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tabarani:7434Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > al-Ṣaʿb b. Jathhāmah > Ahdayt > Rasūl Allāh Ṣallá Allāh

[Machine] I gifted the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a wild donkey that I had tamed with a saddle, and I presented it to him with reins. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned it to me when he saw the distress on my face due to that. He said, "We did not return it to you out of dislike for it, but because it is prohibited for us."  

الطبراني:٧٤٣٤حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ قَالَ

أَهْدَيْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِمَارًا وَحْشِيًّا صِدْتُهُ بِوَدَّانَ وَأَهْدَيْتُهُ لَهُ بِالْأَبْوَاءِ فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَأَى مَا فِي وَجْهِي مِنْ شِدَّةِ ذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ «إِنَّا لَمْ نَرُدَّهُ عَلَيْكَ كَرَاهِيَةً لَهُ وَلَكِنَّا حُرُمٌ»  


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malik:20-85Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah b. Masʿūd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās > al-Ṣaʿb b. Jathhāmah al-Laythī

Yahya related to me from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba ibn Masud, from Abdullah ibn Abbas, that as-Sab ibn Jaththama al-Laythi once gave a wild ass to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was at al- Abwa, or Waddan, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave it back to him. However, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw the expression on the man's face he said, "We only gave it back to you because we are in ihram."  

مالك:٢٠-٨٥حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ 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 وَهُوَ بِالأَبْوَاءِ أَوْ بِوَدَّانَ فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا فِي وَجْهِي قَالَ إِنَّا لَمْ نَرُدَّهُ عَلَيْكَ إِلاَّ أَنَّا حُرُمٌ  

tabarani:7429Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Ibn ʿAbbās > al-Ṣaʿb b. Jathhāmah > Mar Bī Rasūl

“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)   

الطبراني:٧٤٢٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا بِالْأَبْوَاءِ فَأَهْدَيْتُ لَهُ حِمَارَ وَحْشٍ فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَى الْكَرَاهِيَةَ فِي وَجْهِي قَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِنَا رَدٌّ عَلَيْكَ وَلَكِنَّا حُرُمٌ»  

tabarani:7431Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Ibn ʿAbbās > al-Ṣaʿb b. Jathhāmah > Rasūl Allāh Ṣallá

“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)   

الطبراني:٧٤٣١حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ الصَّعْبُ بْنُ جَثَّامَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِهِ بِالْأَبْوَاءِ أَوْ بِوَدَّانَ فَأَهْدَيْتُ لَهُ حِمَارَ وَحْشٍ فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَى فِي وَجْهِي الْكَرَاهِيَةَ قَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِنَا رَدٌّ عَلَيْكَ وَلَكِنَّا حُرُمٌ»  

tabarani:7439Aḥmad b. Zuhayr al-Tustarī > ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿd from my uncle > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh from my cousin al-Zuhrī from his uncle > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās Kān

[Machine] "I heard Sa'd bin Jathama saying, 'I gifted a wild donkey to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Al-Abwa, but he returned it to me. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw the dislike in my face, he said, "It is not a refusal on our part to you, but we are not allowed to accept it."'  

الطبراني:٧٤٣٩حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ثنا عَمِّي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ابْنُ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ كَانَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ الصَّعْبَ بْنَ جَثَّامَةَ يَقُولُ أَهْدَيْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِمَارَ وَحْشٍ بِالْأَبْوَاءِ فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيَّ فَلَمَّا عَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي وَجْهِي كَرَاهِيَةَ رَدِّهِ قَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِنَا رَدٌّ عَلَيْكَ وَلَكِنَّا حُرُمٌ»  

tabarani:7441ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān al-Ḥimṣī > Muḥammad b. Ḥarb > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > al-Ṣaʿb b. Jathhāmah > Ahdá Lirasūl Allāh ﷺ Ḥimār And Ḥsh

[Machine] He informed him that he had gifted the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a wild donkey while he was in Al-Abwa or Waddan. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned it to him when he recognized in his face displeasure. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "It is not our habit to return gifts, but we are forbidden from accepting them."  

الطبراني:٧٤٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا الزُّبَيْدِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ أَهْدَى لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِمَارَ وَحْشٍ وَهُوَ بِالْأَبْوَاءِ أَوْ بِوَدَّانَ قَالَ فَرَدَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَيَّ فَلَمَّا عَرَفَ فِي وَجْهِي رَدَّهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِنَا رَدٌّ عَلَيْكَ وَلَكِنَّا حُرُمٌ»  

tabarani:7442[Chain 1] Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah al-Ḥawṭī Wʾabū Zurʿah ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Dimashqī > Aḥmad b. Khālid al-Wahbī > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq [Chain 2] ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > al-Ṣaʿb b. Jathhāmah > Ahdayt Lirasūl Allāh

[Machine] I gifted the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a wild and stubborn camel, but he returned it to me. When he saw the expression on my face, he said, "We returned it to you only because it is forbidden for us."  

الطبراني:٧٤٤٢حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ نَجْدَةَ الْحَوْطِيُّ وأَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدِّمَشْقِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْوَهْبِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ح وحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ قَالَ

أَهْدَيْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رِجْلَ حِمَارِ وَحْشٍ وَهُوَ بِوَدَّانَ فَرَدَّهَا عَلَيَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَى مَا بِوَجْهِي قَالَ «إِنَّا لَمْ نَرُدَّهُ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا أَنَّا حُرُمٌ»