أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مِسْكِينُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ مَنْصُورٌ بِحَدِيثٍ فَلَقِيتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ : أُحَدِّثُ بِهِ عَنْكَ؟، قَالَ :" أَوَ لَيْسَ إِذَا كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْكَ فَقَدْ حَدَّثْتُكَ؟ "، قَالَ : وَسَأَلْتُ أَيُّوبَ السَّخْتِيَانِيَّ ، فَقَالَ : مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ

Al-Hasan bin Ahmad told us, Miskin bin Bukayr told us, Shu’bah told us, he said: Mansour wrote to me with a hadith and I met him, so I said: Should I narrate it about you? He said: “Have I not narrated it to you if I write to you?” He said: I asked Ayoub al-Sakhtiyani, and he said: Like that.