[Ṣāliḥ:] Shortly after my father returned from Samarra, he summoned me and said, "Ṣāliḥ, I want you to give up that stipend. Stop accepting it, and do not transfer it to anyone else either. You only receive it because of me. When I am gone, you may do as you think best." 75.1

[Ṣāliḥ:] A short while after my father came back from Samarra, he summoned me and said, “Ṣālīh, I want you to give up that stipend. Stop accepting it and don’t transfer it to anyone else, either. It’s only because of me that you get it at all. When I’m gone you can do as you think best.” 75.1

Men hech narsa demadim.

I said nothing.

"Nima bo'ldi?" dedim men. "Men sizning yuzingizga bir narsa deb, orqangizdan boshqa ish qilishni yoqtirmayman, shuning uchun sizga yolg'on gapirmayman va sizni xursand qiladigan gapni aytmayman. Bu yerda hech kimning men kabi qaramog'idagi odamlari ko'p emas va hech kimda o'sha pulni olishga men kabi yaxshi sababi yo'q. Sizga shikoyat qilib kelganimda, siz: «Sening taqdiring mening taqdirim bilan bog'liq. Xudo meni bu yukdan xalos qilsa ekan!» derdingiz. Endi tuyulyaptiki, U sizning istagingizni ro'yobga chiqardi." "Demak, bu pulni rad etmaysanmi?" "Yo'q." "Yo'qol, o'l!" dedi u.

“What’s wrong?” I said: “I don’t like to tell you one thing to your face and then do something else behind your back, so I’m not going to lie to you or tell you what you want to hear. No one here has more dependents than I do and no one has a better excuse to take that money. When I would come complaining to you, you’d say, ‘Your fate is bound up with mine. I wish God would remove that burden from me!’ Now it seems He’s granted your wish.” “So you’re not going to turn down the money?” “No.” “Get out, damn you!” he said.

Shundan so'ng u kimningdir uylarimiz orasidagi eshikni to'sib qo'yishini buyurdi.

After that he had someone block up the door between our houses.

Akam ʿAbdulloh bilan uchrashganimda, u menga nima gaplar bo'layotganini so'radi va men unga aytib berdim. 75.2

When I ran into my brother ʿAbd Allāh, he asked me what was going on and I told him. 75.2

“U menga: «Unga nima deyishim kerak?» deb so‘radi.”

“What should I say to him?” he asked me.

“Bu sizning ixtiyoringizda.” Otam unga ham xuddi men bilan qilgan iltimosini qildi. ʿAbdulloh ham stipendiyani rad etmasligini aytdi va otam unga ham g‘azablandi.

“That’s up to you.” My father made the same request of him as he had made of me. ʿAbd Allāh also said he wouldn’t turn down the stipend, and our father got angry at him too.

Keyinroq biz uning amakisini ko‘rdik, u bundan nega biz umuman gapirganimizni so‘radi. “Agar sen biror narsani olgan bo‘lsang, u qanday bilsin?” Shundan so‘ng amakisi uni ko‘rgani bordi. “Abū ʿAbd Allāh,” dedi u, “men o‘sha pulning hech birini olmayman.” “Allohga shukur!” dedi otam.

Later we saw his uncle, who asked why we had said anything about it at all. “If you took something, how would he know?” His uncle then went to see him. “Abū ʿAbd Allāh,” he said, “I’m not taking any of that money.” “Thank God!” said my father.

Shu bilan u biz bilan gaplashishni to'xtatdi, uylarimiz orasidagi barcha eshiklarni yopdi va bizning uylarimizdan uning uyiga hech narsa kirmasligi kerakligini aytdi. Biz hukmdordan nafaqa olishni boshlashimizdan oldin, u biz bilan birga ovqatlanardi. Ko'pincha biz unga biror narsa yuborardik va u undan bir qismini yeb qo'yardi.

With that he stopped talking to us, shut up all the doors between our houses, and said that nothing should come from our homes into his. Before we began accepting stipends from the ruler, he used to eat with us. Often we would send him something and he would eat part of it.

Ikki oydan so'ng biz belgilangan to'lovimizni oldik, u eshigimizgacha yetkazib berildi va ulushini olish uchun birinchi bo'lib kelgan va da'vo qilgan kishi uning amakisi bo'ldi. 75.3

Two months later we received our designated payment, delivered to our door, and the first to arrive and claim a share was his uncle. 75.3

Otam nima bo‘layotganini bilgach, to‘sib qo‘yilgan eshik oldiga keldi va bolalar ochgan teshik orqali gapirdi.

When he learned what was going on, my father came to the door that had been blocked up and spoke through a hole that the boys had made.

"Menga Solih ni chaqir!" dedi u.

“Call Ṣāliḥ for me!” he said.

I'm sorry, but your message doesn't include any text for me to translate. It only says "Someone brought me the message," so I haven't received the content yet. Please paste the English text you'd like translated into Uzbek, and I'll translate it for you.

Someone brought me the message.

"Men kelmayman," dedim.

“I’m not coming,” I said.

Otam yana xabar yuborib, nega javob bermayapsan deb so'radi.

My father sent another message to ask why not.

“Bu nafaqaga ko‘plab odamlar muhtoj,” dedim men. “Men yagona emasman, lekin men eng haqli bo‘lganman. Agar meni, aynan meni, koyish uchun tanlagan bo‘lsangiz, men kelmayman.” Oradan biroz vaqt o‘tgach, amakisi hammani namozga chaqirdi. Otam uyidan chiqdi va uning amakisi masjidga ketganini aytishdi. Men ham masjidga bordim, lekin to‘xtab, ular nima deyayotganini eshitish mumkin bo‘lgan joyda kutdim. Namoz tugashi bilanoq, otam amakisiga o‘girilib dedi: “Ey Allohning dushmani! Boshqa odamlar bu pulga ko‘proq muhtoj bo‘lishiga qaramay, yuzimga yolg‘on gapirding! Senga pulning hech qanday qismini olmayman deb aytding, keyin esa oldingan! Ikki yuz dirham daromad keltiradigan mulking bor-ku, yana ommaviy yo‘lni egallab, ko‘proq foyda olishni o‘ylading! Qiyomat kuni kelganda, bo‘yningda yettita yer bo‘lagi osilgan holda topilishingdan qo‘rqaman!”453 75.4

“There are plenty of people who depend on this stipend,” I said. “I’m not the only one, but I am the most entitled. If you’ve chosen me of all people for a scolding, I’m not coming.” A bit later his uncle called everyone to prayer. My father came out of the house and was told that his uncle had gone out to the mosque. I went there too, but stopped and waited in a spot where I could hear what they were saying. As soon as the prayer was over, my father turned to his uncle and said, “You enemy of God! You lied to my face even though other people need the money more than you. You said you wouldn’t take any of it and then you did—even though you’ve got a property that pays you two hundred dirhams and you were hoping to make more by taking over a public road! When the Day of Resurrection comes, I’m afraid we’ll find you with seven tracts of land tied around your neck!”453 75.4

Shu bilan u unga gapirishni to‘xtatdi. Shuningdek, u bizning masjidimizda namoz o‘qishni ham to‘xtatdi va boshqa birovning masjidiga namoz o‘qishga chiqa boshladi.

With that he stopped speaking to him. He also stopped praying in our mosque and started going out to pray in someone else’s mosque.

[Al-ʿUkbarī:] 236 [850–51] yilda men Ahmad ibn Hanbalni topib, undan bir narsa haqida so‘ramoqchi bo‘ldim. Uni so‘radim, menga u namoz o‘qish uchun chiqib ketganini aytishdi, shuning uchun men xiyobon darvozasi yonida kutib o‘tirdim. U ko‘rinishi bilan men o‘rnimdan turib, unga salom berdim, u esa salomimga alik oldi. U xiyobonga tushdi va men oxirigacha uning yonida yurdim, u yerda ochiq eshik bor edi. U eshikni itarib ochdi va ichkariga kirdi, so‘ng: “Endi ket, Xudo seni asrasin!” dedi. 75.5

[Al-ʿUkbarī:] In 236 [850–51] I went looking for Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal so I could ask him about something. I asked for him and they told me he had gone out to pray, so I sat down to wait by the alley gate. When he appeared, I rose and greeted him and he returned the greeting. He went down the alley and I walked beside him all the way to the end, where there was an open door. He pushed it open and went in, saying, “Go away now, and may God spare you!” 75.5

Men o'girilganimda, darvoza ortida soqolini bo'yagan bir oqsoqol turib, jamoatga namoz o'qitayotgan masjidga ochilishini ko'rdim. Men o'tirib, u salom bilan namozni yakunlaguncha kutdim. Kimdir chiqqanida, men undan bu oqsoqol kim ekanligini so'radim.

As I turned, I saw that the gate opened onto a mosque where an elder with a dyed beard was standing and leading the congregation in prayer. I sat and waited until he spoke the parting salutation. When someone came out, I asked him who the elder was.

"Bu Isҳoq, Ahmad ibn Hanbalning amakisi", dedi u.

“That’s Isḥāq, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s uncle,” he said.

“Nega Aḥmad uning orqasida namoz o‘qishni xohlamaydi?” “U u bilan gaplashmaydi, o‘z o‘g‘illari bilan ham gaplashmaydi, chunki ular hukumatdan maosh oladilar.” [Ṣāliḥ:] Otam biz bilan gaplashmay yurgan bir paytda, bizga yana bir miqdor pul yuborilganini bilib qoldi.454 Otam eshikdagi teshikka kelib dedi: “Ṣāliḥ! Qaysi qismlari Ḥasan va Umm ʿAlīga455 tegishli ekanini aniqlab, ularni Fūrānga olib bor.”

“Why won’t Aḥmad pray behind him?” “He won’t talk to him, or to his own sons, because they accept a stipend from the authorities.” [Ṣāliḥ:] At some point when my father wasn’t speaking to us, he found out that we’d been sent another sum.454 My father came to the opening in the door and said, “Ṣāliḥ! Find out which parts are for Ḥasan and Umm ʿAlī455 and take them to Fūrān.

"Uni pul kelgan joyiga qaytarib, sadaqa sifatida berishga buyursin." 75.6

Tell him to go to wherever the money came from and give it away as alms.” 75.6

"Fūrān qayerdan kelganini qanday bilardi?" "Aytganimni shunchaki bajar." Shunday qilib, ikki bo‘lakni Fūrānga yubordim.

“How would Fūrān know where it came from?” “Just do as I say.” So I sent the two portions to Fūrān.

Shu orada, dadam pulni qabul qilganimizni eshitgach, ovqatlanmasdan yotib qoldi. Men uni bir oy davomida ko‘rmadim. Keyin o‘g‘il bolalar eshikni ochib, ichkariga kirishdi. Lekin u hali ham ularga mening uyimdan hech narsa olib kirishga ruxsat bermadi. Nihoyat, unga xabar yubordim: “Bu yetarlicha cho‘zildi, men sizni sog‘indim.” Shundan so‘ng ichkariga kirdim. U men bilan gaplashishni istamadi. Men egilib, uni quchoqladim.

Meanwhile, my father, after he heard that we had accepted the money, went to bed without eating. I didn’t see him for a month. Then the boys opened the door and went in. But he still wouldn’t let them bring in anything from my house. Finally I sent him a message saying: “This has gone on long enough, and I miss you.” Then I went in. He wouldn’t speak to me. I bent down and embraced him.

"Dada," deb so'radim, "nega o'zingizga bunday qilyapsiz?" "Bu men o'zim to'xtata olmaydigan narsa, o'g'lim." Shundan so'ng biz bir muddat hech narsa qabul qilmadik. Keyin bizga yana bir narsa berildi va biz uni oldik. Otam buni bilganda, bir necha oy biz bilan gaplashmadi.

“Dad,” I asked, “why are you doing this to yourself?” “It’s something I can’t help, son.” After that we didn’t accept anything for a while. Then we were granted something more and we took it. When my father found out he stopped talking to us for months.

Nihoyat Furqon u bilan gaplashdi va men ichkariga kirdim. 75.7

Finally Fūrān had a word with him and I went in. 75.7

“Bu Ṣāliḥ,” dedi Fūrān. “Esingizda bo‘lsin, siz uni qanchalik yaxshi ko‘rasiz.” “Ṣāliḥ dunyodagi eng aziz odam edi,” dedi otam. “Men faqat uning o‘zim uchun istagan narsaga erishishini xohlardim. Bunda nima yomon?” “Dada,” dedim men, “o‘zingiz boshingizdan o‘tkazgan narsalarga dosh bera oladigan biror odamni uchratganmisiz?” “Endi sen men bilan bahslashyapsanmi?” So‘ngra u Yahyo ibn Xoqonga xat yozib, nafaqani to‘lashni to‘xtatishni va bu haqda boshqa hech qachon eslatmaslikni talab qildi. Xat Yahyoga yetib-yetmasdanoq, josuslik boshlig‘i uni olib, nusxasini al-Mutavakkilga yubordi.

“It’s Ṣāliḥ,” said Fūrān. “Remember how much you care for him.” “Ṣāliḥ was the dearest person in the world to me,” said my father. “All I wanted was for him to have what I wanted for myself. What’s wrong with that?” “Dad,” I said, “have you ever met anyone who could survive what you put yourself through?” “So now you’re arguing with me?” Then he wrote to Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān demanding that he stop paying the stipend and never mention it again. No sooner had the message reached Yaḥyā than the chief of intelligence took it and sent a copy to al-Mutawakkil.

"Ahmadning o'g'illariga necha oy to'lanishi kerak?" — deb so'radi xalifa.

“How many months are due to Aḥmad’s sons?” the caliph asked.

“O'n.” “Aḥmad'ga aytmasdan, xazinadan butun tangalardan iborat qirq ming dirhamni ularga darhol yuborilsin.” “Men Solihga yozib, xabar beraman,” dedi Yahyo amaldorga.

“Ten.” “Have forty thousand dirhams—whole coins from the treasury—sent to them immediately without telling Aḥmad.” “I’ll write to Ṣāliḥ and let him know,” said Yaḥyā to the official.

Yahyo maktubini olganimda, otamga xabar yubordim.

When I received Yaḥyā’s letter, I sent word to my father.

Xabarchi aytdi: «Ahmad bir muddat yerga tikilib jim o‘tirdi. So‘ng boshini ko‘tarib dedi: “Men bir narsani istasam-u, Alloh boshqasini hukm qilsa, men uchun qiladigan hech narsa qolmaydi.”» [Al-Bushanjiy:] Kimdir al-Mutavakkildan shunday degan holda naql qildi: «Ahmad bizga uning oilasini boqishimizga yo‘l qo‘ymaydi.» Buning sababi shu ediki, u Ahmadning bolalariga, nevaralariga va amakisiga katta-katta mablag‘lar yuborgan edi, ular esa buni unga aytmasdan olib olgan edilar. Ahmad bu ishdan xabar topgach, ularni koyidi va pulni qaytarishga buyurdi. «Chegara himoyasiz qolib, o‘ljani loyiq musulmonlarga taqsimlab berадиган hech kim yo‘q ekan, qanday qilib uni olishingiz mumkin edi?!»8

The one who delivered the message reported: “Aḥmad sat silently for a while staring at the ground. Then he raised his head and said, ‘If I want one thing but God decrees another, there’s nothing more I can do.’” [Al-Būshanjī:] Someone quoted al-Mutawakkil as saying, “Aḥmad won’t let us take care of his family.” This was because he had sent vast sums to Aḥmad’s children, grandchildren, and uncle, who had taken it without telling him. When Aḥmad realized what had happened, he reproached them and told them to return the money. “How could you take it when the frontier is undefended and no one is distributing the spoils to the Muslims who deserve a share?”456 75.8

Hammasi qarzdorlariga pulni allaqachon to‘laganliklarini aytib iltijo qilishdi.

Everyone pleaded that they had already paid the money to their creditors.

Shundan so'ng al-Mutawakkil yana bir miqdor pul yubordi va uni o'z o'g'illariga, u buni bilmagan holda berishni buyurdi. Ular buni yana qabul qilishdi. Aḥmad buni bilib qolgach, ularni chaqirtirdi va dedi: "Birinchi pulni sizlar sarflab bo'ldim yoki qarzlarimni to'lash uchun ishlatdim, deb aytgan edinglar. Bu safargi pulni esa hali qaytarib yuborishingiz mumkin." 75.9

Then al-Mutawakkil sent another sum, ordering that it be given to his sons without his knowing about it. Again, they accepted it. When Aḥmad found out, he summoned them and said, “With the first amount, you claimed that you had spent it already or used it to pay your debts. This one, though, you can still send back.” 75.9

Men o‘zim uning o‘g‘li Solih bilan o‘rtasidagi, uning uyiga tutashgan eshikni yopib qo‘yganini ko‘rganman. Shuningdek, uyiga tutash masjiddan uzoqlashganini ham ko‘rganman; u yerda azon aytuvchi uning amakisi, imom esa Ibn ʿUmayr edi. U ular bilan pul sababli muloqotni to‘xtatgan edi. Men uning xiyobon bo‘ylab, so‘ng ko‘chaga, keyin asosiy yo‘lga chiqqanini, so‘ng yana boshqa bir ko‘chadan o‘tib, juma namozlari uchun yetarlicha katta bo‘lgan, Sidra masjidi deb ataladigan masjidga borganini ko‘rganman.

I myself saw him block off the door that joined his house to his son Ṣāliḥ’s. I also saw him stay away from the mosque that adjoined his house, where the prayer caller was his uncle and the prayer leader was Ibn ʿUmayr. It was because of the money that he stopped talking to them. I saw him walk all the way through the alley, into the lane, onto the main thoroughfare, and then down another lane where there was a mosque called the Sidrah Mosque, big enough for Friday prayers.

Ahmad al-Mutawakkil hukmronligi davrida Somarroga yuborilganida, uni saroyga olib borib, xalifaning o‘g‘illari al-Mu‘tazz, al-Muntasir va al-Mu’ayyadga, ularning valiahd bo‘lishiga ko‘ra, hadis o‘qib berishni so‘rashdi. Ahmad kasal bo‘lib ko‘rindi va biror rivoyat haqida so‘ralganda: “Esimda yo‘q, kitoblarim ham shu yerda emas”, deb javob berardi. Oxir-oqibat al-Mutawakkil yumshadi va uni qo‘yib yubordi, quyidagi mazmunda farmon imzoladi: “Biz bu bilan Ahmadni o‘zi yomon ko‘radigan har qanday ishdan ozod qilamiz.” 75.10

When Aḥmad was sent to Samarra during the reign of al-Mutawakkil, they took him to the palace to recite Hadith for caliph’s children al-Muʿtazz, al-Muntaṣir, and al- Muʾayyad, his heirs apparent. Aḥmad responded by feigning illness and, if asked about a report, saying, “I don’t remember, and I don’t have my books here.” In the end al- Mutawakkil relented and let him go, signing an order that read as follows: “We herewith excuse Aḥmad from doing anything he detests.” 75.10

Bir safar Ahmadga al-Mutavakkilning muhri bosilgan xurmo sovg'a qilindi, ammo u uni tatib ko'rishdan bosh tortdi. O'zini oqlash uchun u, shunday deb aytgan ekan: "Mo'minlarning amiri meni yoqtirmagan narsamni qilishdan ozod etgan." Uning uyiga nima yuborilmasin, u xuddi shunday deb javob berar ekan, va bu uning odatiga aylangan.

On one occasion Aḥmad received a gift of dates bearing al-Mutawakkil’s seal but refused to taste them. To explain himself, he reportedly said, “The Commander of the Faithful has excused me from doing anything I detest.” He said the same thing whenever anything was sent to his house, and that became his custom.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Men kasal bo‘lganimda, otam holimni so‘rash uchun keldi. 75.11

[ʿAbd Allāh:] When I was ill, my father came to check on me. 75.11

"Dada," dedim, "al-Mutawakkil bizga bergan pulning bir qismi hali bizda bor. Shu pulni hajga borishga sarflasam-chi?" "Sarflashing kerak," 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.

— Агар сарфлашга қарши бўлмасанг, — дедим мен, — нега уни олмадинг? — Буни ҳаром деб билмайман, ўғлим, — деб javob berdi u. — Лекин ўзимни тутишни афзал кўраман. Note: the correct Uzbek is "жавоб берди" in Cyrillic. Corrected translation below: — Агар сарфлашга қарши бўлмасанг, — дедим мен, — нега уни олмадинг? — Буни ҳаром деб ҳисобламайман, ўғлим, — деб жавоб берди у. — Лекин ўзимни тутишни афзал кўраман.

“But if you don’t mind spending it,” I asked, “why didn’t you take it?” “I don’t consider it forbidden, son,” he answered. “But I’d rather abstain.”