lashim kerak bo'lgan qarzim bor va otamning barcha farzandlarini boqishim lozim."329

“Do you know,” he asked them, “why I’m crying? I imagined my father seeing me like this”—dressed, that is, in the black robes of his office. “Whenever a shabby ascetic would come to visit him, my father would send for me so I could meet him. He wanted me to be like that—or look like that. As God is my witness, I had no choice but to take this position: I have a debt to pay and all my father’s children to feed.”329

Ko‘p marta, sud majlisidan chiqib, qora libosini yechayotganida, Solih menga shunday derdi: “O‘yla-chi: shu kiyimda o‘lib qolishim ham mumkin!” Solih Isfahonda, 265-yil Ramazonida [milodiy 879-yil aprel–may] vafot etdi.

More than once, as he left the judicial session and removed his black robe, Ṣāliḥ said to me, “Just think: I might die in these clothes!” Ṣāliḥ died in Ramaḍān 265 [April–May 879] in Isfahan.

Uning o‘g‘li Zuhayr undan rivoyat qilgan, Zuhayrning rivoyatlarini esa uning jiyani Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Solih va Ahmad ibn Sulaymon al-Najjod naql qilgan. Ad-Daroqutniy Zuhayrni ishonchli deb ta’riflagan. Qozi Ahmad ibn Komilning aytishicha, u hijriy 303-yil Rabi‘ al-avval oyida [milodiy 915-yil sentyabr–oktyabr] vafot etgan. 65.4

His son Zuhayr transmitted reports from him, and Zuhayr’s reports, in turn, were transmitted by his nephew Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṣālih and by Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān al-Najjād. Al-Dāraquṭnī describes Zuhayr as reliable. According to Judge Aḥmad ibn Kāmil, he died in Rabīʿ I 303 [September–October 915]. 65.4

U Abū Jaʿfar deb atalgan. U otasidan, amakisi Zuhayrdan va boshqalar qatorida Ibrohim ibn Xolid al-Hisinjonīdan eshitgan rivoyatlarni naql qilgan. Undan esa ad-Doraqutniy rivoyat qilgan. U 330 [941–42] yilda vafot etgan. 65 yoshda.5

Called Abū Jaʿfar, he transmitted reports he learned from his father, his uncle Zuhayr, and Ibrāhīm ibn Khālid al-Hisinjānī, among others. Transmitting in turn from him was al-Dāraquṭnī. He died in 330 [941–42]. 65.5

U Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān nomi bilan tanilgan edi. U otasining rivoyatlarini boshqa barchadan ko‘proq naql qilgan, uning asarlari va hadislarining ko‘pchiligini eshitgan. Shuningdek, ʿAbd al-Aʿlā ibn Ḥammād, Kāmil ibn Ṭalḥah, Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, Abū Shaybahning o‘g‘illari Abū Bakr va ʿUsmon, Shaybān ibn Farrūkh hamda boshqa ko‘plab zotlardan rivoyatlar eshitgan. 65.6

Called Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, he transmitted more of his father’s reports than anyone else, having heard most of his compilations and his Hadith. He also heard reports from ʿAbd al-Aʿlā ibn Ḥammād, Kāmil ibn Ṭalḥah, Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, Abū Shaybah’s sons Abū Bakr and ʿUthman, Shaybān ibn Farrūkh, and many others. 65.6

U juda kuchli xotirasi bor edi. Otasi tez-tez aytardi: “Mening o‘g‘lim ʿAbdulloh hadis yodlashga iqtidorli” — yoki “hadisni yod olishga”. So‘nggi kasalligida undan qayerga dafn etilishini xohlashini so‘rashdi. U javob berdi: “Qaṭīʿah’da biror payg‘ambarning dafn etilganiga ishonchim komil, shuning uchun otamning yoniga emas, payg‘ambarning yoniga yotganim afzal.” U 290-yil Jumādā II oyining yigirma birinchi kuni, yakshanba kuni [903-yil 22-may] vafot etdi va kech asrda Somon darvoza qabristoniga dafn qilindi. Jiyani Zuhayr unga katta olomon ishtirokida janoza o‘qidi.

He had a very retentive memory. His father used to say, “My son ʿAbd Allāh has a gift for learning”—or “memorizing”—“Hadith.” In his last illness, he was asked where he wanted to be buried. He replied, “I’m certain that there’s a prophet buried somewhere in the Qaṭīʿah, and I’d rather be near a prophet than near my father.” He died on Sunday, the twenty-first of Jumādā II 290 [May 22, 903], and in the late afternoon was buried in the Straw Gate cemetery. His nephew Zuhayr prayed over him with a great crowd in attendance.

Ḥanbal ibn Isḥāqning aytishicha, Saʿīd Aḥmad vafot etishidan taxminan ellik kun oldin tug‘ilgan.

According to Ḥanbal ibn Isḥāq, Saʿīd was born about fifty days before Aḥmad died.

Boshqalarning aytishicha, Saʿīd Kufada qozi etib tayinlangan va 303 [915–16] yilda vafot etgan. 65.7

According to others, Saʿīd was appointed judge in Kufa and died in 303 [915– 16]. 65.7

[Muallif:] Bu noto‘g‘ri. Men Abū Manṣūr al-Qazzāz ni keltiraman, u Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thābit ning shunday deganini eshitganini xabar qiladi: Saʿīd ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal Abū Mujālid Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḍarīr dan eshitgan rivoyatlarni takrorlagan, va qozi Abū ʿImrān Mūsā ibn al-Qāsim al-Ashyab undan rivoyatlarni naql qilgan. Saʿīd o‘z akasi ʿAbd Allāh dan ancha oldin vafot etgan.

[The author:] This is incorrect. I cite Abū Manṣūr al-Qazzāz, who reports hearing Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thabit say that Saʿīd ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal repeated reports he had heard from Abū Mujālid Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḍarīr, and Judge Abū ʿImrān Mūsā ibn al-Qāsim al-Ashyab transmitted reports from him. Saʿīd died quite a long time before his brother ʿAbd Allāh.

Men ham Ahmad haqida maqtagan olimlar bobida, Ibrohim al-Harbiy Abdulloh huzuriga akasi Sa'id vafoti bilan taziyasini bildirish uchun borganini zikr qilganman.

I have also mentioned, in the chapter on those learned men who praised Aḥmad, that Ibrāhīm al-Ḥarbī visited ʿAbd Allāh to express his condolences on the death of his brother Saʿīd.

Hasan va Muhammad haqida bizda hech qanday ma'lumot yo'q. Zaynab haqida esa, Ahmadning taqvodorligi bobida biz rivoyat qilganmiz: u Ishoq ibn Ibrohimga shunday deydi: "Bu tovuqni olib soting! Otamga hijomat qilish kerak, lekin pulimiz yo'q." Ishoq aytdi: "Men Ahmadni qizini urib, uni noto'g'ri arabcha gapirgani uchun koyiganini ko'rganman."330 65.8

Regarding al-Ḥasan and Muḥammad we have no information at all. As for Zaynab, we have reported, in the chapter on Aḥmad’s scrupulosity, the story where she tells Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, “Take this chicken and sell it! My father needs a cupping but he has no money.” Said Isḥāq, “I saw Aḥmad beat his daughter and scold her for speaking bad Arabic.”330 65.8

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Men Aḥmadning huzuriga kirdim va u yerda bir ayolni uning qizlaridan birining sochini tarayotganini ko'rdim. 65.9

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I went in to see Aḥmad and found a woman there combing the hair of one of his daughters. 65.9