[Al-Ṭarasūsī:] 艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒曾不慎把一把指甲剪掉进了井里。他的一名佃户路过，把它捞了上来。艾哈迈德立即给了他一些钱，大约半个迪拉姆。42。1

[Al-Ṭarasūsī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal once dropped a pair of clippers219 into the well. One of his tenants came along and fished it out. Aḥmad immediately handed him some money—half a dirham, more or less. 42.1

“这把剪刀不值一枚卡拉特，”那人说，“我什么都不要。”几天后，艾哈迈德问他：“你店铺的房租欠了多少？”那人说：“三个月的，每月三迪拉姆。”221

“The clippers aren’t worth more than a qīrāṭ,”220 said the man. “I won’t take anything.” A few days later, Aḥmad asked him, “How much rent do you owe on your shop?” “Three months’ worth,” said the man, “at three dirhams a month.”221

“就当已经付清了，”艾哈迈德说着，在他的账目上划了一道线。

“Consider it paid,” said Aḥmad, drawing a line through his account.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Abū Saʿīd ibn Abī Ḥanīfah al-Muʾaddib 告诉我说:"我常去拜访你的父亲,他常常给我东西,说:'这是我们家里所有东西的一半。'有一天我去了,待了很久。他拿出四个面包,说:'这是我们所有东西的一半。'" 42.2

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Abū Saʿīd ibn Abī Ḥanīfah al-Muʾaddib told me, “When I used to come see your father, he would often give me things and say, ‘This is half of what we’ve got in the house.’ One day I came and stayed for a long time. He brought out four loaves of bread and said, ‘This is half of what we have.’ 42.2

“‘我宁愿从你这里得到这四枚，’我对他说，‘也不愿从任何别人那里得到四千枚。’”［Al-Warrāq：］我曾经去找穆罕默德·本·阿卜杜拉·本·努迈尔求助。他给了我四五个迪尔汗，说：“这是我所有钱的一半。”42.3

“‘I’d rather have these four from you,’ I told him, ‘than four thousand from anyone else.’” [Al-Warrāq:] I once went to Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr to ask for help. He gave me four or five dirhams, saying, “This is half of what I have.” 42.3

又有一次我去见艾哈迈德·伊本·穆罕默德·伊本·汉百勒。他拿出四个银币说："我所有的就是这些。" [穆斯塔姆利：] 我曾对艾哈迈德说我们已经一无所有了。他给了我五个银币，并说："我所有的就是这些了。" [马鲁兹：] 艾哈迈德常常施舍食物。有一天，阿布·赛义德·达里尔前来求助。42.4

Another time I went to Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥanbal. He took out four dirhams and said, “This is all I have.” [Al-Mustamlī:] I once told Aḥmad that we had nothing left. He gave me five dirhams and said, “This is all I’ve got.” [Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad often used to give away food. One day, Abū Saʿīd al-Ḍarīr came to ask for help. 42.4

"我所拥有的，"艾哈迈德说，"只有这根树干。叫一个搬运工来，把它拿走吧。"222

“All I’ve got,” said Aḥmad, “is this tree trunk. Bring a porter and take it.”222

我以九个迪尔汗和两个达尼克的价格卖掉了它。223

I sold it for nine dirhams and two dāniqs.223

艾哈迈德性情极为善良、谦逊朴实，而且他总是乐于施舍财物，因此每当把东西送给别人时，他都会感到欢喜。

Aḥmad was of the kindest and most unassuming disposition, and it always made him happy to give things away.

[An-Nasa'i:] 一次在一个节日里,艾哈迈德邀请我进去。我进去后看见一张桌子,桌上有一个盘子,盘子里装着一些骨头,放在一个带脚的托盘上,旁边还有一口锅。42.5

[Al-Nasāʾī:] Once during a feast day, Aḥmad invited me in. I went in and saw a table table and a dish with some bones in it sitting on a footed tray, and a pot off to the side. 42.5

“来吃点东西吧，”他说。看到我因害羞而不肯与他同食，他又说：“哈桑（Al-Ḥasan）常说：‘来吧，凭真主起誓，我们吃吧！’伊本·西林（Ibn Sīrīn）也常说：‘食物本就是用来吃的。’易卜拉欣·伊本·艾德哈姆（Ibrāhīm ibn Adham）则常常变卖自己的衣物，把钱花在朋友身上。在他看来，今世的事物不过如此。”说着，他指向一段被丢弃的棕榈树干。

“Have something to eat,” he said. Seeing that I was too shy to join him, he said, “Al-Ḥasan used to say, ‘Let us eat, by God!’ And Ibn Sīrīn used to say, ‘Food is there to be eaten.’ And Ibrāhīm ibn Adham used to sell pieces of his clothing and spend the money on his friends. For him, the things of this world were worth no more than that,” pointing to a discarded length of palm trunk.

听到这些，我放松下来，吃了东西。

Hearing all that, I relaxed and ate.

[ʿAlī ibn Yaḥyā:] 我在艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒身旁做了主麻拜。伊玛目宣布散礼之后，一个乞丐站起来索要施舍。艾哈迈德找到一枚硬币，把它给了他。接着有个人对乞丐说：“这枚硬币我出一个迪拉姆买下。”他不断抬高价格，最后涨到五十个迪拉姆，乞丐才说：“我不卖。我想要它的原因，和你想要它的原因一样！”224 42.6

[ʿAlī ibn Yaḥyā:] I prayed the Friday prayer next to Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. After the imam had dismissed the congregation, a beggar stood up and asked for alms. Aḥmad found a coin and gave it to him. A man then said to the beggar, “I’ll give you a dirham for that coin.” He kept upping the amount and finally reached fifty dirhams before the beggar said, “I’m not giving it up. I want it for the same reason you do!”224 42.6

[Al-Marrūdhī:] 我和艾哈迈德一同前往萨迈拉，途中在一处驿站歇脚。我取出一块馕，在他面前放了一罐水。这时，一条狗走了过来。它用后腿站立在他身旁，开始摇尾巴。他便丢给它一点食物。不久，他每吃一口，就丢给它一点东西吃。

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I was with Aḥmad on the way to Samarra when we stopped at a way station. I took out a loaf of flatbread and put a jug of water before him. Then a dog appeared. It stood beside him on its hind legs and started wagging its tail. He tossed it a bit of food. Soon he was tossing it a bit to eat for every bite he took himself.

唯恐这样下去艾哈迈德会挨饿，我站起身把狗赶走了。随后我看见艾哈迈德窘得满脸通红。他说："算了吧。"

Afraid that at that rate Aḥmad would starve, I got up and shooed the dog away. Then I looked and saw that Aḥmad was red with embarrassment. “Let it be,” he said.

根据伊本·阿拔斯，他们的灵魂怀有恶意。225 42.7

“According to Ibn ʿAbbās, they have malicious souls.”225 42.7