Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 849
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ الصَّعْبَ بْنَ جَثَّامَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَرَّ بِهِ بِالأَبْوَاءِ أَوْ بِوَدَّانَ فَأَهْدَى لَهُ حِمَارًا وَحْشِيًّا فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا فِي وَجْهِهِ مِنَ الْكَرَاهِيَةِ قَالَ " إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِنَا رَدٌّ عَلَيْكَ وَلَكِنَّا حُرُمٌ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ إِلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَكَرِهُوا أَكْلَ الصَّيْدِ لِلْمُحْرِمِ . وَقَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ إِنَّمَا وَجْهُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَنَا إِنَّمَا رَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِ لَمَّا ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ صِيدَ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ وَتَرَكَهُ عَلَى التَّنَزُّهِ . وَقَدْ رَوَى بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ وَقَالَ أَهْدَى لَهُ لَحْمَ حِمَارِ وَحْشٍ . وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مَحْفُوظٍ . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Qutaybah narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah, who said that Ibn Abbas told him that al-Sa'b ibn Jaththamah told him: The Messenger of Allah passed by me at al-Abwa' or Waddan, and I offered him a wild donkey. He returned it to me. When the Messenger of Allah saw the displeasure on my face, he said, ‘We are not rejecting your gift, but we are in a state of ihram.’
Abu Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith. Some scholars among the Prophet's Companions and others acted on it and disliked a person in ihram eating game. Al-Shafi'i said: We understand that he returned it because he thought it had been hunted for him, and he refrained out of scrupulousness. Some of al-Zuhri's students narrated this hadith with the wording that al-Sa'b offered him the meat of a wild donkey, but that version is not preserved. There are reports on this topic from Ali and Zayd ibn Arqam.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The wild donkey is a game animal; al-Shafi'i's explanation distinguishes prey hunted specifically for a pilgrim in ihram from other game.