[Al-Ḥarbī:] 艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒会接受婚礼、喜宴和割礼的邀请，并吃主人所备的食物。531

[Al-Ḥarbī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal would accept invitations to marriages, weddings, and circumcisions, and eat what was served. 53.1

[Al-Daʿʿāʾ:]一个人曾邀请艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒参加一场活动，艾哈迈德答应了。后来他想推辞不去，但那个人不接受他的拒绝。

[Al-Daʿʿāʾ:] A man once invited Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal to an event and Aḥmad accepted. Later, he tried to back out of it, but the man wouldn’t take no for an answer.

在那次活动中，那人请艾哈迈德入座，却让他坐在一个他不愿与之同座的人旁边。艾哈迈德说："伊本·西林，愿神慈悯他，说得对。他说：'不要试图通过做让你兄弟受苦的事来尊敬他。'我这位兄弟对我所做的，正是如此。" 53.2

At the event the man went and seated Aḥmad next to someone he did not want to sit with. “Ibn Sīrīn, God bless him, had it right,” said Aḥmad. “He said, ‘Never try to honor your brother by doing something that will cause him hardship.’ That’s what this brother of mine has done to me.” 53.2

[Ṣāliḥ:] 有一个名叫艾哈迈德·本·哈凯姆·阿塔尔的人，他常去阿凡的讲席。轮到他为儿子行割礼时，他邀请了叶海亚、艾布·海赛迈以及其他一些圣训学者，其中包括我的父亲。其他人先行前往，我父亲和我随后才到。我们到达后，被安排在一间屋子里就座，屋里还有几位圣训学者。过了一会儿，其中一人说：“艾哈迈德，这里有件银器。”我父亲转身看见一把椅子。286 于是他起身离开，屋里与他在一起的人也都跟着他走了出去。53.3

[Ṣāliḥ:] There was man called Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥakam al-ʿAṭṭār who used to frequent the circle of ʿAffān. When it came time for him to circumcise one of his sons, he invited Yaḥyā, Abū Khaythamah, and a number of other Hadith-men, including my father. The others went ahead and my father and I came along after them. When we arrived, we were given a seat in a room with several other Hadith-men. At some point one of them said, “Aḥmad, there’s something made of silver here.” My father turned and saw a chair.286 So he got up and left, and everyone who was in the room with him followed him out. 53.3

闻讯后，房东阿塔尔急忙追了出去，赌咒发誓说他并没有把那件东西带进来，也不知道它在那里，并请我父亲回去。我父亲拒绝了。这时阿凡走了过来，阿塔尔请他与我父亲交谈，劝他回去。阿凡与他谈过，但毫无效果，阿塔尔为此痛心不已。

Hearing of this, the host, al-ʿAṭṭār, rushed out and caught up with him, swearing that he hadn’t brought the item in and didn’t know it was there, and asking my father to come back. My father refused. When ʿAffān came along, al-ʿAṭṭār asked him to speak with my father and persuade him to return. ʿAffān spoke with him but it did no good, and al-ʿAṭṭār was devastated.

[Al-Sawwāq:] 我们在沥青工门（Pitch-Worker’s Gate）的一场宴会上，艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒（Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal）到了。他一踏进屋子，就看见一把镶着银饰的椅子，便转身出去了。主人追了出来，艾哈迈德却挥手让他别再跟来，径直离开了，口中说道：“拜火教徒的奢华！拜火教徒的奢华！” 53.4

[Al-Sawwāq:] We were at the banquet at the Pitch-Worker’s Gate287 when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal arrived. As soon as he set foot in the house, he saw a chair with silver ornamentation, and went out again. The host came out after him, but Aḥmad waved him away and left, saying, “Magian finery! Magian finery!” 53.4