[Al-Dārimī:] 艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒曾给我写过一封信，信上这样写道："致艾布·Ja'far——愿真主赐你恩惠！——来自艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒。"34。1

[Al-Dārimī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal once addressed a letter to me as follows: “To Abū Jaʿfar—God grace you!—from Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.” 34.1

[Al-Marrūdhī:] 艾哈迈德曾说，在致辞中“致”这个词应当用ilā而不是li-，他写信时也依此而行。192 34.2

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad used to say that the word “to” in addresses should be ilā and not li-, and addressed his letters accordingly.192 34.2

[赛义德·本·叶尔古布:] 艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒写信给我，内容如下：34。3

[Saʿid ibn Yaʿqūb:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal wrote me the following letter: 34.3

奉至仁至慈的真主之名 致赛义德·伊本·叶尔孤白（Saʿid ibn Yaʿqūb） 来自艾哈迈德·伊本·穆罕默德（Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad） 至于后事：贪恋今世的事物是一种病，贪求世俗权势是另一种病。而有学问的人则是医者。但如果你发现一位医者自己反而染上疾病，就要远离他。

In the name of God, full of compassion, ever compassionate From Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad to Saʿid ibn Yaʿqūb Now then: desire for the things of this world is one kind of sickness, and desire for earthly power is another. The man of learning, on the other hand, is a physician. But if you ever see a physician bringing sickness on himself, avoid him.

愿你平安!【罕百勒】:艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒过去写信时,都是先写"某某致某某"。我问他为什么,他说:"先知ﷺ写信给波斯王和罗马皇帝,以及他的其他所有书信,都是这样写的。他的圣门弟子也是如此,例如欧麦尔——愿真主喜悦他——写信给乌特巴·伊本·法尔卡德时就是这样。至于今天,我写信给一位我不认识的圣训学者,也是这样写的。"34.4

Peace to you! [Ḥanbal:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal used to address letters by writing from So-and-So to So-and-So. When I asked him why, he said, “The Prophet, God bless and keep him, wrote to Chosroes and Caesar, and all his other letters, that way. So did his Companions, as when ʿUmar—God be pleased with him—wrote to ʿUtbah ibn Farqad. And today that’s how I write to a Hadith scholar I don’t know.” 34.4

“那你是先提自己的名字吗？”“如果你写信给你父亲，最好把他的名字放在你自己的前面；写给年长的人也是如此。否则就没关系。”[伊本·马尼厄：] 我想去跟随苏威德·伊本·赛义德学习，于是请艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒为我写一封信给他。于是他写了一封信，称我为“一个记录圣训的人”。345

“So you mention yourself first?” “If you’re writing to your father, it’s better to put his name first instead of yours, and the same if you’re writing to someone old. Otherwise it’s fine.” [Ibn Manīʿ:] I wanted to go study with Suwayd ibn Saʿīd and I asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal if he would write to him for me. So he wrote a letter describing me as “a man who writes down Hadith.” 34.5

“艾哈迈德，”我抗议道，“想想我服侍你这么久了，你难道不能写我是个圣训之人吗？”“圣训之人，”他说，“是我用来称呼那些践行圣训的人的称谓。”

“Aḥmad,” I protested, “think how long I’ve served you. Couldn’t you write that I’m a Hadith-man?” “A Hadith-man,” he said, “is what I call someone who puts Hadith into practice.”