[Ṣāliḥ:] 我记得看见父亲拿起干硬的面包皮，把上面的灰尘拍掉，放进碟子里，倒一些水把它们泡软，然后蘸着盐吃。

[Ṣāliḥ:] I remember seeing my father take dry crusts of bread, dust them off, put them in a dish, and pour some water over them to soften them. Then he’d eat them with salt.

我从未见他买过石榴、榅桲或其他水果，除了甜瓜（他会配着面包吃）、葡萄或椰枣，仅此而已。有时人们会为他在烤炉中准备菜肴。他会把扁豆、动物油脂和Shihrīz椰枣放进一只陶锅里，并留出一份给孩子们。他会叫他们过来，把那一份放在他们面前，但孩子们会笑着，拒绝吃其中的任何一口。他常常把面包蘸着醋吃。人们可以为他买一迪拉姆的动物油脂，而这些足够他吃一个月。

I never saw him buy pomegranates, quinces, or any other fruit except for melons, which he’d eat with bread, and grapes or dates, but that’s all. Sometimes people would prepare dishes for him in the oven. He’d put lentils, suet, and Shihrīz dates into a clay pot, and set aside a dish for the children. He would call them and put the dish in front of them, but they would laugh and refuse to eat any of it. He’d often dip his bread in vinegar. They could buy him a dirham’s worth of suet and it would last him a month.

在他脱离al-Mutawakkil的掌控之后，他开始斋戒，并戒掉了油腻的食物。我感觉他曾发誓，如果自己能够幸存，就戒除食用油脂。46。1

After he got away from al-Mutawakkil he started fasting and stopped eating fat. I had the feeling that he had vowed that if he survived he would give up eating fat. 46.1

[Al-Marrūdhī:] 为伊斯哈格·本·易卜拉欣效力的纳伊萨布里说，埃米尔曾说：“艾哈迈德的家人给他送餐时，让我看看。”46.2

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Al-Naysābūrī, who worked for Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, told me that the emir said, “When Aḥmad’s family brings him a meal, let me see it.” 46.2

他们端来的东西原来是两块扁面包和一根黄瓜。

What they brought him turned out to be two loaves of flatbread and a cucumber.

当我把食物拿给埃米尔看时，他说：“如果他能靠这些活下去，我们就永远无法争取到他了。”249

When I showed the food to the emir, he said, “If he can live on that, we’ll never win him over.”249

[Al-Marrūdhī:] 有一次在节日期间，我听到艾哈迈德说：“昨天他们给我们买了蚕豆，味道相当不错。”250 46.3

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Once during the festival I heard Aḥmad say, “Yesterday they bought beans for us, and they were quite good.”250 46.3

[Abū l-Sarī:] 有一次，我和艾哈迈德一同到阿布·伯克尔·艾哈瓦勒家中，参加他儿子的割礼仪式。我坐在艾哈迈德旁边的桌边。他正在吃东西，但当人们端出一盘蜂蜜坚果布丁时，他停了下来。阿布·伯克尔劝他多吃一些，说这是一道上好的菜肴，他才只吃了一口。46.4

[Abū l-Sarī:] Aḥmad and I were once at Abū Bakr al-Aḥwal’s house for his son’s circumcision. I was sitting by Aḥmad at the table. He was eating, but then when they brought out a honey nut pudding, he stopped. When Abū Bakr urged him to have some, saying that it was a first-rate dish, he took just one bite. 46.4

[Al-Ḥasan ibn Khalaf:] 在艾哈迈德生病期间,al-Marrūdhī 来找我帮忙,于是我找到了医生,我们一同前往艾哈迈德的住所。医生问他感觉怎么样。46.5

[Al-Ḥasan ibn Khalaf:] During Aḥmad’s illness, al-Marrūdhī came to me for help, so I found the doctor and we went to Aḥmad’s house. The doctor asked him how he was feeling. 46.5

“我昨天让人给自己拔了罐，”他说。

“I had myself cupped yesterday,” he said.

“你之后吃了什么？”“面包和发酵谷物糊。”251

“What did you eat afterward?” “Bread and fermented grain paste.”251

“什么？”医生惊呼道，“你自己拔了火罐，却只吃面包和谷物糊？”“那我还能吃什么呢？”艾哈迈德问道。

“What?” exclaimed the doctor. “You have yourself cupped and then eat only bread and grain paste?” “What else am I supposed to eat?” asked Aḥmad.

[Ḥanbal:] 当艾哈迈德生病时，阿卜杜·拉赫曼开了杏仁油，252 但他拒绝服用，说他想要芝麻油。他的病情越来越重，于是人们为他准备了杏仁油，但他一旦意识到是什么，便把它推开了。46。6

[Ḥanbal:] When Aḥmad fell ill, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān prescribed almond oil,252 but he refused to drink it, saying he wanted sesame oil instead. His condition grew worse and so they prepared it for him, but when he realized what it was he pushed it away. 46.6

[Al-Marrūdhī:] 我听到艾哈迈德说："我的手脚很冷。这一定是我在面包上放的醋和盐造成的。" 46.7

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I heard Aḥmad say, “My hands and feet are cold. It must be the vinegar and salt I put on my bread.” 46.7

以撒·本·易卜拉欣·本·哈尼ʾ（Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Hāniʾ）传述：“艾哈迈德从不吃用胡椒或大蒜烹制的食物。有一次我与他和他的几位亲戚共进晚餐。交谈间，我注意到他每吃一口，都会用餐巾擦一擦手，并说：‘感谢真主！’之后他对我说：‘感恩地进食，胜过沉默地进食。’”46.8

Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Hāniʾ reported: “Aḥmad never ate anything cooked with pepper or garlic. Once I had dinner with him and some of his relatives. As we talked, I noticed that after every bite, he would wipe his hand on a napkin and say ‘God be thanked!’ Later he said to me, ‘Eating with thanks is better than eating in silence.’” 46.8