伊本·罕百勒（愿真主喜悦他）为寻求圣训远行万里，长期致力于学习圣训。在达成所求之前，他不允许自己为谋生或求娶妻室而分心。7.1

Ibn Ḥanbal, may God be pleased with him, traveled great distances in search of Hadith and spent a long time acquiring it, and did not permit himself to be distracted by earning a living or seeking a wife until he had achieved what he set out to do. 7.1

[Aḥmad:] 我直到四十多岁才结婚。7.2

[Aḥmad:] I didn’t marry until I was past forty. 7.2

[艾哈迈德·达乌拉奇：] 我听见艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒说：“我们把一段圣训抄写了六七个版本，即便如此，仍不敢确定它的来源。那么，一个人只抄写过一次的传述，又怎能对它有把握呢？”大意如此。7.3

[Aḥmad al-Dawraqī:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “We’ve written down six or seven versions of a Hadith and even then didn’t feel sure of its provenance. So how can someone feel sure of a report they’ve written only once?” or words to that effect. 7.3

[Ṣāliḥ:] 我听父亲说:“我亲笔抄录的圣训就有一百万条，还不包括别人为我抄写的。” 7.4

[Ṣāliḥ:] I heard my father say, “I’ve written down a million Hadith reports in my own writing, not counting the ones written down for me.” 7.4