[Ṣāliḥ:] 不久之后，我的父亲从萨mm拉回来，他召见我，说：“Ṣālīh，我希望你放弃那笔津贴。不要再接受它，也不要把它转给别人。你能得到它，只是因为我。等我去世以后，你可以按自己认为最好的方式去做。”75。1

[Ṣāliḥ:] A short while after my father came back from Samarra, he summoned me and said, “Ṣālīh, I want you to give up that stipend. Stop accepting it and don’t transfer it to anyone else, either. It’s only because of me that you get it at all. When I’m gone you can do as you think best.” 75.1

我什么也没说。

I said nothing.

“怎么了？”我说：“我不喜欢当面对你说一套，背后做另一套，所以我不会对你撒谎，也不会只说你想听的话。这里没有人比我有更多需要抚养的人，也没有人比我更有理由拿这笔钱。以前我来找你抱怨时，你总说：‘你的命运与我紧密相连。我希望真主能替我除去这份负担！’现在看来，真主已经满足了你的愿望。”“所以你不打算拒绝这笔钱？”“不。”“滚出去，该死的！”他说。

“What’s wrong?” I said: “I don’t like to tell you one thing to your face and then do something else behind your back, so I’m not going to lie to you or tell you what you want to hear. No one here has more dependents than I do and no one has a better excuse to take that money. When I would come complaining to you, you’d say, ‘Your fate is bound up with mine. I wish God would remove that burden from me!’ Now it seems He’s granted your wish.” “So you’re not going to turn down the money?” “No.” “Get out, damn you!” he said.

之后，他让人把我们两家之间的那扇门堵上了。

After that he had someone block up the door between our houses.

当我遇到我的兄弟ʿAbd Allāh时,他问我发生了什么事,我便告诉了他。75.2

When I ran into my brother ʿAbd Allāh, he asked me what was going on and I told him. 75.2

“我该对他说什么？”他问我。

“What should I say to him?” he asked me.

“这由你决定。”我父亲向他提出了和向我提出的同样的要求。阿卜杜拉也说他不会拒绝这笔津贴，我父亲也对他生气了。

“That’s up to you.” My father made the same request of him as he had made of me. ʿAbd Allāh also said he wouldn’t turn down the stipend, and our father got angry at him too.

“后来我们见到了他的叔叔，他问我们为什么要提这件事。‘如果你拿了什么，他怎么会知道？’随后，他的叔叔去见了他。‘Abū ʿAbd Allāh，’他说，‘我不会拿任何那笔钱。’‘感谢真主！’我父亲说道。”

Later we saw his uncle, who asked why we had said anything about it at all. “If you took something, how would he know?” His uncle then went to see him. “Abū ʿAbd Allāh,” he said, “I’m not taking any of that money.” “Thank God!” said my father.

于是他就不再与我们说话，关闭了我们房屋之间的所有门，并表示我们家里的任何东西都不应该进入他的家。在我们开始接受统治者的俸禄之前，他常常与我们一同用餐。我们也常常给他送些东西，他会吃其中的一部分。

With that he stopped talking to us, shut up all the doors between our houses, and said that nothing should come from our homes into his. Before we began accepting stipends from the ruler, he used to eat with us. Often we would send him something and he would eat part of it.

两个月后，我们收到了指定的款项，直接送到了家门口。第一个到场并要求分得一份的，是他的叔叔。753

Two months later we received our designated payment, delivered to our door, and the first to arrive and claim a share was his uncle. 75.3

当父亲得知发生的事情后，他来到那扇被堵住的门前，透过孩子们挖出的一个洞说话。

When he learned what was going on, my father came to the door that had been blocked up and spoke through a hole that the boys had made.

“请替我叫萨利赫来！”他说。

“Call Ṣāliḥ for me!” he said.

The message you mentioned hasn't come through; only your note "Someone brought me the message." arrived. Please paste the English text you'd like translated into Simplified Chinese, and I'll translate it.

Someone brought me the message.

“我不去。”我说。

“I’m not coming,” I said.

我父亲又发了一条信息，问我为什么不回。

My father sent another message to ask why not.

“有很多人都依靠这笔津贴，”我说，“我不是唯一需要它的人，但我是最有资格领取的人。如果你偏偏选中我来训斥，我不去了。” 过了一会儿，他叔叔召集大家去礼拜。我父亲从屋里出来，得知他叔叔已经去清真寺了。我也去了那里，但我停在一个能听见他们谈话的地方等着。礼拜一结束，我父亲转向他叔叔说：“你这个真主的敌人！明明别人比你更需要这笔钱，你却当着我的面撒谎。你说你一分都不会拿，结果还是拿了，何况你已经有一处每年能给你带来两百迪拉姆的产业，还想通过占用一条公路再多赚一些！我担心到了复活日，我们会发现你脖子上挂着七块被你侵占的土地。”453 75.4

“There are plenty of people who depend on this stipend,” I said. “I’m not the only one, but I am the most entitled. If you’ve chosen me of all people for a scolding, I’m not coming.” A bit later his uncle called everyone to prayer. My father came out of the house and was told that his uncle had gone out to the mosque. I went there too, but stopped and waited in a spot where I could hear what they were saying. As soon as the prayer was over, my father turned to his uncle and said, “You enemy of God! You lied to my face even though other people need the money more than you. You said you wouldn’t take any of it and then you did—even though you’ve got a property that pays you two hundred dirhams and you were hoping to make more by taking over a public road! When the Day of Resurrection comes, I’m afraid we’ll find you with seven tracts of land tied around your neck!”453 75.4

于是他便不再与他说话。他也不再在我们的清真寺礼拜，而是开始到别人的清真寺去礼拜。

With that he stopped speaking to him. He also stopped praying in our mosque and started going out to pray in someone else’s mosque.

[Al-ʿUkbarī:] 在236年（公元850–851年），我去寻找艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒，想向他请教一件事。我询问他的下落，人们告诉我他已外出礼拜去了，于是我便坐在小巷的门口等候。他出现时，我起身向他问候，他也回了礼。他走进小巷，我一直陪他走到尽头，那里有一扇敞开的门。他推门进去，说道：“你现在走吧，愿真主保佑你！”755

[Al-ʿUkbarī:] In 236 [850–51] I went looking for Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal so I could ask him about something. I asked for him and they told me he had gone out to pray, so I sat down to wait by the alley gate. When he appeared, I rose and greeted him and he returned the greeting. He went down the alley and I walked beside him all the way to the end, where there was an open door. He pushed it open and went in, saying, “Go away now, and may God spare you!” 75.5

当我转身时,我看到门通向一座清真寺,一位留着染色胡须的长者正站在那里带领众人礼拜。我坐下等待,直到他说完告别的问候语。有人走出来时,我问他这位长者是谁。

As I turned, I saw that the gate opened onto a mosque where an elder with a dyed beard was standing and leading the congregation in prayer. I sat and waited until he spoke the parting salutation. When someone came out, I asked him who the elder was.

“那是伊斯哈格，艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒的叔叔。”他说。

“That’s Isḥāq, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s uncle,” he said.

“为什么艾哈迈德不肯在他身后礼拜？”“他不跟他说话，也不跟自己的儿子们说话，因为他们接受了当局的津贴。”[萨利赫：] 有一次，父亲不跟我们说话的时候，他发现我们又收到了一笔钱。父亲走到门上的开口处说：“萨利赫！把其中属于哈桑和乌姆·阿里的部分找出来，拿去给福兰。”

“Why won’t Aḥmad pray behind him?” “He won’t talk to him, or to his own sons, because they accept a stipend from the authorities.” [Ṣāliḥ:] At some point when my father wasn’t speaking to us, he found out that we’d been sent another sum.454 My father came to the opening in the door and said, “Ṣāliḥ! Find out which parts are for Ḥasan and Umm ʿAlī455 and take them to Fūrān.

"告诉他去找那笔钱的来源，把它作为施舍分发出去。"75.6

Tell him to go to wherever the money came from and give it away as alms.” 75.6

“Fūrān怎么会知道它是从哪里来的？”“照我说的做就行。”于是我把这两部分发给了Fūrān。

“How would Fūrān know where it came from?” “Just do as I say.” So I sent the two portions to Fūrān.

与此同时,我的父亲听说我们收下了那笔钱之后,没有吃饭就上床睡了。我一个月没有见到他。后来孩子们打开门走了进去。但他仍然不肯让他们把我家的任何东西拿进去。最后我给他发了一条消息,说:"这样僵持的时间已经够长了,我想念您。"然后我走了进去。他不肯跟我说话。我弯下腰,拥抱了他。

Meanwhile, my father, after he heard that we had accepted the money, went to bed without eating. I didn’t see him for a month. Then the boys opened the door and went in. But he still wouldn’t let them bring in anything from my house. Finally I sent him a message saying: “This has gone on long enough, and I miss you.” Then I went in. He wouldn’t speak to me. I bent down and embraced him.

“爸爸，”我问道，“你为什么要这样折磨自己？”“孩子，这是我无能为力的事。”此后有一段时间，我们什么也不接受。后来我们得到了更多的东西，便收下了。父亲得知后，好几个月都不再和我们说话。

“Dad,” I asked, “why are you doing this to yourself?” “It’s something I can’t help, son.” After that we didn’t accept anything for a while. Then we were granted something more and we took it. When my father found out he stopped talking to us for months.

最后,Fūrān 和他谈了一次,我便进去了。75.7

Finally Fūrān had a word with him and I went in. 75.7

“这是萨利赫，”福兰说，“记住你有多在乎他。”“萨利赫是我这世上最挚爱的人，”我父亲说，“我所求的，不过是让他得到我为自己所求的东西。这有什么不对？”“爸爸，”我说，“你有没有见过哪个人能承受你所经历的那些？”“所以现在你是在跟我争辩？”随后，他写信给叶海亚·伊本·哈坎，要求他停止发放津贴，并且再也不要提起此事。那封信刚送到叶海亚手中，情报首领便将其取走，并把一份抄本呈给了穆塔瓦基勒。

“It’s Ṣāliḥ,” said Fūrān. “Remember how much you care for him.” “Ṣāliḥ was the dearest person in the world to me,” said my father. “All I wanted was for him to have what I wanted for myself. What’s wrong with that?” “Dad,” I said, “have you ever met anyone who could survive what you put yourself through?” “So now you’re arguing with me?” Then he wrote to Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān demanding that he stop paying the stipend and never mention it again. No sooner had the message reached Yaḥyā than the chief of intelligence took it and sent a copy to al-Mutawakkil.

“哈里发问道：‘艾哈迈德的儿子们应得几个月？’”

“How many months are due to Aḥmad’s sons?” the caliph asked.

“十。” “立即派人送去四万迪拉姆——整枚的国库钱币——不要告诉艾哈迈德。” 叶海亚对官员说：“我会写信告诉萨利赫的。”

“Ten.” “Have forty thousand dirhams—whole coins from the treasury—sent to them immediately without telling Aḥmad.” “I’ll write to Ṣāliḥ and let him know,” said Yaḥyā to the official.

当我收到叶海亚的信时，我便派人去告诉我的父亲。

When I received Yaḥyā’s letter, I sent word to my father.

传达此言的人说:“艾哈迈德沉默良久,盯着地面。然后他抬起头说:‘如果我想要一件事,而真主却命定另一件,那我就无能为力了。’”[阿尔-布沙尼:]有人转述穆塔瓦基勒的话说:“艾哈迈德不让我们照顾他的家人。”这是因为穆塔瓦基勒曾向艾哈迈德的子女、孙辈和叔父送去大笔钱财,而他们在未告知他的情况下便收下了。艾哈迈德得知此事后,责备他们,并要求他们把钱退还回去。他说:“边境无人设防,也无人把战利品分给应得的穆斯林,你们怎么能收下这些钱?”456 75.8

The one who delivered the message reported: “Aḥmad sat silently for a while staring at the ground. Then he raised his head and said, ‘If I want one thing but God decrees another, there’s nothing more I can do.’” [Al-Būshanjī:] Someone quoted al-Mutawakkil as saying, “Aḥmad won’t let us take care of his family.” This was because he had sent vast sums to Aḥmad’s children, grandchildren, and uncle, who had taken it without telling him. When Aḥmad realized what had happened, he reproached them and told them to return the money. “How could you take it when the frontier is undefended and no one is distributing the spoils to the Muslims who deserve a share?”456 75.8

大家都恳求说，他们已经把钱还给了债主。

Everyone pleaded that they had already paid the money to their creditors.

随后，穆塔瓦基勒又送去一笔钱，并下令将其交给他的儿子们，且不让他知道。他们又一次收下了。阿赫迈德得知后，把他们叫来，说道："第一笔钱，你们说已经花掉了，或用来还了债。但这一笔，你们还可以退回去。"75.9

Then al-Mutawakkil sent another sum, ordering that it be given to his sons without his knowing about it. Again, they accepted it. When Aḥmad found out, he summoned them and said, “With the first amount, you claimed that you had spent it already or used it to pay your debts. This one, though, you can still send back.” 75.9

我亲眼看见他堵上了与其子萨利赫家相通的那扇门。我还看见他远离与自己家相邻的那座清真寺，那里的宣礼员是他的叔叔，领拜人是伊本·欧迈尔。他之所以不再与他们交谈，是因为钱财的缘故。我看见他穿过小巷，走进胡同，来到大街上，然后又拐进另一条胡同，那里有一座名为西德拉清真寺的礼拜寺，规模足以举行主麻聚礼。

I myself saw him block off the door that joined his house to his son Ṣāliḥ’s. I also saw him stay away from the mosque that adjoined his house, where the prayer caller was his uncle and the prayer leader was Ibn ʿUmayr. It was because of the money that he stopped talking to them. I saw him walk all the way through the alley, into the lane, onto the main thoroughfare, and then down another lane where there was a mosque called the Sidrah Mosque, big enough for Friday prayers.

当艾哈迈德被派往萨马拉、正值穆塔瓦基勒在位时，人们把他带到王宫，为哈里发的儿子们，即储君穆尔泰兹、穆恩塔绥尔和穆艾耶德，诵讲圣训。艾哈迈德便假装生病；若有人问到某条传述，他就说：“我记不清了，而且我的书都不在这里。”最终，穆塔瓦基勒作罢，放他离去，并签发了一道命令，其文如下：“我们特此免除艾哈迈德做任何他所厌恶之事。”75.10

When Aḥmad was sent to Samarra during the reign of al-Mutawakkil, they took him to the palace to recite Hadith for caliph’s children al-Muʿtazz, al-Muntaṣir, and al- Muʾayyad, his heirs apparent. Aḥmad responded by feigning illness and, if asked about a report, saying, “I don’t remember, and I don’t have my books here.” In the end al- Mutawakkil relented and let him go, signing an order that read as follows: “We herewith excuse Aḥmad from doing anything he detests.” 75.10

有一次,艾哈迈德收到一份带有穆塔瓦基勒印章的椰枣礼物,但他拒绝品尝。据说他为自己解释道:“众信士的长官已经免除了我做任何我所厌恶之事的责任。”每当有东西送到他家里时,他都这样说,这也成了他的习惯。

On one occasion Aḥmad received a gift of dates bearing al-Mutawakkil’s seal but refused to taste them. To explain himself, he reportedly said, “The Commander of the Faithful has excused me from doing anything I detest.” He said the same thing whenever anything was sent to his house, and that became his custom.

[ʿAbd Allāh:] 我生病的时候，父亲来看望我。75。11

[ʿAbd Allāh:] When I was ill, my father came to check on me. 75.11

“爸爸，”我说，“我们还剩下一些穆塔瓦基勒给我们的钱。要是我用它去朝觐，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.

“那你既然不介意用它，为什么不拿呢？”我问。“孩子，我并不认为它是被禁止的，”他回答道，“但我宁可不去碰它。”

“But if you don’t mind spending it,” I asked, “why didn’t you take it?” “I don’t consider it forbidden, son,” he answered. “But I’d rather abstain.”