أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ ، قَالَ :" لَقَدْ أَقَمْتُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ ثَلَاثًا مَا لِي حَاجَةٌ إِلَّا وَقَدْ فَرَغْتُ مِنْهَا، إِلَّا أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانُوا يَتَوَقَّعُونَهُ، كَانَ يَرْوِي حَدِيثًا، فَأَقَمْتُ حَتَّى قَدِمَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ "

Muhammad bin Issa told us, Hammad bin Zaid told us, on the authority of Ayyub, on the authority of Abu Qalaba, he said: “I have stayed in Medina for three days, and I have no need. I had finished it, but a man they were expecting was narrating a hadith, so I stayed until he came and asked him.”