[穆罕默德·本·穆斯林]：我们对艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒敬畏有加，不敢与他意见相左，也不敢与他就任何问题争论。361

[Muḥammad ibn Muslim:] We were too much in awe of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal to disagree with him or argue with him about anything. 36.1

这是因为他的威严，以及他所被赐予的、令人敬畏的虔诚伊斯兰信仰。194

This was because of how imposing he was, and how intimidating the devotion to Islam he had been blessed with.194

[Al-Marrūdhī:] 桥梁的监督官、住在我邻近的 Al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad 告诉我说："我见过 Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm，还有某某、某某——他们都是有权威的人——但我从未见过像 Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal 那样令人敬畏的人。我有一次去与他谈某件事，一见到他，我就战栗了。" 36.2

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad, the superintendent of the bridge, who lived in my neighborhood, told me, “I’ve met Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, and So-and-So, and Soand- So”—all of them men of authority—“but I never saw anyone as overpowering as Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. I once went to talk to him about something, and the moment I saw him, I shuddered.” 36.2

阿勒-卡尔比是情报部门的负责人，有一次他夜里前来拜见他，但他和手下们因畏惧而不敢敲他的门，于是改敲了他叔叔的门。艾哈迈德说，他听到了敲门声，便应了声。

Al-Kalbī, the chief of intelligence, once came to see him at night, but he and his men were too intimidated to knock on his door and so knocked on his uncle’s door instead. Aḥmad said that he heard them knocking and answered.

【ʿAbdūs:】艾哈迈德曾经看见我笑。我至今仍为此感到难为情。36.3

[ʿAbdūs:] Aḥmad once saw me laugh. I’m still embarrassed about it. 36.3

[الْقَاسِم بْن سَلَّام:] 我曾与阿布·尤苏夫、穆罕默德·本·哈桑、叶海亚·本·赛义德和阿卜杜·拉赫曼·本·麦赫迪同坐，但我从未像与艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒同坐时那样感到敬畏。当他身陷牢狱时，我曾去探望他。

[Al-Qāsim ibn Sallām:] I’ve sat with Abū Yūsuf, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī, and I was never as intimidated as I was when I sat with Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. When he was in prison, I went to visit him.

有人问了我一个问题，但有艾哈迈德在场，我不敢回答。36.4

Someone asked me a question but with Aḥmad there I was afraid to answer it. 36.4

ibn Makram补充说："我把这个故事告诉了Yaʿqūb ibn Shaybah，他说：'他大概是怕在Aḥmad面前说错。'" Note: the honorific "ibn" and names are kept in their original transliteration as instructed.

Ibn Makram added: “I told Yaʿqūb ibn Shaybah this story, and he said, ‘He was probably afraid to make a mistake with Aḥmad there.’”