Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 1193a

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا 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 صلى الله عليه وسلم حِمَارًا وَحْشِيًّا وَهُوَ بِالأَبْوَاءِ - أَوْ بِوَدَّانَ - فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَنْ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا فِي وَجْهِي قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّا لَمْ نَرُدَّهُ عَلَيْكَ إِلاَّ أَنَّا حُرُمٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Yahya ibn Yahya said: I read to Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Ubayd Allah ibn Abdullah, from Ibn Abbas, from al-Sa'b ibn Jaththama al-Laythi, who said that he offered the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) a wild donkey while he was at al-Abwa—or at Waddan—and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) returned it to him. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw the expression on my face, he said: ‘We returned it to you only because we are in ihram.’

Translation notes
  • فَلَمَّا أَنْ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا فِي وَجْهِي

    The English witness specifies dejection and explains that it followed the returned gift; the Arabic only says that he saw what was in the narrator face.

    Should the emotional explanation remain unstated unless supported by another source?