Hadith #591
Arabic Text
قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ : مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ أَنَّهُ أَهْدَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ بِالْأَبْوَاءِ أَوْ بِوَدَّانَ حِمَارًا وَحْشِيًّا فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا رَأَى مَا فِي وَجْهِي
قَالَ إِنَّا لَمْ نَرُدَّ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا أَنَّا حُرُمٌ
Isnad Chain
قال
ابن شهاب
ابن عباس
English Translation
He (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that i read to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī: Mālik ibn Anas, from Ibn Shihāb, from ʿUbaydullāh ibn ʿAbdillāh, from Ibn ʿAbbās, from al-Ṣaʿb ibn Jaththāmah al-Laythī, that he gifted the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ a wild donkey while he was at al-Abwāʾ or Waddān. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ returned it to him. When he saw what was on his face, he said: 'We only returned it to you because we are in a state of iḥrām.'
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 31, Hadith 591
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15829
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52219