[ʿUbayd al-Qāriʾ:] 艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒的叔叔有一次去看望他，发现他托着下巴。“侄子，”他问道，“是什么让你烦恼？为什么这么闷闷不乐？” 55.1

[ʿUbayd al-Qāriʾ:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s uncle once went to see him and found him with his chin cupped in his hand. “Nephew,” he asked, “what’s troubling you? Why so glum?” 55.1

“叔叔，”艾哈迈德回答道，“幸福就是真主确保没有人听说过你。”[艾布·哈提姆：]我父亲说：“只要看看艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒，就知道他并不是在炫耀自己的苦行。我见他穿的凉鞋，不像诵读《古兰经》者穿的那种。鞋头很大，向后卷起，鞋带松松地垂着，看上去像是从市场上为他买来的。我还见他穿着一条围裤，和一件天蓝色的条纹长袍。”292 55.2

“Uncle,” Aḥmad replied, “happiness is when God makes sure that no one’s ever heard of you.” [Abū Ḥātim:] My father said, “All you had to do was look at Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal to see that he wasn’t trying to show off how ascetic he was. I saw him wearing sandals that didn’t look like the sandals that the Qurʾan-readers292 wear. The toe-end was big and curled back and the strap hung loose. They looked like something bought for him from the market. I also saw him wearing a breechclout and a striped gown of a skyblue color.”293 55.2

通过这样的穿着，艾哈迈德试图避免——至少我认为如此，但只有真主知道真相——看起来像个诵读《古兰经》的人，希望借此失去他虔诚的名声。

By dressing this way Aḥmad was trying to avoid—or so I think, though God alone knows the truth—looking like a Qurʾan-reader, in the hope of losing his reputation for piety.

[Al-Marrūdhī:] 艾哈迈德曾对我说:“告诉阿卜杜勒-瓦哈卜,要把他的光藏在斗底下。名声给我带来的只有痛苦。”55。3

[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad once said to me, “Tell ʿAbd al-Wahhāb to hide his light under a bushel. Fame has brought me nothing but suffering.” 55.3

[Al-Khallāl:] 我听他说:“我发誓,如果我知道有什么办法能离开这座城市,我一定会离开。这样就没有人会向他们提起我,他们也会把我忘掉。”294

[Al-Khallāl:] I heard him say, “I swear that if I knew a way to leave this city, I’d leave it. Then no one would mention me to them, and they’d forget about me.”294

[Isḥāq:] 我曾见到艾哈迈德·本·罕拜勒在做完晨礼后回到自己的屋里，他对人们说：“不要再跟着我了！” 55。4

[Isḥāq:] I once saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal going back inside his house after praying the dawn prayer. He was telling people, “Stop following me around!” 55.4

[ابن هارون:] 我记得艾哈迈德不喜欢别人跟在他身后走过街道。 555

[Ibn Hārūn:] I remember that Aḥmad didn’t like it when people followed him down the street. 55.5

[ʿAbd Allāh:] 每逢星期五，我父亲外出时不让任何人跟随他。他常常停下来等待，直到那些人放弃并离开。55。6

[ʿAbd Allāh:] When my father went out on Fridays he wouldn’t let anyone follow him. He would often stop and wait until they gave up and went away. 55.6

[伊斯哈格：] 我看见艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒独自一人走着，仿佛他是个无足轻重的人。557

[Isḥāq:] I saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal walking all by himself as if he were a man of no importance. 55.7