[Al-Dūrī:] 当艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒写信给我，把我介绍给巴士拉的一些圣训传述者时，他只称我为“一位寻求圣训的人”。491

[Al-Dūrī:] When Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal wrote me a letter of introduction to some Hadith transmitters in Basra, he called me simply “someone seeking Hadith.” 49.1

[穆罕默德·伊本·易卜拉欣：]我听说，艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒接待一群同道的圣训学者时，只用手头现有的钱为他们买了食物。264 我还听说，当穆塔瓦基勒将他带到萨马拉时，他拒绝食用宫中备好的任何东西，并靠一个“凯莱贾”——即四分之一的大麦粉265——维持了十五天，同时等待从巴格达汇来的钱款。49。2

[Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm:] I heard that when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was visited by a group of his fellow Hadith-men, he bought them something to eat using only the money he had on hand.264 I also heard that when al-Mutawakkil brought him to Samarra he refused to touch anything prepared at the palace, and made a kaylajah—a fourth of barley meal265—last for fifteen days while he waited for money to reach him from Baghdad. 49.2

【伊斯哈格·本·穆萨·安萨里：】马蒙赐给我一些钱，并命我将其分发给圣训学者，“因为其中有些人贫困。” 49.3

[Isḥāq ibn Mūsā l-Anṣārī:] Al-Maʾmūn gave me some money and ordered me to distribute it to the Hadith-men, “since some of them are poor.” 49.3

它们每一位都接受了一些钱，唯独艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒拒绝碰一下。

Every one of them accepted some money—except for Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, who refused to touch it.

[Fūrān:] 在艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒去世前的两个晚上，我们在他那里。在场的还有一个年轻的黑奴，是他的叔叔艾布·优素福用穆塔瓦基勒所给的钱为他买下的。那奴隶想为艾哈迈德扇风，但他叫他不要这样做。49。4

[Fūrān:] We were at Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s two nights before he died. With us was a young black slave whom his uncle Abū Yūsuf had bought with the money given him by al-Mutawakkil. The slave wanted to fan Aḥmad but he told him not to. 49.4

[ʿAbd Allāh:] 当我生病的时候，我的父亲来看望我。49.5

[ʿAbd Allāh:] When I was ill, my father came to check on me. 49.5

“爸爸，”我说，“我们还留着些al-Mutawakkil给我们的钱。要是我用这笔钱去朝觐，怎么样？”“你应该去。”他说。

“Dad,” I said, “we still have some of the money al-Mutawakkil gave us. What if I used it to make the pilgrimage?” “You should,” he said.

“但如果你并不介意花用它，”我问道，“为什么不拿去用呢？”他回答说：“孩子，我并不认为它是被禁止的。但我宁愿避免。” 【穆罕默德·本·欧拜杜拉：】艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒曾对我说：“每年我都会核算我所住房屋的价值，并按照欧麦尔·本·黑塔卜关于伊拉克黑土地所说的，缴纳天课。”266 49.6

“But if you don’t mind spending it,” I asked, “why don’t you take it?” “I don’t consider it forbidden, son,” he answered. “But I’d rather abstain.” [Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal told me, “Every year I survey the house I live in and pay the alms-tax on it, following what ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb said about the Black Land in Iraq.”266 49.6

[穆罕默德·伊本·尤努斯：] 苏莱曼·伊本·达乌德·沙德哈库尼曾对我说："你见过阿里·伊本·麦迪尼试图效法艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒吗？那真是天方夜谭！他们简直判若云泥。267 我有一次在麦加亲眼见识了艾哈迈德是多么严谨。他曾把一个铜水桶抵押给一位卖水果和坚果的小贩，以便换钱买些吃的。等他攒够了钱要赎回水桶时，他去找那位小贩，小贩拿出两个铜桶，说：'你挑属于你的那个拿走吧。'" 49.7

[Muḥammad ibn Yūnus:] Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd al-Shādhakūnī once told me, “Have you seen ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī trying to emulate Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal? That’ll be the day! They’re like chalk and cheese.267 Once in Mecca I saw firsthand how scrupulous Aḥmad is. He had pawned a copper pail to a fruit-and-nut vendor so he could buy something to eat. When he had enough money to redeem the pail, he went to the vendor, who held out two of them and said, ‘Take whichever one is yours.’ 49.7

“‘我说不准，’艾哈迈德说，‘你留着它，也留着钱。’”于是他留下了他的水桶。

“‘I can’t tell,’ said Aḥmad. ‘Keep it, and keep the money.’ “So he left his pail.

“‘其中一个是他的，我发誓，’卖主说，‘我只是在测试他！’”【Al-Ṭūsī：】每当看到基督徒，艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒便会闭上双眼。

“‘One was his, I swear,’ said the vendor. ‘I was just testing him!’” [Al-Ṭūsī:] Whenever he saw a Christian, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal would close his eyes.

他问为什么时，他说："我不能看那些编造关于神的谎言的人。" 49.8

Asked why, he said, “I can’t look at anyone who lies about God.” 49.8

[ʿAbd Allāh:] 即使我父亲熟知许多圣训，我亲眼见过他不看书而背诵的圣训，也不足一百条。49。9

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Even with all the Hadith my father knew, there were fewer than a hundred reports I ever saw him recite without using a book. 49.9

[Al-Madīnī:] 艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒的记忆力比我们任何人都好，但我听说他只从书本中诵读圣训——这是我们所有人都应当效法的榜样。4910

[Al-Madīnī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal has a better memory than any of us, but I’ve heard that he only recites Hadith out of books—an example all of us should follow. 49.10

[易卜拉欣·本·贾比尔·al-马尔瓦兹：] 我们过去常与艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒一同坐着，反复温习圣训，直到我们熟记于心，并能准确地背诵出来。

[Ibrāhīm ibn Jābir al-Marwazī:] We used to sit with Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and go over Hadith reports until we knew them well and could recite them correctly.

每当我们想要记下什么的时候，他都会说："书本比我们记得更牢。"然后他便会跳起来去拿书。49.11

Whenever we wanted to write something down, he would say, “The book remembers it better than we do.” Then he would jump up to get the book. 49.11

[Al-Marrūdhī:] 我曾听艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒说："我不得不借了六十五迪拉姆来修这个门廊，而这栋建筑所得的租金，只有四分之一。" 49。12

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I once heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “I had to borrow sixty-five dirhams to spend on this entranceway, but all I get on the building is a quarter of the rent.” 49.12

“你为什么不让阿卜杜拉付钱？”我说。

“Why didn’t you let ʿAbd Allāh pay for it?” I said.

“我不希望他玷污我的钱。”268

“I don’t want him to taint my money.”268

[阿布·图斯塔里说：] 我听说，艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒曾经三天没有进食，他托一位朋友借一些面粉。他的家人察觉到他已饥饿难忍，便迅速烤了点东西给他。当他们把食物端到他面前时，他问他们是怎么这么快就烤好的。49.13

[Al-Tustari:] I heard that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal once went three days without eating and sent a message to a friend asking to borrow some flour. Realizing that he was starving, his family quickly baked something for him. When they put the dish in front of him, he asked how they had managed to bake so fast. 49.13

“他们告诉他，萨利哈家里的烤箱已经热了。”

“The oven in Ṣāliḥ’s house was already warm,” they told him.

“把这个拿走！”他说，并拒绝碰它。随后他下令封上连接他家与撒利哈家的那扇门。269

“Take this away!” he said, and refused to touch it. Then he ordered them to seal up the door that joined his house to Ṣāliḥ’s.269

[阿勒-马鲁迪：] 在艾哈迈德临终的病中，我听到他对妻子说：“谁叫你在那里烤东西的？”——指的是在他儿子萨利赫的家里。她之前曾在那里烤过东西，他却拒绝碰它，说：“谁会吃那个？” 49.14

[Al-Marrūdhī:] During Aḥmad’s final illness, I heard him say to his wife, “Who told you to bake anything there?”—meaning at his son Ṣāliḥ’s house. She had baked something there once before and he had refused to touch it, saying, “Who’s going to eat that?” 49.14

［Al-Marrūdhī：］我曾与艾哈迈德在某处同行，他诵读了：“你们住在那些自欺者的居所里。”270 接着说道：“我们确实住过。”或者说：“我们正身处其中。” 49.15

[Al-Marrūdhī:] I was once with Aḥmad somewhere and he recited, «You lived in the dwellings of those who wronged themselves,»270 adding, “We certainly have,” or “That’s where we are.” 49.15

[伊斯哈格·本·易卜拉欣：] 艾哈迈德曾派我带着三四个硬币去买做饭用的香料。之后他又给了我一枚硬币，说：“这枚也用来买香料，但不要和其他的混在一起。”49。16

[Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm:] Aḥmad once sent me with three or four coins to buy spices for the cooking pot. Then gave me another coin and said, “Buy spices with this one too, but don’t mix them with the others.” 49.16

但是香料确实混在了一起。我把它们带回去告诉他之后，他说："把你买的东西退回去，把钱要回来。"我照做了。他却把退回来的钱和他付给女仆的钱混在了一起，因为他分不清哪些钱是有问题的。

But the spices did get mixed up. When I brought them back and told him, he said, “Return what you bought and get the money back.” I did, and he tossed it in with the money he paid the servant girl, since he couldn’t sort out which coins were tainted.

[Ibn Hāniʾ:] 艾哈迈德曾给我一枚硬币，说道：“拿着这个，给我买些水煮的豆子。” 4917

[Ibn Hāniʾ:] Aḥmad once gave me a coin and said, “Take this and buy me some beans in water.” 49.17

Ḥusn,他儿子的母亲,又给了我一枚硬币,说:“拿着这个,也给我买些豆子。”艾哈迈德补充道:“再给男孩们买些油豆子。”我用买油豆子剩下的硬币找零,最后剩下一两个ḥabbah,于是我让卖豆子的人再给我些油。我拿了油,浇在我为艾哈迈德买的豆子上。我把食物带回来放在他面前时,他注意到了油的痕迹,问:“这是什么?”我说:“男孩们那枚硬币还剩下一个ḥabbah,所以我用它买了油给你。”“拿走,你这个蠢货,”他说,“谁叫你这么做的?你什么时候才能学会?”他一口也没吃。

Ḥusn, his son’s mother, gave me another coin and said, “Take this and buy some beans for me too.” Aḥmad added, “And buy some beans in oil for the boys.” I ended up with one or two ḥabbahs in change from the coin I had spent on the beans in oil, so I told the bean vendor to give me some more oil. I took the oil and poured it over the beans I had bought for Aḥmad. When I brought the food back and put it in front of him, he noticed the trace of oil and asked, “What’s this?” I said, “There was a ḥabbah left over from the boys’ coin so I spent it on oil for you.” “Take it away, you idiot,” he said. “Who told you to do that? When are you going to learn?” He didn’t eat any of it.

[Al-Simsār:] 我听到艾哈迈德对伊斯哈格·本·易卜拉欣·纳伊萨布里说:“你去找乌姆·阿里”——指他的女儿——“她给你什么,你就拿什么。” 49.18

[Al-Simsār:] I heard Aḥmad say to Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm al-Naysābūrī, “Go to Umm ʿAlī”—meaning his daughter—“and take whatever she gives you.” 49.18

伊斯哈格走进去，然后拿着一只鸡走了出来。接着他和我一起离开了。

Isḥāq went in and came back out carrying a chicken. Then he and I left together.

“我问他：‘Umm ʿAlī 说了什么？’”

“What did Umm ʿAlī say?” I asked him.

“她说她父亲需要拔罐，但没有钱，请她把鸡给我，让我把它卖掉。”我们把鸡拿到市场上时，有人出价一枚迪尔汗和两枚达尼格要买，但伊斯哈格改变了主意，把鸡收了回去。

“She said her father needs a cupping but has no money, and asked her to give me the chicken and have me sell it.” When we got the chicken to market, Isḥāq was offered a dirham and two dāniqs for it, but changed his mind about the sale and took it back.

在桥边，我们遇见了艾哈迈德的儿子阿卜杜拉，他正坐在伊本·布赫坦的店铺里。他招呼伊萨克过去，问道：“你们为什么拿着一只鸡？这是谁的？”我告诉他，这是乌姆·阿里让我们拿去卖的。

At the bridge, we ran across Aḥmad’s son ʿAbd Allāh, who was sitting at Ibn Bukhtān’s shop. He called Isḥāq over and asked, “Why are carrying a chicken? And whose is it?” I told him that Umm ʿAlī had given it to us to sell.

“你卖了多少钱？”“他们出价一个迪尔汗加两个达尼克。”“那就一个半迪尔汗卖给我吧。”伊斯哈格接过钱，把鸡交给了他。我们回来后，乌姆·阿里问他卖了多少钱。

“How much did you get for it?” “We were offered a dirham and two dāniqs.” “Give it to me for one and a half.” Isḥāq took the money and gave him the chicken. When we got back, Umm ʿAlī asked him how much he’d gotten.

“一个半迪拉姆。”“就这些？”“我在市场上得到的出价只有一个迪拉姆两个达尼克。”于是艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒问道：“是谁买的？”“你的儿子阿卜杜拉。”艾哈迈德听了，从乌姆·阿里手中夺回了钱。“去，”他朝我喊道，“把它还回去！”伊斯哈格急忙跑回去找阿卜杜拉。

“One and a half dirhams.” “That’s all?” “The offer I got at the market was only a dirham and two dāniqs.” Then Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal asked, “Who bought it?” “Your son ʿAbd Allāh.” When he heard that, Aḥmad grabbed the money back from Umm ʿAlī. “Go,” he shouted at me, “and return it!” Isḥāq went running back to ʿAbd Allāh.

“拿回你的钱！”他说，“你父亲为这件事对我大吼大叫。”“你为什么告诉他是我？”阿卜杜拉问道，但还是把钱拿了回去。

“Take your money back!” he said. “Your father shouted at me over it.” “Why did you tell him it was me?” asked ʿAbd Allāh, but took the money back.

易史哈格接着讲述了这个故事：

Isḥāq continued the story:

[伊斯哈格：] 艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒叫我回到市场去，不让他的儿子跟着去。于是我把鸡卖给了一个不认识的人，得了一又三分之一迪拉姆，然后回到艾哈迈德那里。

[Isḥāq:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal told me to go back to the market and keep his son out of it. So I sold the chicken to someone I didn’t know for a dirham and a third, and then went back to Aḥmad.

“你最好没有把它卖给阿卜杜拉。”他说。

“You’d better not have sold it to ʿAbd Allāh,” he said.

“不，”我回答道，“我把它卖给了一个陌生人。”[Al-Simsār：] ʿAbd Allāh 的母亲在巷子里我们家隔壁有一所房子。这所房子原本是 Aḥmad 的遗产的一部分，因此他向她收取一迪拉姆的租金。有一次她需要钱，ʿAbd Allāh 便给了她。此后，Aḥmad 不再向她收取那一迪拉姆，说这笔钱现在已经不干净了。271 49.19

“No,” I replied. “I sold it to a stranger.” [Al-Simsār:] ʿAbd Allāh’s mother had a house next to ours in the lane. The house had been part of Aḥmad’s inheritance, and so he collected a dirham in rent on it. At one point she needed money and ʿAbd Allāh gave it to her. After that, Aḥmad stopped taking the dirham from her, saying that it was now tainted.271 49.19

[Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī:] Ṣāliḥ 报告说，他的父亲生病时，治疗者ʿAbd al-Raḥmān建议他把葫芦烤熟后饮用其汁液。49.20

[Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī:] Ṣāliḥ reported that when his father got sick, ʿAbd al- Raḥmān the healer advised him to roast a gourd and drink the juice. 49.20

“他告诉我不要在我家里煮，也不要在阿卜杜拉家里煮，”萨利赫说。

“He told me not to cook it in my house or in ʿAbd Allāh’s,” said Ṣāliḥ.

我听见艾布·伯克尔·阿尔-马鲁迪说，他拿了它，把它煮熟，然后端回给他。

I heard Abū Bakr al-Marrūdhī say that he took it and cooked it and brought it back to him.

[Ibn ʿAyyāsh:] 艾哈迈德派我去给他买一枚钱币价值的澄清黄油。

[Ibn ʿAyyāsh:] Aḥmad sent me to buy him a single coin’s worth of clarified butter.

我把它用一片绿叶包着拿给他。272 他接过黄油，把叶子还给我，说：“拿回去。” 49.21

I brought it to him wrapped in a green leaf.272 He took the butter, gave me back the leaf, and said, “Return it.” 49.21

[Al-Ṣaḥnāʾī:] 艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒给了我一枚硬币，让我去买一些面包配汤里的豆子。我回来时带了很多豆子，他问我为什么。49.22

[Al-Ṣaḥnāʾī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal gave me a single coin to buy some beans on bread in broth. I came back with a lot of beans and he asked why. 49.22

“有两个卖豆子的小贩，彼此竞相压低价格。”“把东西拿回来，”他说，“把食物还给那个小贩，让他留着钱。”我照他说的做了。

“There were two bean vendors trying to undersell each other.” “Take it back,” he said. “Give the vendor the food back and let him keep the money.” I did as he asked.

[Al-Mukharrimī:] 洛哈·本·乌巴达来我们这里做客，艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒来拜访他。艾哈迈德就睡在这里。他把一些面包放在袖子里留给自己，又从水渠里喝水，然后在外面等候洛哈出现。

[Al-Mukharrimī:] Rawḥ ibn ʿUbādah came to stay with us and Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal came to see him. Aḥmad slept right here. He kept some bread for himself in his sleeve and drank water from the watercourse, and he waited outside for Rawḥ to appear.

随后，叶海亚·伊本·艾克萨姆带着随从到来。他坐在艾哈迈德面前，开始向他提问。艾哈迈德只是低着头，始终不作声。叶海亚见他不打算回应，便站起身离开了。273 4923

Then Yaḥyā ibn Aktham showed up with an entourage. He sat in front of Aḥmad and started asking him questions. Aḥmad just kept looking down. When Yaḥyā realized he wasn’t going to respond, he got up and left.273 49.23

[Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad:] 有人从艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒的家中前来告诉他，他的儿子生病了，想要黄油。艾哈迈德给了在场的一个人一枚钱币，让他去买些黄油。那人带回了用甜菜叶包着的黄油。艾哈迈德一看到那些叶子，便问道："这些叶子是从哪里来的？"49.24

[Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad:] Someone from Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s house came to tell him that his son was ill and wanted butter. Aḥmad gave a coin to one of the men present and told him to buy some butter. The man brought back some butter wrapped in leaves of chard. As soon as he saw them, Aḥmad asked, “Where did those leaves come from?” 49.24

“从杂货商那里拿的。”“你拿这些东西之前，征求过他的同意吗？”“没有。”“全部还回去！”[萨利赫：] 我生孩子时，一位朋友送了我一件礼物。几个月后，这位朋友决定去巴士拉。他问我父亲能否为他写一封介绍信，给那里的长辈们。我去问父亲，他说：“我本可以为他写，只是他送过你礼物。”49.25

“From the grocer.” “Did you ask his permission to take them?” “No.” “Take it all back!” [Ṣāliḥ:] When I had a baby, one of my friends gave me a gift. Months later, the same friend decided to go to Basra. He asked me whether my father would write a letter of introduction to the elders there. When I asked my father he said, “I would write for him except that he gave you a gift.” 49.25

[ʿAbd Allāh:] 这里曾有一位老人告诉我们：“我注意到艾哈迈德患了疥疮，于是给他带来一些药，叫他把药涂在皮疹上。他接过去了，却又把药还了回来。我问他为什么，他说：‘你和我一起研读圣训。’”274 49.26

[ʿAbd Allāh:] There was once an old man here who told us, “I noticed that Aḥmad was suffering from scabies, so I brought him some medicine and told him to put it on the rash. He took it but then gave it back. I asked him why, and he said, ‘You study Hadith with me.’”274 49.26

[Al-Harawī:]我们正在胡沙伊姆的门前，这时有人带着一封介绍信前来。门打开让他进去时，我们也跟了进去，只有艾哈迈德留在了后面。他当时还是个年轻人，还不到二十岁。4927

[Al-Harawī:] We were at Hushaym’s door when someone showed up with a letter of introduction. When they opened the door to let him in, we went in too, except for Aḥmad, who stayed back. He was a young man at the time—not even twenty. 49.27

“艾哈迈德，快进来！”我们说。

“Aḥmad, come on in!” we said.

“没有人允许我，”他回答道。

“No one gave me permission,” he replied.

[Al-Marrūdhī:] 艾哈迈德对他出租给织工的房子的屋顶进行了一些修缮。修缮时，排水管被安装成把水排到街上。第二天早上，他说：“去叫木匠来，告诉他把水管转过来，让它把水排到房子里面。”49.28

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad had some repairs done on the roof of the house he rented out to the weavers. The repairs were done in such a way that the drainpipe emptied into the street. The next morning he said, “Call the carpenter and tell him to turn the pipe so it drains to the house.” 49.28

我打电话叫了木匠,他把管子挪开了。275

I called the carpenter and he moved the pipe.275

[Al-Ḥarbī:] 我参加艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒的圣训讲座长达两年。

[Al-Ḥarbī:] I attended Aḥmad Ibn Ḥanbal’s Hadith sessions for two years.

每当他出来讲授圣训时，总会带着一支芦苇笔和一个包着红色皮革的墨水瓶。如果他在自己的抄本中发现错误或遗漏，就会用自己的笔和墨水加以更正；他十分谨慎，不愿拿用我们的任何东西。我们会问他是否能背诵某些传述，他会说：“不能，我需要抄本。”49.29

Whenever he came out to recite Hadith, he would bring out a reed pen and an inkpot covered in red leather. If he found an error or an omission in his transcript, he would correct it using his own pen and ink; he was too scrupulous to take any of ours. We would ask if he knew certain reports by heart, and he’d say, “No, I need the transcript.” 49.29

[Al-Ḥarbī:] 每当艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒——愿真主怜悯他——出来给我们讲学时，他总是带着一支芦苇笔和一个包着皮革的墨水瓶。他极为谨慎，连用我们的墨水修改一个字母S之类的小处，他都不肯。276 49.30

[Al-Ḥarbī:] Whenever Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal—God have mercy on him—came out to teach us, he always had a reed pen and a leather-covered inkpot. He was too scrupulous to take any of our ink to correct an S or any such thing.276 49.30

[伊本·沙比布:] 我曾向艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒询问穆罕默德·伊本·穆阿维叶·纳沙布里，他对我说："叶海亚·伊本·叶海亚是一个好人。" 49.31

[Ibn Shabīb:] I once asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal about Muḥammad ibn Muʿāwiyah al-Naysābūrī, and he said to me, “Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā is a fine man.” 49.31

[作者：] 我说：在此处，艾哈迈德通过赞扬他人，间接谴责了以说谎而闻名的穆罕默德·本·穆阿维叶。在另一段传述中他明确谴责了此人，但在此处及其他地方，他都避而不作直接谴责。

[The author:] I say: Here Aḥmad indirectly condemned Muḥammad ibn Muʿawiyah, a known liar, by praising someone else. In another report he condemns him, but here and elsewhere he avoids doing so.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] 我听见我父亲对Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn说：“有人告诉我，你说：‘我听Ismāʿīl之子ʿUlayyah传述。’”49.32

[ʿAbd Allāh:] I heard my father say to Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, “People tell me you say, ‘I heard Ismāʿīl, son of ʿUlayyah, report.’” 49.32

“是的，我确实这么说。”“那就别这么说了。改说‘伊斯马仪，易卜拉欣之子’。我听说他不喜欢人家以他母亲来称呼他。”叶哈雅欣然接受了这一嘱咐。

“Yes, I do say that.” “Well, don’t. Say ‘Ismāʿīl, son of Ibrāhīm,’ instead. I’ve heard that he doesn’t like being called after his mother.” Yaḥyā accepted this instruction with good grace.

[作者:] 有许多人通常以其母亲的名字为人所知。

[The author:] A number of people are commonly known by their mothers’ names.

这些人包括：Bilāl 之子 Ḥamāmah、Muʿādh 之子 ʿAfrāʾ、Bashīr 之子 al-Khaṣāṣiyah、Ibn Buḥaynah、Yaʿlā 之子 Munyah，以及其他许多人，他们都被提及于我的著作《Pollen for the Mind》中。无论如何，严谨的态度要求我们避免以他人不喜欢的方式称呼他们。

These include Bilāl son of Ḥamāmah, Muʿādh son of ʿAfrāʾ, Bashīr son of al- Khaṣāṣiyah, Ibn Buḥaynah, Yaʿlā son of Munyah, and many others, all mentioned in my book Pollen for the Mind. In any event, being scrupulous dictates that one avoid referring to people in a way they dislike.

[Al-Ruhāwī:] 我曾在巴格达遇见艾哈迈德·伊本·哈奈勒，他问我：“你们哈兰那位叫贾瓦哈里的人后来怎样了？他很有学问。”4933

[Al-Ruhāwī:] I once met Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal in Baghdad and he asked me, “Whatever happened to that man al-Jawharī you have there in Ḥarrān? He was learned.” 49.33

我回答说，我不知道在哈兰有谁以那个名字讲授圣训。

I replied that I knew of no one by that name teaching Hadith in Ḥarrān.

“你知道我指的是谁：他是Abū Maʿbad Ḥafṣ ibn Ghaylān的同伴。”“我不认识他。”“得了吧！”Aḥmad说，“他有好几个儿子。”“你是说‘猫头鹰’吗？”“是的！”他说，“向他学习吧：他是可靠的。”[作者：]这个人名叫Sulaymān ibn Abī Dāwūd，绰号“猫头鹰”。我们的楷模Aḥmad出于审慎，避免使用他的绰号。

“You know who I mean: he was an associate of Abū Maʿbad Ḥafṣ ibn Ghaylān.” “I don’t know him.” “Come on!” said Aḥmad. “He has a number of sons.” “Do you mean ‘the Owl’?” “Yes!” he said. “Learn from him: he’s reliable.” [The author:] The man’s name was Sulaymān ibn Abī Dāwūd and he was called “the Owl.” Out of scrupulosity, our exemplar Aḥmad avoided using his nickname.

[Al-Sijistānī:] 我曾经就醉酒之人所作的离婚宣告是否有效，询问艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒。他说："你去问别人吧。"277 49.34

[Al-Sijistānī:] I once asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal about the validity of a declaration of divorce pronounced by a drunken man. He said, “Ask someone else.”277 49.34

[Al-Ḥarbī:] 在临终时,艾哈迈德请求我们为他代偿一个他曾许下的誓言,并说:“我想我违背了它。”278 49.35

[Al-Ḥarbī:] On his deathbed Aḥmad asked that we make expiation for him for one vow he had made, saying “I think I broke it.”278 49.35

[Al-Marrūdhī:] 我问过艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒多少次数不清的问题，他都说："我不知道。" 49。36

[Al-Marrūdhī:] More times than I can count, I asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal about something and he said, “I don’t know.” 49.36

［Al-Yamāmī：］我听到艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒说：“我常常为一个法律问题等待三年，才知道该怎样看待它。”49。37

[Al-Yamāmī:] I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say, “Many times I’ve waited three years before knowing what to think about a problem of law.” 49.37

[阿特拉姆：]我常听到艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒在有人向他提问时说"我不知道"。即使他知道关于此事的各种说法，他仍会这样说。当别人要他给出他所倾向的答案时，他会指出此事存在分歧。他说"我不知道"的意思是，他不知道应当选择哪一种观点。我常听他说"我不知道"，然后开始引述各家的观点。49.38

[Al-Athram:] I often heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, when someone asked him a question, say that he didn’t know. He would say this even when he was aware of what had been said about it. When asked to give the answer he preferred, he would note that there was a difference of opinion. What he meant when he said “I don’t know” was that he didn’t know which view to choose. I often heard him say, “I don’t know,” and then start citing opinions. 49.38

[Al-Marrūdhī:] 当我与艾哈迈德在萨迈拉的伊塔赫宫殿中时，我指出墙上挂着的一件东西。他告诉我不要看它。4939

[Al-Marrūdhī:] When I was with Aḥmad in Ītākh’s palace in Samarra, I pointed out something that had been put up on the wall.279 He told me not to look at it. 49.39

“但我已经做过了。”我说。

“But I already did,” I said.

“那就别这么做。”

“Well, don’t.”