803 - Al-Abbas ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim informed me, saying: I heard Ja'far al-Tayalisi saying: I heard Yahya ibn Ma'in saying: 'They were with Abd al-Razzaq: Ahmad, Khalaf, and another man. When the narrations regarding the faults [of the Companions] passed by, Ahmad ibn Hanbal placed his fingers in his ears for a long time until some of the narrations had passed. Then he took them out, and then he put them back in until all the narrations had passed,' or as he said.
٨٠٣ - وَأَخْبَرَنِي الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ جَعْفَرًا الطَّيَالِسِيَّ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ مَعِينٍ، يَقُولُ: كَانُوا عِنْدَ ⦗٥٠٣⦘ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ: أَحْمَدُ، وَخَلَفٌ، وَرَجُلٌ آخَرُ، فَلَمَّا مَرَّتْ أَحَادِيثُ الْمَثَالِبِ وَضَعَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ إِصْبَعَيْهِ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ طَوِيلًا حَتَّى مَرَّ بَعْضُ الْأَحَادِيثِ، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَهُمَا، ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمَا حَتَّى مَضَتِ الْأَحَادِيثُ كُلُّهَا أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ
