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bayhaqi:21617Abū Naṣr b. Qatādah > Abū Manṣūr al-Naḍrawī > Aḥmad b. Najdah > Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > Hushaym > some companions > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] She is not determined, if she wants, she will write, and if she wants, she will not correspond. We have heard similar things about Ash-Sha'bi.  

البيهقي:٢١٦١٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرِ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ أنبأ أَبُو مَنْصُورٍ النَّضْرَوِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ

لَيْسَتْ بِعَزْمَةٍ إِنْ شَاءَ كَاتَبَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يُكَاتِبْ وَرُوِّينَا مِثْلَهُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ