أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ أَبَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، قَالَ: "رَأَيْتُ حَمَّادًا يَكْتُبُ عِنْدَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: أَلَمْ أَنْهَكَ ؟، قَالَ: إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَطْرَافٌ".
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Awn that I saw Hammad writing in the presence of Imam Ibrahim Nakhai (may Allah have mercy on him), so Imam Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Did I not forbid you from writing? Hammad replied that I have only written outlines (i.e., indications).