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ahmad:16661ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad > Manṣūr b. Abū Muzāḥim > Abū Ūways ʿAbdullāh b. Ūways

[Machine] I gifted the Prophet ﷺ a weak and stubborn donkey, either with a long tail or with long ears. He returned it to me, and when he saw the distress on my face, he said, "We returned it to you because we are forbidden"  

أحمد:١٦٦٦١قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي مُزَاحِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُوَيْسٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُوَيْسٍ سَمِعْتُ مِنْهُ فِي خِلَافَةِ الْمَهْدِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ قَالَ

أَهْدَيْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِمَارًا عَقِيرًا وَحْشِيًّا بِوَدَّانَ أَوْ قَالَ بِالْأَبْوَاءِ قَالَ فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَى شِدَّةَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِي قَالَ إِنَّا إِنَّمَا رَدَدْنَاهُ عَلَيْكَ لِأَنَّا حُرُمٌ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
bukhari:1825ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah b. Masʿūd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās > al-Ṣaʿb b. Jathhāmah al-Laythī

From As-Sa'b bin Jath-thama Al-Laithi that the latter presented an onager to Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was at Al-Abwa' or at Waddan, and he refused it. On noticing the signs of some unpleasant feeling of disappointment on his (As-Sab's) face, the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "I have only returned it because I am Muhrim."  

البخاري:١٨٢٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ

أَنَّهُ أَهْدَى لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِمَارًا وَحْشِيًّا وَهْوَ بِالأَبْوَاءِ أَوْ بِوَدَّانَ فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَى مَا فِي وَجْهِهِ قَالَ إِنَّا لَمْ نَرُدَّهُ عَلَيْكَ إِلاَّ أَنَّا حُرُمٌ  

muslim:1193aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > al-Ṣaʿb b. Jathhāmah al-Laythī

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked into my face (which had the mark of dejection as my present had been rejected by him) he (in order to console me) said: We have refused it only because we are in a state of Ihram.  

مسلم:١١٩٣aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ

أَنَّهُ أَهْدَى لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِمَارًا وَحْشِيًّا وَهُوَ بِالأَبْوَاءِ أَوْ بِوَدَّانَ فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَنْ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا فِي وَجْهِي قَالَ إِنَّا لَمْ نَرُدَّهُ عَلَيْكَ إِلاَّ أَنَّا حُرُمٌ  

ibnmajah:3090[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Rumḥ > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > Ṣaʿb b. Jathhāmah

“Sa;b bin Jaththamah told us: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by me when I was in Abwa’ or Waddan, and I gave him some meat of a wild donkey, but he gave it back to me, and when he saw from my face that I was upset, he said: ‘The only reason that we are giving it back is that we are in Ihram.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٠٩٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَهِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا صَعْبُ بْنُ جَثَّامَةَ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا بِالأَبْوَاءِ أَوْ بِوَدَّانَ فَأَهْدَيْتُ لَهُ حِمَارَ وَحْشٍ فَرَدَّهُ عَلَىَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَى فِي وَجْهِيَ الْكَرَاهِيَةَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِنَا رَدٌّ عَلَيْكَ وَلَكِنَّا حُرُمٌ  

ahmad:16428Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās > Ṣaʿb b. Jathhāmah > Mar Bī

“Sa;b bin Jaththamah told us: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by me when I was in Abwa’ or Waddan, and I gave him some meat of a wild donkey, but he gave it back to me, and when he saw from my face that I was upset, he said: ‘The only reason that we are giving it back is that we are in Ihram.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3090)   

أحمد:١٦٤٢٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ صَعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَرَّ بِي وَأَنَا بِالْأَبْوَاءِ أَوْ بِوَدَّانَ فَأَهْدَيْتُ لَهُ حِمَارَ وَحْشٍ فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺالْكَرَاهِيَةَ فِي وَجْهِي قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِنَا رَدٌّ عَلَيْكَ وَلَكِنَّا حُرُمٌ قُلْتُ لِابْنِ شِهَابٍ الْحِمَارُ عَقِيرٌ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي