أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الشَّعْبِيَّ ، يَقُولُ :" مَا كَتَبْتُ سَوْدَاءَ فِي بَيْضَاءَ، وَلَا اسْتَعَدْتُ حَدِيثًا مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ "

Malik bin Ismail told us, Muhammad bin Fudayl told us, on the authority of Ibn Shubrumah, he said: I heard Al-Sha’abi saying: “I did not write black in White, and I have not recovered any hadith from a human being.”