أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، قَالَ: "كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لَا يَبْتَدِئُ الْحَدِيثَ حَتَّى يُسْأَلَ".
Mughira bin Muqsim said: Imam Ibrahim Nakha'i, may Allah have mercy on him, would not narrate hadith to anyone without being asked.