[伊斯哈格·伊本·拉胡韦:] 艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒为了向阿卜杜·拉扎格求学而启程时,盘缠用尽,便受雇于一位赶骆驼的人,一路随他前往萨那。他的同伴曾主动提出资助,但他不肯接受任何人的钱财。41.1

[Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh:] When Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal made the journey to study with ʿAbd al-Razzāq, he ran out of money, so he hired himself out to a camel driver for the duration of the journey to Sanaa. His companions had offered help, but he refused to accept anything from anyone. 41.1

[ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd：] ʿAbd al-Razzāq告诉我们：“艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒来到这里，住了将近两年。有一次我对他说：‘艾哈迈德，你在这个地方是不可能赚到钱的，所以拿着这个吧’”——这时ʿAbd al-Razzāq伸出一把第纳尔，以示他的意思——“‘自己花用吧！’但艾哈迈德说：‘我很好’，并拒绝接受我的任何东西。”41.2

[ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd:] ʿAbd al-Razzāq told us: “Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal came and stayed here for almost two years. At one point I said to him, ‘Aḥmad, there’s no way for you to make any money in this part of the world, so take this’”—and here ʿAbd al-Razzāq put out a handful of dinars to show us what he meant—“‘and spend it on yourself!’ But Aḥmad said, ‘I’m fine,’ and refused to accept anything from me.” 41.2

[Al-Wāsiṭī:] 我听说艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒离开也门时，曾把自己的凉鞋典押给一位面包师，换取一些食物。他离开时还受雇于一些驼夫。阿卜杜·拉扎格向他提供了一些完好的迪拉姆，他却不肯接受。41.3

[Al-Wāsiṭī:] I heard that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, as he was leaving Yemen, pawned his sandals to a baker in exchange for some food. He also hired himself out to some camel drivers when he left. ʿAbd al-Razzāq offered him some perfectly good dirhams,212 but he wouldn’t take them. 41.3

[Al-Ramādī:]有一次,在阿卜杜·拉扎克居住的村庄里,我们提到了伊本·罕百勒,卖菜的巴哈尔说:"他后来怎么样了?"41。4

[Al-Ramādī:] Once, in the village where ʿAbd al-Razzāq lived, we mentioned Ibn Ḥanbal, and Baḥr the greengrocer said, “Whatever happened to him?” 41.4

“你是怎么知道艾哈迈德是谁的？”我问他。

“How do you know who Aḥmad is?” I asked him.

“他在这里住了一段时间，”杂货商说，“他的朋友们离开后，他留了下来。他来找我，说：‘巴赫尔，我欠你一个迪拉姆，所以拿这双凉鞋抵吧。我会设法从萨那把钱寄给你，但如果寄不成，这双凉鞋值一个迪拉姆。”213

“He was living here for a while,” said the grocer. “When his friends left, he stayed behind. He came to me and said, ‘Baḥr, I owe you a dirham, so take these sandals. I’ll try to send you the money from Sanaa, but if I can’t, sandals are worth a dirham.213

“同意吗？”我说同意，他就走了。后来我把这件事告诉了阿卜杜·拉扎克的侄子哈曼，他说：“你怎么会让他把凉鞋给你？” [艾尔-拉马迪：] 我曾听阿卜杜·拉扎克含着泪说起艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒：“有一天他来找我，说他的钱用完了。我找到十个第纳尔，便把他拉到一旁，关上门，屋里没有别人，对他说：‘我不存钱，但我在女眷的房间里找到了这十个第纳尔，你拿去，让它们够用，直到我能找到别的办法。’他笑了笑，说：‘艾布·伯克尔，如果我要接受谁的帮助，那就是你了。’但他还是没有收下。”41.5

Agreed?’ “I said yes and he left. Later I told ʿAbd al-Razzāq’s nephew Hammām and he said, ‘Why on earth did you let him give you the sandals?’” [Al-Ramādī:] I once heard ʿAbd al-Razzāq, tears in his eyes, say of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal: “He came to me one day and said that his money had run out. I found ten dinars and took him aside—behind closed doors, with no one else there—and said, ‘I don’t save money, but I did find these ten dinars in the women’s quarters, so take them and make them last until I can find something more.’ He smiled and said, ‘Abū Bakr, if I were going to accept help from anyone, it would be you.’ But he wouldn’t take it.” 41.5

【作者：】这两个版本的传述在很大程度上是相同的。

[The author:] The two versions of the report are largely the same.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] 我父亲告诉我说：“叶齐德·伊本·哈伦曾经给过我五百迪尔汗——或多或少——但我没有接受。他也给过叶哈雅·伊本·马因和艾布·穆斯林·穆斯塔穆利钱，他们接受了。”41。6

[ʿAbd Allāh:] My father told me, “Yazīd ibn Hārūn once offered me five hundred dirhams—more or less—but I didn’t take it. He also offered money to Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn and Abū Muslim al-Mustamlī, and they did.” 41.6

[Al-Wāsiṭī:] 艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒和其他几位学者来跟我学习，但他们的钱用完了。我主动给他们钱，他们都接受了，只有艾哈迈德没有接受。他带着一件皮袍来找我，说：“请帮我找人把这件卖掉，这样就够我生活了。”41.7

[Al-Wāsiṭī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and several others came to study with me, but their money ran out. I offered them money and they took it, except for Aḥmad, who came to me with a fur and said, “Ask someone to sell this for me. That will give me enough to live on.” 41.7

我把一些银币包好拿去给他，他却拒绝接受任何东西。我的妻子说：“他是一个正直的人。也许是钱不够。把这个数的两倍给他。”于是我把数目加了一倍，他仍然不肯收。最后他拿起他的皮袄，离开了。

I bundled up some dirhams and offered them to him, but he refused to take anything. My wife said, “He’s a righteous man. Maybe it wasn’t enough. Give him twice that.” So I doubled the amount but he still wouldn’t take it. Finally he took his fur and left.

[易卜拉欣·伊本·哈桑：] 我听闻这个故事，是从一位曾在瓦西特认识艾哈迈德·伊本·哈奈白的人那里听来的，当时他们都是亚齐德·伊本·哈鲁恩门下的学生。艾哈迈德带着一件想要出售的斗篷来找他，而当时正值一年中最寒冷的时节。

[Ibrāhīm ibn Ḥassān:] I heard this story from a man who had known Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal in Wāsiṭ, where they were students at the door of Yazīd ibn Hārūn. Aḥmad came to him with a cloak he wanted to sell even though it was the coldest time of year.

“花了些时间，但我终于说服他不要卖掉它。然后我去见了叶兹德，说：‘艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒刚刚让我把他的斗篷卖掉——在这种天气里！’41.”8

“It took a while, but I persuaded him not to sell it. Then I went to Yazīd and said, ‘Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal just asked me to sell off his cloak—in this weather!’ 41.8

“Yazīd told his servant to weigh out a hundred dirhams and bring them in. Then he gave the money to me and told me to pass it on Aḥmad. So I brought him the money and said, ‘This is for you, from Yazīd.’ “‘I do need it,’ he said, ‘and I am on a journey. But I don’t want to get used to accepting help. Take it back!’ “So I took it back. Then he gave me his cloak and I sold it.” [Ṣāliḥ:] One day Ḥusn214 came to me and said, “A man just came and left a basket of dried fruit and a note.” 41. Note: the translation below follows your instructions and does not include any explanation. “Yazīd 吩咐他的仆人称出一百迪拉姆并拿进来。然后他把钱交给我，让我转交给 Aḥmad。于是我把钱带给他，说：‘这是 Yazīd 给你的。’ “‘我确实需要它，’他说，‘而且我正在旅途中。但我不想养成接受帮助的习惯。把它拿回去！’ “于是我把钱拿了回来。然后他把他的斗篷给了我，我把它卖掉了。” [Ṣāliḥ:] 有一天 Ḥusn214 来找我，说：“刚才有一个人来，留下了一篮干果和一张纸条。” 41.9

“Yazīd told his servant to weigh out a hundred dirhams and bring them in. Then he gave the money to me and told me to pass it on Aḥmad. So I brought him the money and said, ‘This is for you, from Yazīd.’ “‘I do need it,’ he said, ‘and I am on a journey. But I don’t want to get used to accepting help. Take it back!’ “So I took it back. Then he gave me his cloak and I sold it.” [Ṣāliḥ:] One day Ḥusn214 came to me and said, “A man just came and left a basket of dried fruit and a note.” 41.9

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I read the note, which said:

艾哈迈德，我在撒马尔罕代你出售了某些货物，价值如此这般，获利如此这般。现随信寄上四千迪拉姆，并附上我从果园中摘的一些水果，那果园原是我父亲和祖父传下来的。

Aḥmad, I sold some merchandise in Samarqand worth such-and-such on your behalf and made a profit of such-and-such. Herewith are four thousand dirhams, which I’m sending to you along with some fruit I picked from my orchard, which belonged to my father and grandfather before me.

当他回到家时，我把孩子们聚在一起，走进去见他。"爸爸，"我说，"看到我靠别人的施舍过活，您难道不心痛吗？"我把孩子们推到他面前，痛哭起来。

When he came home, I gathered the boys and went in to see him. “Dad,” I said, “doesn’t it hurt you to see me live on charity?” Putting the children in front of him, I wept.

“你是怎么知道的？”他问道。接着又说：“先别管这件事。今晚我会向真主请示该怎么办。”第二天，他说：“Ṣāliḥ，这件事别告诉任何人。我向真主请示过了，祂叫我不要接受。”他打开篮子，把水果分给了孩子们。然后他把钱退了回去，连同他有的一件十肘长的长袍一起送了回去。后来我听说，那人把这件长袍留了下来，用作裹尸布。

“How did you find out?” he asked. Then he said, “Leave it be for now. Tonight I’ll ask God what to do.” The next day, he said, “Ṣāliḥ, don’t tell anyone about this. I asked God and He told me not to accept.” He opened the basket and gave the fruit to the children. Then he sent the money back, along with a ten-cubit robe he had. Later I heard that the man set the robe aside to use as a shroud.

[ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm:] 一位邻居曾给我们看一份文件，问我们是否认得其中的笔迹。41.10

[ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm:] A neighbor of ours once showed us a document and asked if we recognized the handwriting. 41.10

“是的，”我们说，“这是艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒的。但他为什么要为你们写这个呢？”邻居说：“我们当时和苏夫扬·本·欧业奈在麦加住在一起。艾哈迈德消失了几天，所以我们去找他。他所住的那家人指给我们看他的房间。我们发现门虚掩着，看到他在里面，但他穿着破烂的衣服。”

“Yes,” we said, “it’s Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s. But why did he write this for you?” “We were staying with Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah in Mecca,” said the neighbor. “Aḥmad disappeared for a few days so we went to look for him. The people at the house where he was staying pointed out his room. We found the door ajar and saw that he was there, but dressed in rags.

“‘艾哈迈德，’我们问道，‘发生什么事了？好几天没见到你了。’” “‘有人偷了我的衣服。’” “‘我身上有些第纳尔，’我说，‘你可以把它当作借款或赠予，随你选择。’” “他拒绝接受这笔钱，于是我问他，是否愿意收费为我们抄写圣训。”

“‘Aḥmad,’ we asked, ‘what’s going on? We haven’t seen you in days.’ “‘Someone stole my clothes.’ “‘I have some dinars with me,’ I said. ‘Take it as a loan or a gift, whichever you prefer.’ “He refused to take the money, so I asked him if he would copy reports for a fee.

他说他会去，所以我给了他一第纳尔，但他不肯收。

He said he would, so I offered him a dinar, but he wouldn’t take it.

“‘给我买一件长袍，’他说，‘把它剪成两半，’同时比划着，意思是要把一半当作遮羞的围裙，另一半当作上衣。‘然后把找零拿给我，’他说。”

“‘Buy me a robe,’ he said, ‘and cut it in half,’ gesturing to show that he meant to wear half of it as a breechclout and the other half as a shirt. ‘And bring me the change,’ he said.

“我照他说的做了。然后我拿了纸给他，他为我抄写了一些文字，这些就是他亲笔所写。”[艾哈迈德·本·穆罕默德·本·沙欣：]我听艾哈迈德·本·穆罕默德·本·哈马德·穆格里ʾ说，阿里·本·贾赫姆曾看见他的一位邻居拿着一份艾哈迈德笔迹的文件。他便问那人从哪里找到的艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒的笔记本。41.11

“I did as he asked. Then I brought him some paper and he copied some texts for me, and here they are in his writing.” [Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Shāhīn:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥammād al-Muqriʾ say that ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm once saw one of his neighbors carrying a document in Aḥmad’s handwriting. He asked him where he had found Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s notebook. 41.11

“那么你熟悉他的著作吗？”那人问道。

“So you know his writing?” asked the man.

“我愿意。”“嗯，这不是艾哈迈德的笔记本，”邻居说，“这是我的笔记本，只是字迹是他写的。”“这是怎么发生的？”“有一年，”那人说，“我们在苏福扬·本·欧优奈来门下求学。那一年，我们那片街区只有我们两个人在他门下学习。艾哈迈德消失了几天，我便去找他。我顺着别人指的方向走，最后来到了吉亚德的一个洞穴前，洞口挡着一道格栅。”

“I do.” “Well, this isn’t Aḥmad’s notebook,” said the neighbor. “It’s my notebook in his writing.” “How did that happen?” “One year,” said the man, “we were studying with Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah. We were the only two from our neighborhood studying with him that year. Aḥmad disappeared for a few days and I went to go look for him. I followed people’s directions until I ended up at a sort of cave in Jiyād with a lattice blocking the entrance.

“"愿你平安!"我喊道。”

“‘Peace be upon you!’ I called out.

“‘你呢。’”他回答道。

“‘And you,’ came the reply.

“‘我可以进来吗？’“‘不行，’他回答。片刻之后他又说：‘现在可以了。’“我走了进去，发现他裹着一块破旧的毡子。”

“‘May I come in?’ “‘No,’ he answered. A moment later he said, ‘Now you may.’ “I went in and found him wrapped in a ragged piece of felt.

“‘你为什么让我等了这么久？’我问道。”

“‘Why did you keep me waiting?’ I asked.

“‘好让我能遮住自己。’“‘你怎么了？’“‘有人偷走了我的衣服。’”我急忙跑回家，拿回一百迪拉姆，用一块布包着。我把钱递给他，他却不肯收。我说他可以以后再还我，他仍然拒绝。我又试着少给，一直降到二十迪拉姆，也没有用。

“‘So I could cover myself.’ “‘What happened to you?’ “‘Someone stole my clothes.’ “I rushed home and brought back a hundred dirhams wrapped in a piece of cloth. I offered it to him but he refused to take it. I told him he could pay me back, but he still refused. I tried offering him less, going all the way down to twenty, but it was no use.

“我终于转身准备离开，说道：‘你想要自杀，而我就在这里愿意帮助你，这是不对的！’”“‘回来，’他说。”

Finally I turned to go, saying, ‘It’s wrong for you to kill yourself when I’m here offering to help you!’ “‘Come back,’ he said.

“我转身回去。他说：‘伊本·欧拜奈不是教过我们两人很多圣训吗？’” “‘当然。’” “‘如果我把它们抄给你，怎么样？’” “‘好吧，’我说。”

“I turned back. He said, ‘Didn’t Ibn ʿUyaynah teach both of us a lot of Hadith reports?’ “‘Of course.’ “‘What if I copy them out for you?’ “‘All right,’ I said.

“去买些纸来，”他说，“然后拿到这里来。”他写下了多少迪拉姆（叙述者说出了具体数额）。他用十二迪拉姆买了两件衣服，其余的留作开销。[伊斯玛仪·本·艾布·哈里斯：]我们过去住在一位来自马尔夫的老人附近。有一天，艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒进去拜访他，然后又出来离开了。41.12

“‘Buy some paper,’ he said, ‘and bring it here.’ “He wrote so many dirhams’ worth (the man mentioned the amount). He spent twelve dirhams on two garments and kept the rest for expenses.” [Ismāʿīl ibn Abī l-Ḥārith:] We used to live near an elderly man from Marv. One day Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal went in to see him and then came out again and left. 41.12

“艾哈迈德为什么来见你？”我问他。

“Why did Aḥmad come to see you?” I asked him.

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“他是个朋友，”老人回答道，“我们认识很久了。”他仍然在回避这个问题，但我们一再追问，直到他最终崩溃了。

“He’s a friend,” answered the old man. “We’ve known each other for a long time.” He kept on evading the question but we pestered him until he broke down.

“他说：‘他曾向我借了两三百迪拉姆，此番来还。我告诉他，我从未打算让他还，可他说，他也从未打算不还。’”[Ṣāliḥ:] 在al-Wāthiq统治时期，我们过着难以言说的窘迫生活。一次，父亲去做午后拜功，我走进他的房间，看见他平时坐的一块毡子，已旧得几乎磨穿。我在毡子下面发现一张纸，上面写着字。纸上写着：41。13

“He had borrowed two or three hundred dirhams from me,” he said, “and he came here to repay it. I told him I never intended for him to pay me back, but he said that he never intended not to.” [Ṣāliḥ:] In the days of al-Wāthiq, when we were living in conditions best left to the imagination, I went into my father’s room while he was away at afternoon prayers. He had a piece of felt that he used to sit on, so old that it was almost worn through. Under the felt I noticed a piece of paper with writing on it. It said: 41.13

艾哈迈德，我们得知你贫穷且负债。我们已派某某携带四千迪尔汗前来，用以偿还你的债务并照顾你的家人。这既不是施舍，也不是天课，而是来自我父亲的遗产。

Aḥmad, we have learned that you are poor and in debt. We have sent So-and-So with four thousand dirhams to pay off your debt and take care of your family. This is neither charity nor alms-tax: it is an inheritance from my father.

我读完纸条后把它放回原处。父亲进来时，我问道："爸爸，这张纸条是什么？"他脸红了。"我本希望你不要看到它。"接着他说："把这封回信送去。"他写道：

I read the note and put it back. When my father came in I said, “Dad, what’s this note?” He blushed. “I was hoping you wouldn’t see it.” Then he said, “Deliver this reply.” He wrote:

我们已收到您的来信，身体康健。这笔债务欠的是一位不会催促我们的人，家人安享真主的恩赐，感谢归于祂。

We have received your letter in good health. The debt is owed to a man who will not press us, and the family enjoys the bounty of God, thanks be to Him.

“这真是可惜！”送信的人说，“即便艾哈迈德收下了礼物，然后把它扔进底格里斯河，那也算是一件好事：这个人从来不为任何人做任何事。”过了一段时间，我们又收到一封内容相同的信。我父亲像回复第一封信那样回复了它。

I took this reply to the man who had delivered the original note. “What a shame!” he said. “Even if Aḥmad had accepted the gift and then thrown it into the Tigris, it would have been a good deed: this man never does anything for anybody.” Some time later, we received another letter saying the same thing. My father answered it as he had the first.

大约一年后，这件事又被提起，我父亲说：“看吧？如果我们当时收下了那笔钱，现在早就没了。”[伊本·阿比·哈提姆：] 我听艾哈迈德的儿子萨利赫转述过同样的故事，只是没有“即便艾哈迈德收下了这份礼物，然后把它扔进了底格里斯河”这一段。41.14

About a year later the subject came up, and my father said, “See? If we’d taken the money, it’d be gone by now.” [Ibn Abī Ḥātim:] I heard Aḥmad’s son Ṣāliḥ report the very same story, except without the part where he says, “Even if Aḥmad had accepted the gift and then thrown it into the Tigris.” 41.14

[作者:] 艾布·伯克尔·海拉勒也讲述了这个故事,并补充说,那位想要行善的人是伊本·穆巴拉克的被庇护者哈桑·伊本·尔萨·伊本·马萨尔吉斯。

[The author:] Abū Bakr al-Khallāl also tells the story, adding that the would-be benefactor was al-Ḥasan ibn ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjis, the client of Ibn al-Mubārak.

[at-Tirmidhī:] 一位朋友从呼罗珊来，告诉我他做了一笔生意，打算把利润交给艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒，这笔交易他赚了一万迪拉姆。他请我把这笔钱带给艾哈迈德。41.15

[Al-Tirmidhī:] A friend arrived from Khurasan and told me that he had done some business with the intention of giving the profits to Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and made ten thousand dirhams on the deal. He asked me to take the money to Aḥmad. 41.15

“我先去看看他对此有什么想法。”我说。

“First let me go see how he feels about it,” I said.

我去见他，向他问安，并提到了那个人的名字。结果发现他认识那个人。

I went to him, greeted him, and mentioned the man’s name. It turned out he knew of him.

“他赚了一万迪拉姆的利润，”我说，“他想把这笔钱给你。”艾哈迈德说：“愿真主赏赐他的辛劳！但我们所需的已经都有了。”他拒绝接受这笔钱，愿真主怜悯他。

“He’s made a profit of ten thousand dirhams,” I said, “and he wants to give it to you.” “May God reward him for his trouble!” said Aḥmad. “But we have all we need.” He refused to take the money, God have mercy on him.

[作者:] 同一个故事也由艾布·伯克尔·al-Khallāl转述，他引用了al-Marrūdhī。该人被认定为穆罕默德·本·苏莱曼·al-Sarakhsī。在这一版本中，叙述者补充说，此人又尝试了一次，但艾哈迈德回答道："让我保持一些自尊地生活吧。" [al-Barbarī:] 哈桑·本·阿卜杜勒-阿齐兹·al-Jarawī继承了十万第纳尔，这笔钱从埃及送到了他手中。他给艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒送去了三袋，每袋装有一千第纳尔。41.16

[The author:] The same story is told by Abū Bakr al-Khallāl, who cites al- Marrūdhī. The man is identified as Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Sarakhsī. In this version, the narrator adds that the man tried again but Aḥmad replied: “Let me live with some self-respect.” [Al-Barbarī:] Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Jarawī inherited a hundred thousand dinars, which was delivered to him from Egypt. To Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal he sent three sacks, each containing a thousand dinars. 41.16

“这是合法的遗产，”他说，“你拿去吧，用来养活你的家人。”他回答说：“我不需要，我已经够用了。”他把钱退还回去，不肯从那人手中拿走任何东西。

“It’s from a legitimate inheritance,” he said. “Take it and support your family.” “I don’t need it,” he replied. “I have enough.” He returned the money and refused to take anything from the man.

[Ṣāliḥ:] 我在场的时候，伊本·贾拉维（Ibn al-Jarawī）——即哈桑（al-Ḥasan）的兄弟——在日落礼拜后来拜访我的父亲。41.17

[Ṣāliḥ:] I was there when Ibn al-Jarawī, the brother of al-Ḥasan, came to see my father after the sunset prayer. 41.17

“大家都知道我是谁，”贾拉维说，“我今天来这里，是因为想给你们一些东西。这是我继承来的钱，希望你们能收下。”他坚持不懈地劝说，直到父亲最终站起身，走回了屋里。

“Everybody knows who I am,” said al-Jarawī. “I’ve come here today because I want to give you something. It’s money I’ve inherited, and I’d like you to accept it.” He kept insisting until finally my father got up and went back inside.

后来，穆哈迈德·哈桑告诉我，他的兄弟对他说：“我发现我越坚持，他就越疏远我，所以我想我还是告诉他具体的数目吧。我说：‘艾哈迈德，我们谈的是三千第纳尔。’那时他就走了出去。”艾布·努艾姆补充说，萨利哈说：“有一天，我父亲对我说：‘当家里一枚铜钱都没有的时候，我就高兴。’”［贾拉维：］我去见艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百里，说：“这是一千第纳尔。”

Later al-Ḥasan told me that his brother told him, “I saw that the more I insisted the more distant he got, so I figured I would tell him how much it was. I said, ‘Aḥmad, we’re talking about three thousand dinars.’ That’s when he walked out.” Abū Nuʿaym added that Ṣāliḥ said, “One day my father said to me, ‘When there’s not a single coin in the house, I’m happy.’” [Al-Jarawī:] I went to Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and said, “This is a thousand dinars.

“拿去买一处产业来供养孩子吧。”但他拒绝接受。41.18

Take it and buy a property to support the children.” But he refused to take it. 41.18

他过去总是欢迎我，但在那之后，他说：“如果你有需要，我希望你不要亲自来这里。如果你想问我什么，请发个消息。”于是我最终剥夺了自己与他相处的机会。

He always used to welcome me, but after that, he said, “If you need something, I’d prefer you didn’t come here in person. If you want to ask me about something send a message.” So I ended up depriving myself of his company.

[伊斯马仪·本·哈尔卜：] 有人估算过，艾哈迈德在被带到萨马拉后拒绝了多少钱。结果算出来是七万。4119

[Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥarb:] Somebody made an estimate of how much money Aḥmad turned down after he was brought to Samarra. It turned out to be seventy thousand. 41.19

[Ṣāliḥ:] 有一天我和父亲在一起，家里的女人们叫我进去。41.20

[Ṣāliḥ:] One day I was with my father and the women of the house called me in. 41.20

“告诉你父亲，我们的面粉没了”——或者说是“面包”。我告诉了他，他说：“我马上去办。”他没去，于是他们又把我叫了回去。我又告诉了他一遍，他说：“马上。”就在这时，有人敲门。我出去一看，是一个来自呼罗珊的男子，打扮得像个信使，手里拄着一根木杖，杖上系着一个口袋。

“Tell your father that we’re out of flour”—or maybe “bread.” I told him, and he said, “I’ll take care of it right away.” He didn’t, and so they called me back in. I told him again, and he said, “Right away.” At that moment came a knock on the door. I went out and found a man from Khurasan dressed like a courier and carrying a staff with a sack tied onto it.

"我能为您做些什么？"我问他。

“What can I do for you?” I asked him.

“我需要见艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒。”我进去告诉了父亲。

“I need to see Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.” I went in and told my father.

“你出去问问他想要什么。是法律上的问题，还是圣训的问题？”那人说两者都不是。我父亲说：“请他进来。”那人进来，放下手杖和袋子，问道：“你是艾哈迈德·伊本·穆罕默德·伊本·罕百勒吗？”“是的。”“我来自呼罗珊。我的一位邻居病了，我去探望他。我问他有没有什么我能帮上忙的，他说：‘看见这五千迪尔汗了吗？”

“Go out and ask him what he wants. Is it a legal problem or a Hadith?” The man said it was neither, and my father said, “Bring him in.” The man came in, put down the staff and the bag, and asked, “Are you Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥanbal?” “Yes.” “I’m from Khurasan. One of my neighbors got sick and I went to visit him. I asked him if there was anything I could do, and he said, ‘See this five thousand dirhams?

“等我死了，就把它拿去交给艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒。”所以我带着这笔钱，从呼罗珊一路来到这里。” “这个人是我的什么亲属吗？” “不是。” “他是我们家族的成员吗？” “不是。” “他是在报答我们曾经对他的某种恩惠吗？”215

When I’m dead, take it and give it to Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.’ So here I am with the money, all the way from Khurasan.” “Was this man any relation of mine?” “No.” “Was he a member of the family?” “No.” “Is he returning some favor we did for him?”215

“不。”“那就把它拿回去，谢谢你。”那人不肯，我父亲对他说话很严厉。最后他拿了钱，离开了。

“No.” “So take it back, and thank you.” The man resisted and my father spoke to him roughly. Finally he took the money and left.

“过了一段时间，他坐着看自己的书，忽然抬起头说：‘萨利赫，你知道那位来自呼罗珊的人离开有多久了吗？’‘不知道。’‘今天正好六十一天。这段时间里，你有没有挨过一次饿，或者需要什么东西却得不到？’” [阿卜杜拉：] 我听福兰说：“艾哈迈德病了”——这是在200年之前——“很多人来探望他。其中有阿里·伊本·贾尔德，他在床边留下了一个小袋子。我把这件事告诉了艾哈迈德，他说：‘把它原样还给他。’于是我去把它还了回去。”41.21

Some time later he was sitting and looking at his books when he raised his head and remarked, “Ṣāliḥ, do you know how long it’s been since that man from Khurasan was here?” “No.” “Today makes sixty-one days. Have you been hungry once during that time, or needed anything and not had it?” [ʿAbd Allāh:] I heard Fūrān report, “ʿAḥmad got sick”—this was before the year 200—“and a lot of people came to call on him. One of them was ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd, who left a little bag at his bedside. I told Aḥmad about it, and he said, ‘Return it to him just the way you found it.’ So I went and returned it.” 41.21

[Ṣāliḥ:] 福兰对我父亲说："我有一些鞋子，会送给你。" 41.22

[Ṣāliḥ:] Fūrān said to my father, “I’ve got some shoes I’ll send you.” 41.22

父亲什么也没说。Fūrān又说了一遍，父亲回答道："别说了！想到他们，我就心神不宁。"另有一次，有人把中国纸寄给一些圣训学者，其中包括Yaḥyā。他给我父亲寄来一箱，父亲拒收了。

My father said nothing. Fūrān said it again, and my father replied, “Don’t! The thought of them is distracting me.” Another time a man sent Chinese paper to a number of Hadith-men, including Yaḥyā. He sent a crate of it to my father, who refused it.

我父亲曾对我说:“自伊本·穆巴拉克以后,呼罗珊再没有出过像伊本·穆因这样的人。”他又说:“伊本·穆因的儿子来见我,说他父亲想送我一件外套作为纪念。我让他拿来。可他带来的是整整一包衣服,我便对他说:‘多谢,请回吧。’”他的意思是,他拒绝接受这些礼物。

My father once told me, “Not since Ibn al-Mubārak has anyone like Ibn Maʿīn come out of Khurasan. Well, his son came to me and said that his father wanted to send me a jacket to remember him by. I told him to bring it. But when he arrived with a whole bundle of clothes, I told him, ‘Thank you and good-bye.’” By that he meant that he refused to take it.

[穆罕默德·伊本·穆萨：] 我听伊本·奈扎克说：“我跟着艾哈迈德和叶哈雅去伊本·萨杜维赫家”——或者是别人家。“他”——我想是萨杜维赫——“为他们准备了一锅食物。艾哈迈德发觉情况后，说：‘快到拜的时间了’，然后走了出去。没有人敢说什么。他来到一处公共水道旁，那里有一个水罐。他在那里取出用破布包着的几块面包屑，用罐子里的水灌满水壶，把面包屑从手心里吃掉，再用水送下。之后他做了晡礼。

[Muḥammad ibn Mūsā:] I heard Ibn Nayzak say, “I was following Aḥmad and Yaḥyā to Ibn Saʿduwayh’s”—or someone else’s place. “He”—I think it was Saʿduwayh —“had prepared a pot of food for them. When Aḥmad realized what was going on, he said, ‘It’s almost prayer time,’ and went out. No one dared say anything. He went to a public conduit216 where there was a pitcher. There he took out some crumbs of bread he had wrapped in a rag. He filled a jug from the pitcher and ate the crumbs out of his hand, washing them down with water. Afterward he prayed the afternoon prayer.

然后,在其他人吃完饭、做完礼拜之后,他回来了,请求允许入内,坐下来,开始写作。”41.23

Then, after the others had eaten and said their prayers, he came back, asked permission to enter, sat down, and began writing.” 41.23

[Ḥumayd ibn al-Rabīʿ al-Kūfī:] 有一天，艾哈迈德问那些圣训学者，其中是否有人住在卡尔赫。41.24

[Ḥumayd ibn al-Rabīʿ al-Kūfī:] One day Aḥmad asked the Hadith-men whether any of them lived in al-Karkh. 41.24

“我愿意。”一位年轻人说道。

“I do,” said one young man.

“留下来，”他说，“我需要你做件事。”艾哈迈德给了那个年轻人一些迪拉姆，让他下次去买纸来。

“Stay after,” he said. “I need you to do something.” Aḥmad gave the young man some dirhams and told him to buy paper and bring it next time.

这个年轻人去买了那张纸。他还在纸页之间藏了一些迪拉姆。[217]随后他回来把它交给了艾哈迈德。此后他便不再前来。

The young man went and bought the paper. He also hid a number of dirhams between the pages.217 Then he came back and gave it to Aḥmad. After that he stopped coming.

过了一段时间，艾哈迈德打开纸包，硬币散落四处。他把硬币收拾起来后，问那些圣训学者是否认识买下这张纸的那个年轻人。

Some time later, Aḥmad opened up the paper and the coins went flying. After he had gathered them up, he asked the Hadith-men if they knew the young man who had bought the paper.

“我知道他住在哪里。”一个人说。

“I know where he lives,” said one man.

“留下来，”他说，“我需要你做件事。”艾哈迈德拿起钱，跟着那个人走了出去。他们来到卡提阿特·拉比的地方，发现那个年轻人正坐在那里。

“Stay after,” he said. “I need you to do something.” Picking up the money, Aḥmad followed the man out. When they reached Qaṭīʿat al-Rabīʿ, they found the young man sitting there.

“那个就是你要的，”那人说。

“That’s the one you want,” said the man.

“你可以走了，”艾哈迈德说。然后他走到那个年轻人跟前，向他问好，把钱扔到他的膝上，便离开了。

“You can go now,” said Aḥmad. Then he went over to the young man, greeted him, dumped the money in his lap, and left.

[Al-Tustarī:] 有一个男孩常来伊本·罕百勒的讲座。有一天，艾哈迈德给了他两枚迪拉姆，说："给我买些纸。"41.25

[Al-Tustarī:] There was a boy who used to come to Ibn Ḥanbal’s circle. One day Aḥmad gave him two dirhams and said, “Buy me some paper.” 41.25

男孩出去买了纸。然后他把五百第纳尔放进去，卷起来并系好，送到了艾哈迈德的家里。

The boy went out and bought the paper. Then he put five hundred dinars inside it, rolled it up and tied it, and sent it to Aḥmad’s house.

后来艾哈迈德问有没有什么白色的东西送来。"有，"有人告诉他，于是包裹被拿到他面前。他一打开，硬币便四散飞出。他把所有硬币都捡回放好之后，便去找那个男孩。找到后，他把包裹放在男孩面前，转身走开。男孩追上去说："纸是你的呀——我是用你给我的两枚迪拉姆买的！"可艾哈迈德连那张纸也不肯收。

Later Aḥmad asked if anything white had been delivered. “Yes,” he was told, and the package was brought over to him. No sooner had he opened it than the coins went flying. After he had put them all back, he went looking for the boy. When he found him, he put the package down in front of him and walked away. The boy ran after him, saying, “The paper’s yours— I bought it with the two dirhams you gave me!” But Aḥmad wouldn’t take the paper either.

【Al-Marrūdhī:】有人告诉我，当艾哈迈德从边境被遣返时，艾布·伯克尔·穆斯塔姆利陪同他前去照料。他讲述了如下故事。41.26

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I was told that when Aḥmad was sent back from the frontier, Abū Bakr al-Mustamlī went with him to look after him. He told the following story. 41.26

“当我们在一处驿站停留时，我们发现他的一位朋友给他寄来了一百第纳尔，嘱咐他用于旅途开销。但他不肯收下。我说：‘艾哈迈德，我是边地的人，家中还有许多张嘴要吃饭，让我拿去吧！’” “‘那不行，’他说，‘第一次给你的，和第二次给你的，不是一回事。’218

“When we stopped at one of the way stations, we found that one of his friends had sent him a hundred dinars, telling him to spend it on his travels. But he wouldn’t take it. I said, ‘Aḥmad, I’m a frontiersman with mouths to feed. Let me take it!’ “‘That won’t do,’ he said. ‘What they give you the first time isn’t like the second.218

"最好还是有尊严地活着。"”然后他把它送了回去。 [ʿAbd Allāh:] 一天夜里，我们听到有人敲门。我开门一看，见一个男人正放下一个大的带脚托盘，上面盖着白布。"拿着这个，"他说，还没等我开口，就跑走了。41.27

Better to live with some dignity.’ “Then he sent it back.” [ʿAbd Allāh:] One night we heard a tapping on the door. I opened it and saw a man putting down a large footed tray covered with a white cloth. “Take this,” he said, then ran off before I could say anything. 41.27

这是一个大托盘。我把它端进屋里，放在父亲面前。

It was a big tray. I brought it inside and put it in front of my father.

“这是什么？”他问道，“这是从阿布·穆罕默德的家里拿来的吗？”——指的是福兰的家。

“What’s this?” he asked. “Did it come from Abū Muḥammad’s house?”—meaning Fūrān’s.

“不。”我说。

“No,” I said.

“那么，它在哪里？是谁把它拿来的？”“不管是谁，放下就走了。”布下面放着一些看起来很可口的食物，还有几杯甜点，显然花了不少钱。

“Where, then? Who brought it here?” “Whoever it was put it down and left.” Under the cloth was some wholesome-looking food, along with goblets of sweets that had clearly cost someone a lot of money.

我的父亲沉思了许久。最后他说:“把其中一部分送到你叔叔家,再分一些给Ṣāliḥ的孩子们。”他指着那个女孩和几个男孩。

My father sat for a while, thinking hard. Finally he said, “Send some of it to your uncle’s house and give some to Ṣāliḥ’s children,” pointing to the girl and the boys.

“也给自己留一些。”后来我才知道它是从哪里来的。

“Take some for yourself, too.” Later I found out where it had come from.

许多人过去常常送礼物给他，但他从不接受。ʿAbdūs al-ʿAṭṭār 也常常送东西，但他从来不尝。

Several people used to send him gifts but he would never partake. ʿAbdūs al-ʿAṭṭār often sent things, but he would never taste them.