سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
مقدمهIntroduction
باب التَّوَرُّعِ عَنِ الْجَوَابِ فِيمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ كِتَابٌ وَلاَ سُنَّةٌ:Chapter: Caution in Answering Without Clear Evidence from Qur'an or Sunnah
Hadith 108
حَدَّثَنَا حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَكَّامُ بْنُ سَلْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي خَيْثَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ رُفَيْعٍ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ عَطَاءٌ عَنْ شَيْءٍ، قَالَ: لَا أَدْرِي، قَالَ: قِيلَ لَهُ: أَلَا تَقُولُ فِيهَا بِرَأْيِكَ ؟، قَالَ: "إِنِّي أَسْتَحْيِي مِنْ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يُدَانَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِرَأْيِي".
It is narrated from Abdul Aziz bin Rafi that someone asked Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) about something, so he replied «لا أدري» "I do not know." He was asked, "Will you not say anything even from your own opinion?" He said: "I feel shy before Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, that my statement should be followed on the face of the earth."
