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849. Ibn 'Abbās narrated that Aṣ-Ṣ'ab bin Jath-thāmah informed him that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had passed him at Al-Abwā' or Bawaddān.[1] He (Aṣ-Ṣ'ab) gave him a wild donkey but he refused
it. When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ noticed on his face that he was upset, he said: "We would not refuse you, but we are in Ihram." (Sahih)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Sahih. There are those among the people of knowledge, among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others, who followed this Hadīth, and disliked eating of game for the Muhrim. Ash-Shāfi'ī said: "The meaning of this Hadīth according to us, is that he only refused it because he thought that he hunted it for him, so he avoided it out of caution." Some of the companions of Az-Zuhri reported this Hadīth from him saying: "He gave him a gift of some meat from a wild donkey" but it (the narration) is not preserved.
(He said:) There are narrations on this topic from 'Alī and Zaid bin Arqam.
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[1] These are two places near Juhfah, the first is a mountain.
Commentary
It appears from the narration of Sahih Muslim that As-S'ab bin Jath-thāmah hunted a donkey for the Prophet ﷺ and presented it to him at place called Al-Abwā' or Waddān which are twin villages. As this donkey was hunted for him he did not accept it. As-S'ab slaughtered the donkey in the hope that the Prophet ﷺ will accept it, but he refused it again.
