[Al-Mukharrimī:] 如果你听到有人诋毁艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒，你就知道他是个标新立异者。971

[Al-Mukharrimī:] If you hear a man slander Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, you know he’s an innovator. 97.1

[努阿伊姆·本·哈马德：] 如果你听到一位伊拉克人批评艾哈迈德·本·罕百里，就怀疑他的宗教信仰；如果你听到一位呼罗珊人批评伊斯哈格·本·拉胡维，也应当如此。97。2

[Nuʿaym ibn Ḥammād:] If you hear an Iraqi criticize Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, doubt his religion, and do the same if you hear a Khurasani criticize Isḥāq ibn Rāhāwayh. 97.2

[阿布·祖尔阿（Abū Zurʿah）说：] 如果你听到一个库法人攻击苏夫扬·al-塞个（Sufyān al-Thawrī）或扎伊达（Zāʾidah），你可以确定他是一个拒斥派（Rejectionist）。如果你听到一个叙利亚人攻击马克胡勒（Makḥūl）或奥扎伊（al-Awzāʿī），你可以确定他是一个憎恨阿里的人（ʿAlī-hater）。如果你听到一个巴士拉人攻击艾尤卜·赛赫提亚尼（Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī）或伊本·奥恩（Ibn ʿAwn），你可以确定他是一个主张意志自由的人。如果你听到一个呼罗珊人攻击阿卜杜拉·伊本·穆巴拉克（ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak），你可以确定他是一个推迟派（Postponer）。你还应当知道，所有这些派别有一个共同点：他们都憎恨艾哈迈德·伊本·罕柏勒（Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal），因为他给了他们每一派致命的打击。97.3

[Abū Zurʿah:] If you hear a Kufan attack Sufyān al-Thawrī or Zāʾidah, you can be sure he’s a Rejectionist. If you hear a Syrian attack Makḥūl or al-Awzāʿī, you can be sure he’s an ʿAlī-hater. If you hear a Basran attack Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī or Ibn ʿAwn, you can be sure he’s an advocate of free will. If you hear a Khurasani attack ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak, you can be sure he’s a Postponer. And you should also know that all those sects have one thing in common: they hate Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal because he’s inflicted mortal wounds on them all. 97.3

[Al-Ṣāghānī:] 我第一次意识到真主不再眷顾伊斯哈格·本·阿比·伊斯拉伊勒，是在我听到他提到“有些人自诩特殊，因为他们从易卜拉欣·本·赛德那里听过圣训”，他这是在暗指艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒。他怨恨的原因在于，真主让他默默无闻，却让伊本·罕百勒声名远播。97.4

[Al-Ṣāghānī:] The first time I realized that God no longer favored Isḥāq ibn Abī Isrāʾīl was when I heard him refer to “some people who claim to be special because they’ve heard reports from Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿd,” alluding to Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. The reason for his resentment was that God had left him in obscurity while making Ibn Ḥanbal famous. 97.4

[Al-Dawraqī:] 如果你听到有人诋毁艾哈迈德·伊本·罕百勒，就应怀疑他的伊斯兰信仰。97。5

[Al-Dawraqī:] If you hear anyone speak ill of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, doubt his Islam. 97.5

【sufyān ibn wakīʿ】我们视艾哈迈德为标准：凡对他有所非议者，在我们看来都是罪人。97.6

[Sufyān ibn Wakīʿ:] We think of Aḥmad as the standard: anyone who finds fault with him is a sinner to us. 97.6

[Al-Hamadhānī:] 艾哈迈德是区分穆斯林与异端的试金石。97.7

[Al-Hamadhānī:] Aḥmad is the test that separates Muslims from heretics. 97.7

[Al-Ṣāʾigh:] 每当我遇到一位不认识的圣训学者，我总会提到艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒。如果此人满怀热情地谈论他，我便知道他是可靠的；如果他对此只字不提，我便知道他不可取。97。8

[Al-Ṣāʾigh:] Whenever I meet a Hadith-man I don’t know I make sure to bring up Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. If the man speaks of him with enthusiasm I know he’s all right. If he says nothing I know he’s no good. 97.8

[Abū Jaʿfar:] 伊本·阿央（Ibn Aʿyan）就艾哈迈德·伊本·罕拜勒（Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal）吟诵了这些诗句：97。9

[Abū Jaʿfar:] Ibn Aʿyan recited these verses about Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal: 97.9

要知道谁真正坚守宗教，有一个关键的检验标准。

To know who holds religion firm One test is the key:

一个诋毁艾哈迈德的人，等于承认自己有异端之说。529

A man who speaks of Aḥmad ill Admits to heresy.529

[Al-Karābīsī:] 追随艾哈迈德·本·罕百勒的人，就好像要用拖鞋去推倒艾卜·库拜斯山一样。9710

[Al-Karābīsī:] People who go after Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal might as well go up to Mount Abū Qubays and try to knock it down with their sandals. 97.10