Deviation from the explicit text of Imam Ahmad in the books of the later Hanbalis

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it true that most of what is in the books of the later Hanbalis contradicts the explicit text of Imam Ahmad?

Answer:
No, that is not correct. There may be some things in them that contradict, but saying that most of it contradicts is not correct; that is an exaggeration. What is in the books is either a narration from Ahmad where he explicitly stated it, or it is a derivation based on the rules of the school, where it was derived according to his rules but Ahmad did not state it, or it is from the words of the companions (scholars of the school), which is called the position (wajh) or positions (wujuh). These positions are from the words of the companions. They may err, and they may be correct. Yes.