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 G أَنْ يُدَانَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِرَأْيِي "

Mukhlid bin Malik told us, Hakam bin Salam told us, on the authority of Abu Khaythamah, on the authority of Abdul Aziz bin Rafi’, he said: Ata was asked about Something. He said: I don’t know. He said: He was told: Don’t you say your opinion about it? He said: “I am ashamed before God that he should be judged on earth according to my opinion.”