[穆罕默德·本·伊斯玛仪：] 我和艾哈迈德·本·哈桑·阿尔-提尔米兹有一次在艾哈迈德·本·韩百勒那里，阿尔-提尔米兹说：“有人在麦加向伊本·阿比·库泰巴提到圣训学者，他却称他们是一群坏人。” 22.1

[Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl:] Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Tirmidhī and I were once at Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s and al-Tirmidhī said, “Someone mentioned Hadith scholars to Ibn Abī Qutaybah in Mecca and he called them a bad lot.” 22.1

“异端！”艾哈迈德大声喊道，站起身抖了抖他的长袍。“异端！异端！”说罢，他走进了屋里。

“Heretic!” exclaimed Aḥmad, rising and shaking out his garment. “Heretic! Heretic!” Then he disappeared into his house.

[Ṣāliḥ:] 我听父亲说："尊重圣训学者的人，会在先知ﷺ眼中获得地位；轻慢他们的人，则会失去先知的喜爱，因为圣训学者是先知自己的'拉比'。" 22.2

[Ṣāliḥ:] I heard my father say: “Anyone who reveres Hadith scholars will acquire standing in the eyes of the Prophet, God bless and keep him, and anyone who treats them with contempt will lose his favor, since Hadith scholars are the Prophet’s own rabbis.” 22.2

[Al-Marrūdhī:] 我对艾哈迈德说："凡以穆斯林身份且遵循逊奈而死的人，死得好。" 22.3

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I said to Aḥmad: “Whoever dies a Muslim and a follower of the sunnah dies well.” 22.3

“我当然应该这么说！”他反驳道，“凡是作为穆斯林、遵循逊奈而死的人，都死得和任何人一样好。”【Al-Bazzāz】有人问艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒，替身（Abdāl）在哪里可以找到。他沉默了很久，久到我们以为他不会回答。然后他说：“如果不在圣训学者之中，我就不知道在哪里了。”22.4

“I should say so!” he retorted. “Whoever dies a Muslim and a follower of the sunnah dies as well as anyone could.” [Al-Bazzāz:] Someone asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal where to find the Substitutes. He remained silent so long we thought he wasn’t going to respond. Then he said, “If not among the Hadith scholars, I don’t know where.” 22.4

[Al-Zabīdī:] 有一次,艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒看见圣训学者们走来,指着他们手中的墨水瓶说:“那些是伊斯兰的明灯。”22.5

[Al-Zabīdī:] Once, seeing the Hadith scholars approaching, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal pointed at the inkpots in their hands and said, “Those are the lamps of Islam.” 22.5

[Al-Makkī:] 有一次，艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒看到圣训学者们从老师的讲席上散去，手里拿着墨水瓶，便说："如果这些人不是我们中最优秀的，那我就不知道谁是了。" 22.6

[Al-Makkī:] Once, seeing the Hadith scholars emerging from a session with their teacher, inkpots in their hands, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal said, “If these people aren’t the best we have, I don’t know who would be.” 22.6

[Al-Qāflānī:] 我听到艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒说：“如果圣训学者不是替身（Abdāl），那我不知道还有谁是。” 22.7

[Al-Qāflānī:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “If the Hadith scholars are not the Substitutes, I don’t know who would be.” 22.7

[Abū l-Thalj:] 我问艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒，抄写圣训与礼拜、斋戒，哪一种更好。228

[Abū l-Thalj:] I asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal whether it was better to write down Hadith or to pray and fast. 22.8

“最好把圣训记录下来，”他说。

“It’s better to write down Hadith,” he said.

“为什么？”“因为人们做礼拜、斋戒，总可以说一句：‘我看见别人这样做，所以我也这样做。’”【法达勒·本·济亚德】说：我听艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒说：“凡拒绝先知穆罕默德ﷺ的圣训者，便已站在毁灭的边缘。”22.9

“Why?” “Because with praying and fasting, someone can always say, ‘I saw others doing it so I did it too.’” [Al-Faḍl ibn Ziyād:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say: “Anyone who rejects a Hadith of the Prophet, God bless and keep him, stands on the brink of ruin.” 22.9