Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2773
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمَّارٍ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي بُرَيْدَةَ، يَقُولُ بَيْنَمَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَمْشِي إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ وَمَعَهُ حِمَارٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ارْكَبْ . وَتَأَخَّرَ الرَّجُلُ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لأَنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِصَدْرِ دَابَّتِكَ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَجْعَلَهُ لِي " . قَالَ قَدْ جَعَلْتُهُ لَكَ . قَالَ فَرَكِبَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd Allah ibn Buraydah reported: I heard my father, Buraydah, say: The Prophet was walking when a man came to him with a donkey and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, ride.’ The man then moved toward the back. The Messenger of Allah said, ‘You have greater right to the front of your mount, unless you give it to me.’ He replied, ‘I give it to you.’ So the Prophet rode.
Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan gharib hadith through this route. There is also a report on this topic from Qays ibn Sa‘d ibn ‘Ubadah.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The man yields the place at the front of the mount to the Prophet; the hadith first acknowledges the owner’s greater right to it unless he gives it away.