[المزني:] 阿尔-沙菲仪说，他去见哈伦·拉希德，问候之后说，他刚从也门来，那里急需一位强有力的人来主持局面。拉希德说：“从你的学生中选一位，我们就任命他去那里做法官。”50.1

[Al-Muzanī:] Al-Shafiʿī said that he went to see Hārūn al-Rashīd and, after greeting him, said that he had just come from Yemen, which badly needed a strong hand. Al- Rashīd said, “Choose one of your students and we’ll appoint him judge there.” 50.1

回到他的学习课堂后,al-Shāfiʿī 看到在场者中 Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal 是最出色的之一,便走近他说:"我曾与信士的长官谈及在也门任命一位法官,他要我从跟我学习的人中挑选一位。我选了你,所以你准备好吧:我会带你去见他,他会任命你为法官。"Ibn Ḥanbal 转过身对他说:"我来找你的唯一原因是为了学点东西,而你却想让我加入他们去做法官?"al-Shāfiʿī 被这番训斥弄得羞愧不已。281

Returning to his study session, and seeing that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was among the best of those present, al-Shāfiʿī approached him and said, “I was talking with the Commander of Believers about appointing a judge in Yemen and he asked me to choose someone who studies with me. I’ve chosen you, so get ready: I’ll take you in to meet him and he’ll appoint you judge.” Ibn Ḥanbal turned on him and said, “The only reason I came to you was to learn something, and you want me to join them as a judge?” Al-Shāfiʿī was shamed by this rebuke.281

作者：据记载，这件事发生在阿敏（al-Amīn）在位期间。

[The author:] It is also reported that this incident took place during the reign of al- Amīn.

[阿特拉姆:] 有人告诉我,al-Shāfiʿī 对 Aḥmad 说:“信士的长官”——即 al-Amīn——“让我为他物色一位到也门担任法官的人。我知道你想去拜见 ʿAbd al-Razzāq,现在你可以去了。秉公断案,并从他那里获得你想要的全部学问。” 50.2

[Al-Athram:] I was told that al-Shāfiʿī said to Aḥmad, “The Commander of the Faithful”—meaning al-Amīn—“asked me to look for someone to serve him as judge in Yemen. I know you want to go see ʿAbd al-Razzāq, and now you can. Rule fairly, and get all the learning you want from him.” 50.2

“如果你以后再提这件事，”艾哈迈德说，“那你就再也见不到我了。”当时，我想艾哈迈德大概三十岁——或者二十七岁。282

“If you ever mention this again,” said Aḥmad, “that’s the last you’ll see of me.” At the time, I think Aḥmad was thirty—or maybe twenty-seven—years old.282

[Al-Balkhī:] 愿真主怜悯他的al-Shāfiʿī，在穆罕默德·伊本·祖拜达面前很有影响力。283 有一天，穆罕默德提到他非常担心找不到一位值得信赖、堪为逊奈典范的好人来担任法官。阿什-Shāfiʿī告诉他，自己已经找到了这样一个人：他是逊奈的典范，禀赋宗教理解力，且精通圣训。503

[Al-Balkhī:] Al-Shāfiʿī, God have mercy on him, had a lot of pull with Muḥammad ibn Zubaydah.283 One day Muḥammad mentioned that he was very concerned about not finding a good, trustworthy man who was an exemplar of the sunnah to serve as a judge. Al-Shāfiʿī told him that he had found just such a man: an exemplar of the sunnah who was gifted with religious understanding and well learned in Hadith. 50.3

“那是谁？”穆罕默德问道。

“Who’s that?” asked Muḥammad.

他告诉他，那人是艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒。

He told him it was Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.

过了一段时间,al-Shāfiʿī 遇见了 Aḥmad,并把自己所说的话告诉了他。

Some time later, al-Shāfiʿī ran into Aḥmad and told him what he had said.

“别再想这件事了，也别把我牵扯进去。”他回答道，“否则我就离开这里。”[Ṣāliḥ：] Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh 写信给我说：50。4

“Put that right out of your mind, and leave me out of it,” he replied. “Otherwise I’ll leave this place and go.” [Ṣāliḥ:] Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh wrote to me saying: 50.4

埃米尔·阿卜杜拉·伊本·塔希尔召见了我,我进去时手里拿着你父亲的一封信。埃米尔看到信后,问那是什么,我便告诉了他。他拿过信读了,说:“我非常敬重他,也敬重哈姆扎·伊本·海达姆·布沙赞吉,因为他们二人从未与当权者有过牵扯。”当他得知伊斯哈格·伊本·拉胡威赫把他的信呈给了阿卜杜拉·伊本·塔希尔的注意时,我父亲便停止了与他的通信。

Emir ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir sent for me and, when I went in, I was carrying a letter from your father in my hand. When the emir saw it, he asked what it was, and I told him. He took it and read it and said, “I have a lot of regard for him and for Ḥamzah ibn al-Hayḍam al-Būshanjī because neither of them ever got mixed up with people in power.” When he learned that Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh had brought his letter to the attention of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir, my father stopped corresponding with him.

[Al-Ribāṭī:] 我去拜见艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒,但他不看我。我告诉他,我在呼罗珊口述过圣训,如果那里的人知道他如此对待我,他们会丢弃我教给他们的那些传述。505

[Al-Ribāṭī:] I went to see Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, but he wouldn’t look at me. I told him that I dictated Hadith in Khurasan and that if people there knew how he was treating me they would toss away the reports I had taught them. 50.5

“在复活日，”他回答道，“当人们被召唤出来，召唤到阿卜杜拉·伊本·塔希尔及其随从面前时，你以为你还能逃到哪里去？你要确保那时你不会与他站在一起。”284

“On the Day of Resurrection,” he replied, “when they call forth ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir and his entourage, do you think you’ll have anywhere to run? Make sure you won’t be standing there with him when that happens.”284