【Ibn al-Sammāk:】我听到艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒说："让人看到你的墨水瓶，就是炫耀。"173 30.1

[Ibn al-Sammāk:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “Letting people see your inkwell is showing off.”173 30.1

安萨里说："我认为报告此言的伊本·萨马克，是与艾哈迈德交游的穆罕默德·伊本·本达尔·萨马克·贾尔贾拉伊。"[马鲁兹：] 有人曾问伊本·罕百勒，他的门人是做了什么，才使他们如此受人推崇。30.2

Al-Anṣārī said, “I think the Ibn al-Sammāk who reported this comment is Muḥammad ibn Bundār al-Sammāk al-Jarjarāʾī, who associated with Aḥmad.” [Al-Marrūdhī:] Someone once asked Ibn Ḥanbal what his people had done to become so well regarded. 30.2

“他们一直很诚实。”他说。

“They’ve been truthful,” he said.

[Al-Marrūdhī:] 有人提到诚实和认真，艾哈迈德说："正是这一点，使这个群体胜过其他人。" 30.3

[Al-Marrūdhī:] After someone mentioned being truthful and earnest, Aḥmad said, “That’s what makes this group174 better than others.” 30.3

[Al-Marrūdhī:]我与艾哈迈德在萨马拉一起待了大约四个月。在这段时间里，他夜里从未停止礼拜，白天也从未停止诵读《古兰经》，但即使他诵完整部《古兰经》，他也从不让人知道。他一切都是暗中进行的。30.4

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I was with Aḥmad in Samarra for about four months. During that time he never stopped praying at night and reading the Qurʾan by day, but even when he finished a reading of the whole Qurʾan, he never let on. He did it all in secret. 30.4

Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad:艾哈迈德曾经遇到一个对他不诚实的人。30.5

[Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad:] Aḥmad once ran into a man who had been dishonest with him. 30.5

“如果你端正行事，”他对他说，“你就不必怕任何人。”我还听他在被问到什么是为了神而爱人时说，那就是爱人而不图世俗的利益。

“If you made things right,” he told him, “you wouldn’t have to be afraid of anyone.” I also heard him say, when he was asked what it meant to love others in God, that it meant loving them without thought of worldly gain.