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then Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Sulamī narrated to us; I also heard Ṭālūt ibn Luqmān, and he related the same account.

Musabbiḥ ibn Ḥātim al-ʿUklī said: Ibrāhīm ibn Jaʿfar al-Marwadhī narrated to us. He said, “I saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal in a dream walking with a proud, swaggering gait. I asked him, ‘What is this walk, O Abū ʿAbd Allāh?’ He answered, ‘This is the walk of the attendants in the Abode of Peace.’

Al-Marwadhī likewise said: “I saw Aḥmad in a dream, clad in two green garments and wearing a crown of light upon his head. He was walking in a manner I did not recognize, so I asked, ‘What is this?’ He replied, ‘This is the walk of the attendants in the Abode of Peace.’” He then recounted the story with its useful chain of transmission.

In al-Ḥilyah it is recorded: Abū Naṣr al-Ḥanbalī informed us; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Nahrawānī informed us; Abū al-Qāsim al-Qurashī narrated to us; and al-Marwadhī transmitted a similar report.

Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khafīf the Sufi said: Abū al-Qāsim al-Qaṣrī narrated to us; I heard Ibn Khuzaymah in Alexandria say, “I saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal in a dream after his death, strutting proudly. I asked, ‘What is this gait?’ He replied, ‘It is the gait of the attendants in the Abode of Peace.’ I then asked, ‘What has Allah done with you?’ He said, ‘He forgave me, crowned me, and placed upon my feet two sandals of gold. Then He said: “O Aḥmad, this is because of your declaration: The Qur’an is My Speech.” After that He said to me, “O Aḥmad, why did you transmit from Ḥarīz ibn ʿUthmān?”—and he went on to mention a long, objectionable story. And how could Ḥarīz ever be compared to Aḥmad?!”

Ibn Qudāmah informed us, from Ibn al-Jawzī: al-Mubārak ibn ʿAlī informed us; Saʿd Allāh ibn ʿAlī ibn Ayyūb narrated to us; Hannād ibn Ibrāhīm informed us; Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar narrated to us; Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Takrītī narrated to us; Abū Bakr al-Tamīmī narrated to us; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bahrām said, “I saw Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal in a dream wearing two golden sandals and walking with a graceful swagger …” and he told the rest of the story.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ الحَسَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ، سَمِعْتُ طَالُوْتَ بنَ لُقْمَانَ، فَذَكَرَهَا. مُسَبِّحُ بنُ حَاتِمٍ العُكْلِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيْمُ بنُ جَعْفَرٍ المَرُّوْذِيُّ، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ أَحْمَدَ بنَ حَنْبَلٍ يَمْشِي فِي النَّوْمِ مِشيَةً يَخْتَالُ فِيْهَا، قُلْتُ: مَا هَذِهِ المِشْيَةُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: هَذِهِ مِشيَةُ الخُدَّامِ فِي دَارِ السَّلاَمِ. عَنِ المَرُّوْذِيِّ، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ أَحْمَدَ فِي النَّوْمِ، وَعَلَيْهِ حُلَّتَانِ خَضرَاوَانِ، وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ تَاجٌ مِنَ النُّوْرِ، وَإِذَا هُوَ يَمْشِي مِشيَةً لَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْرِفُهَا، فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ: هَذِهِ مِشيَةُ الخُدَّامِ فِي دَارِ السَّلاَمِ. وَذَكَرَ القِصَّةَ فِي إِسْنَادِهَا المُفِيْدِ. وَفِي (الحِلْيَةِ) : أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ الحَنْبَلِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ أَحْمَدَ النَّهْرُوَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو القَاسِمِ القُرَشِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا المَرُّوْذِيُّ بِنَحْوٍ مِنْهَا. أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ بنُ خَفِيْفٍ الصُّوْفِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو القَاسِمِ القَصْرِيُّ، سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ خُزَيْمَةَ بِالإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ يَقُوْلُ: رَأَيْتُ أَحْمَدَ بنَ حَنْبَلٍ فِي النَّوْمِ لَمَّا مَاتَ يَتَبَخْتَرُ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذِهِ المِشيَةُ؟ قَالَ: مِشْيَةُ الخُدَّامِ فِي دَارِ السَّلاَمِ. فَقُلْتُ: مَاذَا فَعَلَ اللهُ بِكَ؟ قَالَ: غَفَرَ لِي، وَتَوَّجَنِي، وَأَلْبَسَنِي نَعْلَيْنِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَقَالَ: يَا أَحْمَدُ، هَذَا بِقَوْلِكَ: القُرْآنُ كَلاَمِي. ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: يَا أَحْمَدُ، لِمَ كَتَبتَ عَنْ حَرِيْزِ بنِ عُثْمَانَ؟، وَذَكَرَ حِكَايَةً طَوِيْلَةً مُنْكَرَةً. وَمِنْ أَيْنَ يَلحقُ أَحْمَدُ حَرِيزاً؟! أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ قُدَامَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ الجَوْزِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنَا المُبَارَكُ بنُ عَلِيٍّ، أَخْبَرَنَا سَعْدُ اللهِ بنُ عَلِيِّ بنِ أَيُّوْبَ، حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بنُ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بنُ الحَسَنِ التَّكْرِيْتِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ التَّمِيْمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ بَهْرَامَ، رَأَيْتُ أَحْمَدَ بنَ حَنْبَلٍ فِي النَّوْمِ وَعَلَيْهِ نَعلاَنِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَهُوَ يَخْطِرُ ... ، الحِكَايَةَ.