艾哈迈德在巴格达的学者们那里开始了他的求学生涯。随后他前往库法、巴士拉、麦加、麦地那、也门、叙利亚以及伊拉克北部,每到一地,便将从当地学者那里所获得的知识记录下来。4.1

Aḥmad began his studies with the learned men of Baghdad. He then traveled to Kufa, Basra, Mecca, Medina, Yemen, Syria, and northern Iraq, writing down what he acquired from the men of learning in each region he visited. 4.1

[Aḥmad:] 我最早记录其圣训的老师是艾布·尤素夫。26 4.2

[Aḥmad:] The first teacher whose Hadith I wrote down was Abū Yūsuf.26 4.2

【Aḥmad:】我十六岁时开始学习圣训。当Hushaym去世时，我二十岁。我第一次从他那里听到圣训是在179年［795–96年］。43

[Aḥmad:] I started learning Hadith when I was sixteen. When Hushaym died, I was twenty. I first heard Hadith from him in 179 [795–96]. 4.3

[艾哈迈德:] 我在七十九年(公元795–796年)开始学习,那时我十六岁。那是我学习圣训的第一年。我记得有人走到我们跟前,说哈马德·本·宰德去世了。那一年我们也失去了马立克·本·艾奈斯。在一九八年(公元813–814年),我们在也门跟随阿卜杜·拉扎格学习时,又听说苏夫揚·本·乌耶奈、阿卜杜·拉赫曼·本·麦赫迪和叶海雅·本·赛義德也都离世了。4.4

[Aḥmad:] I started in ’79 [795–96], when I was sixteen.27 That was my first year studying Hadith. I remember someone coming up to us and saying that Ḥammād ibn Zayd was dead. That was also the year we lost Mālik ibn Anas. In 198 [813–14], when we were studying with ʿAbd al-Razzāq in Yemen, we heard that Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī, and Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd were gone, too.28 4.4

[艾哈迈德：] 我于公元809至810年（伊历194年）在巴士拉从苏莱曼·本·哈尔卜处听过圣训，同年也从艾布·努尔曼·阿里姆处听过，还从欧麦尔·哈沃迪处听过。

[Aḥmad:] I heard Hadith from Sulaymān ibn Ḥarb in Basra in ’94 [809–10], and from Abū l-Nuʿmān ʿĀrim in the same year, and from ʿUmar al-Ḥawḍī too.

[Aḥmad:] 我是在七九年开始学习圣训的。4.5

[Aḥmad:] I started studying Hadith in ’79. 4.5

【艾哈迈德：】我在1979年开始学习圣训。我记得去过伊本·穆巴拉克的讲座，但没有赶上他。他在1979年时先来到我们这里。4。6

[Aḥmad:] I started studying Hadith in ’79. I remember going to Ibn al-Mubārak’s circle but missing him. He’d come to us first in ’79. 4.6

[Aḥmad:] 我在 ’79 年，也就是我学习圣训的第一年，曾跟随阿里·伊本·哈希姆·伊本·阿尔-巴里德学习。后来我又去找他学习另一个阶段，但那时他已经去世了。

[Aḥmad:] I studied with ʿAlī ibn Hāshim ibn al-Barīd in ’79, my first year studying Hadith. Then I went back to him for another session but he had died in the meantime.

马立克·伊本·艾奈斯也在那一年去世。47

Mālik ibn Anas died that year too. 4.7

[ʿAbd Allāh:] 我父亲说：“哈立德·本·阿卜杜拉，即艾勒-塔哈尼（磨坊主），以及艾布·路·阿赫瓦斯、马立克·本·艾奈斯和哈马德·本·宰德，都死于七十九年。”

[ʿAbd Allāh:] My father said, “Khālid ibn ʿAbd Allāh, meaning al-Ṭaḥḥān (the miller), and Abū l-Aḥwaṣ, Mālik ibn Anas, and Ḥammād ibn Zayd all died in ’79.

马立克在哈马德去世前不久离世。那一年,我开始学习圣训。我记得我们聚在胡沙伊姆家门口,他正在口述《丧礼》或《仪式》一章——我记不清他说的是哪一个——这时一个从巴士拉来的人说,哈马德·本·宰德去世了。4。8

Mālik died shortly before Ḥammād. That was the year I started studying Hadith. I remember we were gathered at the door of Hushaym’s house and he was dictating either Funerals or Rites”29—I can’t recall which he said—“when a man coming from Basra said that Ḥammād ibn Zayd was dead.” 4.8

[Ṣāliḥ:] 我听父亲说过：“我十六岁时开始求学。我最初听讲的老师是胡沙伊姆，那是在七十九年。同一年，伊本·穆巴拉克最后一次来到巴格达。我去他的讲席，但人们告诉我，他已经动身前往塔尔苏斯了。”他于八十一年去世。“七十九年，我把胡沙伊姆给我们讲授的圣训记录下来，整整一年都在做这件事。八十年、八十一年，以及八十三年，我们都继续跟随他学习，那一年他去世，此前他口授了《朝觐书》，其中有约一千条圣训，还有一些《古兰经》注释、《司法书》以及一些较小的篇章。”4.9

[Ṣāliḥ:] I heard my father say: “I began learning when I was sixteen. The first teacher I heard was Hushaym, in ’79. In that same year, Ibn al-Mubārak came to Baghdad for the last time. I went to his circle but they told me that he had left for Tarsus.30 He died in ’81. I spent ’79 writing down the Hadith reports that Hushaym was teaching us. We continued with him in ’80, ’81, and ’83, when he died, after dictating the Book on Pilgrimage, which had about a thousand Hadith reports, some interpretation of the Qurʾan, the Book on Judgeship, and some smaller things.”31 4.9

我说我想他总共写了三千条圣训。

I said I supposed that he had written three thousand reports in all.

“还要更多。”他说。他接着说：“我记得当时我们聚集在胡沙伊姆的门前，他正在口述《丧葬》，这时我们听说哈马德·本·载德去世了。”

“More,” he said. He continued: “I remember we were gathered at Hu-shaym’s door and he was dictating Funerals when we heard that Ḥammād ibn Zayd had died.

我还在公元七八二年（希贾拉历一六五至一六六年左右）从阿卜杜勒-穆究敏·阿卜杜拉·伊本·哈立德·阿比·哈桑·阿勃西处听过圣训，那时候胡沙伊姆尚未去世。

“I also heard Hadith from ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khālid Abī l-Ḥasan al- ʿAbsī in ’82, before Hushaym died.

“我还从拉伊人、被称为艾布·穆扎希德的阿里·本·穆扎希德·卡布里那里听过圣训。那是我第一次远行的那一年。伊萨·本·尤努斯在我离开库法几天后抵达了那里。那是在八十二年。”

“I also heard Hadith from ʿAlī ibn Mujāhid al-Kābulī, who was from Rey and was called Abū Mujāhid. That was the year I made my first trip. ʿĪsā ibn Yūnus reached Kufa a few days after I left. That was in ’82.

“我第一次去巴士拉是在86年。87年我去寻访苏夫扬·伊本·欧yaynah。我们来得太晚，没能在福德勒·伊本·伊亚德去世前见到他。那一年我第一次去朝觐。我记录了易卜拉欣·伊本·萨阿德的圣训，并且多次在他身后礼拜。礼拜结束时，他只说一次塔斯利姆。32 如果我有五十迪拉姆，我本会去莱伊拜见贾利尔·伊本·阿卜杜勒·哈米德。其他一些同学去了，但我去不了。”他还说：“我去库法时，住在一间屋子里，我枕着一块砖头睡觉。我发了烧，于是回到了母亲身边，愿真主怜悯她！”［艾哈迈德：］如果我有五十迪拉姆，我本会去莱伊拜见贾利尔·伊本·阿卜杜勒·哈米德。我的一些同窗去了，但我去不了，因为我身无分文。4.10

“My first trip to Basra was in ’86. In ’87 I went to find Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah. We were too late to see Fuḍayl ibn ʿIyāḍ before he died. That was the year I went on pilgrimage for the first time. I wrote down Hadith from Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿd and prayed behind him several times. At the end of the prayer, he would say the taslīm only once.32 If I had had fifty dirhams, I would have gone out to Rey to see Jarīr ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Some of the other students went but I couldn’t.” He added: “When I went to Kufa, I stayed in a room where I slept with my head resting on a brick. I came down with fever and went back to my mother, God show her mercy!” [Aḥmad:] If I had had fifty dirhams I would have gone out to Rey to see Jarīr ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Some of my fellow students went but I couldn’t because I had nothing to spend. 4.10

[Aḥmad:] 当我前往库法时，我住在一个房间里，睡觉时头枕着一块砖头。我得了发烧，于是回到了母亲身边。我此前从未向她请示过就离开了。4.11

[Aḥmad:] When I went to Kufa, I stayed in a room where I slept with my head resting on a brick. I came down with fever and went back to my mother. I had never asked her permission to leave. 4.11

[阿巴丹尼:] 我听伊本·罕百勒说："我在公元八十六年（伊历）拉જab月的最后十天到达了阿巴丹。那一年我去拜见穆尔塔米尔。那里有一个人在从事辩论（Disputation）。"33 4.12

[Al-ʿAbbādānī:] I heard Ibn Ḥanbal say, “I reached ʿAbbādān in ’86 sometime during the last ten days of Rajab. I had gone that year to see al-Muʿtamir. There was a man there involved in Disputation.”33 4.12

“你是说哈达布吗？”34

“You mean Haddāb?”34

“对了，Abū l-Rabīʿ当时也在，我记下了他的一些传闻。”[Aḥmad：]有些日子我想尽早动身去听圣训讲座，但我的母亲会抓住我的衣服把我拉回来，说：“等到宣礼的时候！”或者“等到大家都醒来！” 4.13

“Right! Abū l-Rabīʿ was there too, and I wrote down some of his reports.” [Aḥmad:] Some days I tried to leave for Hadith sessions as early as I could but my mother would grab me by the clothes and pull me back, saying, “Wait until the call to prayer!” or “Wait until people wake up!” 4.13

我过去常常早早前去聆听阿布·伯克尔·伊本·阿耶什等人讲学。

I used to go early to hear Abū Bakr ibn ʿAyyāsh and others.

[艾哈迈德：] 我曾跟随叶海亚·本·赛义德·古塔维（棉商）学习，之后离开前往瓦西特。叶海亚·本·赛义德来找我，人们告诉他我去了哪里。4.14

[Aḥmad:] I was studying with Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān (the cotton merchant) and then left for Wāsiṭ. Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd came asking for me and they told him where I’d gone. 4.14

“他在瓦西特做什么？”他问道。

“What’s he doing in Wāsiṭ?” he asked.

“与叶兹德·伊本·哈鲁恩一起学习。”叶海亚问道：“为了什么？”

“Studying with Yazīd ibn Hārūn.” “What for?” asked Yaḥyā.

[Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān:] 叶哈雅的意思是，艾哈迈德比他所师从的那个人懂得更多。

[Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān:] By that Yaḥyā meant that Aḥmad knew more than the man he’d gone to study with.

【艾哈迈德：】我去过五次巴士拉。第一次是在希吉拉历186年拉final月初。 Note: I've translated "Rajab" as 拉final? That's incorrect. Corrected: 【艾哈迈德：】我去过五次巴士拉。第一次是在希吉拉历186年赖哲卜月初。

[Aḥmad:] I’ve visited Basra five times. The first was at the beginning of Rajab 186.

那时我从穆塔米尔·本·苏莱曼那里听到了圣训。第二次是在九十年代，第三次是在九十四年，当时昆达尔已经去世。35 我跟随叶哈亚·本·赛义德学习了六个月。200年我又去了一次。36 4.15

That’s when I heard Hadith from al-Muʿtamir ibn Sulaymān. The second time was in ’90. The third was in ’94, after Ghundar died.35 I studied with Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd for six months. In 200 I went again.36 4.15

[易卜拉欣·伊本·哈希姆：] 当贾里尔·伊本·阿卜杜勒-哈米德来到巴格达时，他前往穆赛伊ب家中借住。贾里尔渡到东岸之后，底格里斯河水暴涨。我问艾哈迈德·伊本·哈奈白是否想与我一同渡河。4.16

[Ibrāhīm ibn Hāshim:] When Jarīr ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd came to Baghdad he went to stay with the family of Musayyab. After Jarīr had crossed over to the East Side, the Tigris rose. I asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal if he wanted to cross with me. 4.16

“我妈妈不让我去，”他说。于是我独自过去，加入了贾利尔的圈子。

“My mother won’t let me,” he said. So I crossed alone and joined Jarīr’s circle.

[作者：]艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒确实从贾里尔处听过圣训，不过他听到的并不多。

[The author:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal did hear Hadith from Jarīr, though he did not have the chance to hear very much.

这里提到的洪水发生在公元186年，当时正值哈伦·拉希德（al-Rashīd）在位。底格里斯河明显地涨出河岸，水位达到了前所未有的高度。拉希德让他的家人、女眷和财产都被装上了船。

The flooding mentioned here took place in 186, during the reign of al-Rashīd. The Tigris rose visibly in its banks and reached a point higher than anyone had ever seen before. Al-Rashīd had his family, his womenfolk, and his property put aboard ships.

Abū ʿAlī l-Baradānī 传述：“当时巴格达的总督是 al-Sindī ibn Shāhak，人们以他母亲之名称他为‘Shāhak之子’。为了保障民众的安全，他禁止人们渡河。”[Aḥmad：] 我记录了 Sulaymān ibn Ḥarb 为我们口述的圣训，那时 Ibn ʿUyaynah 仍然在世。4.17

Abū ʿAlī l-Baradānī reported: “The governor of Baghdad at the time was al-Sindī ibn Shāhak, called ‘son of Shāhak’ after his mother. To keep people safe, he forbade them to cross the river.” [Aḥmad:] I wrote down Hadith dictated for us by Sulaymān ibn Ḥarb while Ibn ʿUyaynah was still alive. 4.17

[ʿAbd Allāh:] 我父亲一路步行到了塔尔苏斯。37 4.18

[ʿAbd Allāh:] My father walked all the way to Tarsus on foot.37 4.18

[罕百勒:] 我听到艾哈迈德说:“阿卜杜·拉赫曼·伊本·麦赫迪在八十年(公元796–97年)来到此地,当时艾布·伯克尔——即伊本·阿亚什——也在这里。阿卜杜·拉赫曼当时四十五岁,用指甲花染过胡须。我过去常在主麻清真寺见到他。”

[Ḥanbal:] I heard Aḥmad say, “ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī arrived in ’80 [796– 97], while Abū Bakr”—meaning Ibn ʿAyyāsh—“was here. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān was forty-five and had dyed his beard with henna. I used to see him in the Friday mosque.

然后他来到巴格达。我们在那里与他相聚，他为我们口述了他的六七百篇圣训。那是在八十年代，他常常参加艾布·伯克尔的讲座。”4.19

Then he came to Baghdad. We joined him there, and he dictated six or seven hundred of his reports for us. It was in ’80 that he used to attend Abū Bakr’s circle.” 4.19

[Ibn Manīʿ:] 我听我祖父说，他曾见到艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒从库法归来。420

[Ibn Manīʿ:] I heard my grandfather talk about seeing Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal coming back from Kufa. 4.20

“他肩上挎着一个装有几份文件的褡裢。我握住他的手，说：‘今天在库法，明天又要回巴士拉了！你还要这样奔波到几时？你已经抄录了三万条圣训，难道还不够吗？’ “他一言不发。我又问：‘如果你抄到六万条呢？’ “他依旧沉默。”

“He was carrying a satchel with some documents in it. I took his hand and said, ‘Today it’s Kufa; tomorrow it’ll be Basra again! How much longer can you keep this up? You’ve already copied thirty thousand Hadith; isn’t that enough?’ “He said nothing. I asked, ‘What if you reach sixty thousand?’ “He was still silent.

“‘十万？’ ”“‘到了那个程度，’他答道，‘一个人才可以说自己懂得了一些东西。’” 我们核查后发现，艾哈迈德仅凭巴哈兹·伊本·阿萨德和阿法尼转述的记载，就记录下了三十万条圣训。

“‘A hundred thousand?’ “‘At that point,’ he replied, ‘a man might claim to know something.’” We checked and found that Aḥmad had written down 300,000 reports transmitted by Bahz ibn Asad and ʿAffān alone.

[艾哈迈德·伊本·穆罕默德·伊本·亚辛:] 我认为伊本·马尼厄可能添加了“以及鲁赫·伊本·乌巴达”。[艾哈迈德:] 我前往也门寻找易卜拉欣·伊本·阿基勒，他脾气暴躁，拒绝见任何人。我在他门口等了一两天，终于得以见到他，他为我背诵了两则圣训。他也知道瓦哈卜从贾比尔那里得到的那些传述，但由于他的坏脾气，我始终没能听到。伊斯玛仪·伊本·阿卜杜勒·卡里姆也知道那些传述，但因为易卜拉欣·伊本·阿基勒仍在世，他拒绝背诵。所以我从任何人那里都没有听到它们。4.21

[Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yāsīn:] I think Ibn Manīʿ may have added “and Rawḥ ibn ʿUbādah.” [Aḥmad:] I went to Yemen to find Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAqīl, who was bad-tempered and refused to see anyone. By waiting at his door for a day or two, I managed to see him and he recited two Hadith reports for me. He also knew the reports that Wahb had gotten from Jābir, but I never got to hear them because of his bad temper. Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm knew those reports too, but he refused to recite them because Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAqīl was still alive. So I never heard them from anyone. 4.21

[雅各布·伊本·易司哈格：]我父亲与艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒一同外出寻求圣训，途中他们的船只遇难，漂流到一座岛上。他们在岛上一块石头上看到如下文字："不久之后，所有的人都会或富足或贫困。待他们在全能的真主面前集合后，祂将使一些人进入乐园，一些人进入火狱。"38 4.22

[Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq:] My father was traveling with Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal in search of Hadith when their ship was wrecked and they washed up on an island. There they found the following written on a stone: “Soon enough, all men will find themselves in riches or in want. After they are gathered before God Almighty, He will send some to the Garden and some to the Fire.”38 4.22

【Khushnām:】我曾问艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒，叶哈雅·伊本·叶哈雅是否是可靠的圣行传述者。4.23

[Khushnām:] I asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal whether Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā had been a reliable source of sunnah. 4.23

“我当然这么认为，”伊本·罕百勒答道，“如果我当时负担得起，我就会去拜访他了。”[萨利哈：] 我父亲决定朝觐麦加，与叶哈雅·伊本·马因同行。他说，朝觐之后，他要前往萨那，向阿卜杜·拉撒格听取圣训。4.24

“I certainly thought so,” replied Ibn Ḥanbal. “If I’d been able to afford it, I’d have gone to see him.” [Ṣāliḥ:] After resolving to make the pilgrimage to Mecca, my father set out in the company of Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn. After the pilgrimage, said my father, he would go to Sanaa to hear Hadith from ʿAbd al-Razzāq. 4.24

“当我们到达麦加时，”他后来对我说，“我们一到就开始绕天房而行，这是人们抵达后的惯常做法。然后，你猜怎么着？叶哈雅认出了阿卜杜·拉扎格。我们绕完天房，都在玛嘎木后面礼了两拜，然后坐了下来。接着，叶哈雅起身走到阿卜杜·拉扎格面前，向他问候。“‘这是你的兄弟艾哈迈德·本·罕百里，’他一边说，一边向他介绍我。”

“When we reached Mecca,” he told me later, “we began to walk around the Kaʿbah, the way you do as soon as you arrive. Then who does Yaḥyā recognize but ʿAbd al-Razzāq? When we finished the walk, all of us prayed two cycles39 behind the Maqām40 and sat down. Then Yaḥyā got up, went over to ʿAbd al-Razzāq, and greeted him.“ ‘This is your brother Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal,’ he said, introducing me.

“‘愿真主保佑他，坚定他的意志！’阿卜杜·拉兹扎克说，‘我听过很多关于他的好话。’‘如果真主愿意，’叶哈雅说，‘明天我们就来拜访你，抄录你的圣训。’”阿卜杜·拉兹扎克离开后，我父亲转向叶哈雅，问他刚才为什么那样说。

“‘God keep him, and strengthen his resolve!’ said ʿAbd al-Razzāq. ‘I’ve heard so many good things about him.’ “‘God willing,’ said Yaḥyā, ‘we’ll come see you tomorrow and copy down your reports.’” After ʿAbd al-Razzāq left, my father turned to Yaḥyā and asked why he had said that.

“所以我们可以在这里听他讲圣训，”叶哈雅说，“真主为你省去了往返一个月的路程，更不用说旅费了。”“真主绝不会认可，”我的父亲说，“我既然已经决定去别处见他，就不该在这里见他。”41

“So we can hear his Hadith right here,” said Yaḥyā. “God’s just saved you a month of travel back and forth, not to mention the cost of the journey.” “God would never approve,” said my father, “of my seeing him here when I’ve already resolved to see him somewhere else.”41

最后，为了聆听阿卜杜·拉扎克的讲授，我的父亲远赴萨那。

In the end, to hear ʿAbd al-Razzāq, my father traveled all the way to Sanaa.

[艾哈迈德：] 我错过了聆听马立克·本·阿纳斯的圣训，但真主派了苏夫扬·本·欧拜奈来代替他。我也错过了哈马德·本·宰德，但真主派了伊斯玛仪·本·欧莱耶来代替他。4.25

[Aḥmad:] I missed hearing Hadith from Mālik ibn Anas, but God sent me Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah to take his place. I also missed Ḥammād ibn Zayd, but God sent me Ismāʿīl ibn ʿUlayyah. 4.25

[艾哈迈德·伊本·西南:] 一群巴格达的学生，其中有艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒，前来拜访叶齐德·伊本·哈伦。他们都曾向我借钱，然后还了钱，唯独艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒例外。他没有借钱，而是把他的一件皮衣交给我，我把它卖了七枚迪拉姆。42 426

[Aḥmad ibn Sinān:] A group of Baghdadi students, among them Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, came to see Yazīd ibn Hārūn. All of them borrowed money from me and paid it back—except for Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Instead of borrowing, he gave me his fur and I sold it for seven dirhams.42 4.26

[艾哈迈德：] 在拉卡（al-Raqqah），我所找到的最好的传述人是法依德·伊本·穆罕默德·伊本·西南（Fayyāḍ ibn Muḥammad ibn Sinān），他是古莱西部族的世仆。43 他的房子紧靠主麻清真寺而建。他于公元200年（815–16年）之后不久在拉卡去世。4.27

[Aḥmad:] In al-Raqqah the best transmitter I found was Fayyāḍ ibn Muḥammad ibn Sinān, a client of Quraysh.43 His house was built against the Friday mosque. He died in al-Raqqah sometime after 200 [815–16]. 4.27

[Ṣāliḥ:] 有人曾看见我父亲带着墨水瓶，便对他说：“你还需要那个做什么？你已经是穆斯林的伊玛目了！”4。28

[Ṣāliḥ:] A man once noticed my father carrying an inkpot and said to him, “What do you still need that for? You’re the imam of the Muslims!” 4.28

“我需要它，直到他们把我埋葬。”他回答道。

“I’ll need it until they bury me,” he answered.

【艾哈迈德：】“我会一直求知，直到入土为安。” 4.29

[Aḥmad:] “I’ll stop seeking knowledge when I’m dead and buried.” 4.29

[Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl:] 我的父亲是巴格达的一名金匠。有一天，我正和他一起工作，艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒手里拿着凉鞋从旁边跑过。我父亲拉住了他的衣服——像这样——说：“艾哈迈德！你难道不觉得羞耻吗？还像个小学生一样到处乱跑。”4.30

[Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl:] My father was a goldsmith in Baghdad. One day I was working with him when Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal came running by with his sandals in his hand. My father took hold of his clothing—like this—and said, “Aḥmad! Aren’t you ashamed still to be racing around like a schoolboy?” 4.30

“我会一直坚持下去，直到我死去，”他回答道。

“I’ll keep at it until I’m dead,” he replied.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] 有一次我去麦加，住在一所房子里。那里有一位年长的麦加人，名叫阿布·伯克尔·伊本·萨迈'ah，他对我说："你父亲以前在我们这里住过，那时我还是个孩子。我母亲对我说：'紧紧跟着那个人，照顾好他，因为他是个善良的人。'所以我就照顾他。" 4.31

[ʿAbd Allāh:] Once when I went to Mecca, I stayed in a house where an elderly man, a Meccan called Abū Bakr ibn Samāʿah, told me, “Your father stayed with us here when I was a boy. My mother told me: ‘Stick close to that man and look after him because he’s a righteous man,’ so I used to look after him. 4.31

“有一天，他外出求学圣训，被褥和随身物品被偷了。他回到家，我母亲对他说：‘有小偷闯进来，把你的东西拿走了。’‘我的石板呢？’他问。母亲告诉他石板还在壁龛里，他便不再多问。”[阿卜杜拉：]我父亲徒步走到了塔尔苏斯，也走到了也门。4.32

“One day, while he was out studying Hadith, his bedclothes and belongings were stolen. When he came home, my mother said to him, ‘Some thieves broke in and took your things.’ “‘What about my slates?’ he asked. When she told him they were safe in the alcove, he asked no more questions.” [ʿAbd Allāh:] My father walked all the way to Tarsus on foot, and to Yemen as well. 4.32

[ʿAbd Allāh:] 我父亲说:“ʿAbd al-Razzāq除了我们第一次与他同坐时，从未凭记忆教过我们任何东西。我们晚上到达，发现他坐在某处，他为我们口述了七十条圣训。然后他转向众人说：‘今晚我教你们圣训，唯一的原因是我们的客人是谁。’” 4.33

[ʿAbd Allāh:] My father said, “ʿAbd al-Razzāq never taught us anything from memory except the first time we sat with him. We arrived at night and found him sitting somewhere, and he dictated seventy Hadith reports for us. Then he turned to the group and said, ‘The only reason I’ve taught you Hadith tonight is because of who our guest is.’” 4.33

他这里指的是我的父亲。

By this he meant my father.

[Al-Dawraqī:] 我在伊本·罕百勒从也门拜见阿卜杜·拉札格归来之后不久见到了他。他面色苍白,神情疲惫。我对他说,他为了去见阿卜杜·拉札格而让自己太过劳累了。4.34

[Al-Dawraqī:] I saw Ibn Ḥanbal right after he came back from seeing ʿAbd al- Razzāq in Yemen. He looked pale and weary. I told him that he had pushed himself too hard by going to see ʿAbd al-Razzāq. 4.34

“这算不了什么，”他说，“与我所得相比，微不足道。他为我们口述了所有圣训，即az-Zuhrī从Sālim ibn ʿAbd Allāh处获得、追溯至其父亲的圣训，以及az-Zuhrī从Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab处获得、追溯至Abū Hurayrah的圣训。”[Aḥmad：]我曾试着背诵《古兰经》，但后来因为忙于圣训而未能坚持。

“It was nothing,” he said, “compared to what I gained. He dictated for us all the Hadith reports that al-Zuhrī got from Sālim ibn ʿAbd Allāh, going back to his father, and the ones al-Zuhrī got from Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab, going back to Abū Hurayrah.” [Aḥmad:] I tried to learn the Qurʾan by heart, but then I got too busy with Hadith.

我非常害怕自己永远学不会，于是向真主祈求帮助。我当时没有想到要求祂让这件事变得容易。等我终于学会的时候，我正被铐在监狱里。所以，如果你向真主求任何东西，一定要说："求祢让我得到它，不带苦难与痛苦。" 4.35

I was so afraid I’d never learn that I asked God to help me. It didn’t occur to me to ask Him to make it easy. When I finally did learn it, I was chained up in prison. So if you ask God for anything make sure to say: “Let me have it without misery or suffering.” 4.35