Chapter 282

Remembrance 1 from Chapter 282

The desirability of making an excuse when returning a gift for some reason required by Sharī‘ah, such as being qāḍī or ruler or because there is something doubtful about it or for some other reason

Context

WE RELATE IN the Ṣaḥīḥ of Muslim that ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Abbās related that aṣ-Ṣa‘b ibn Jaththāmah gave the Prophet a wild donkey as a gift while he was in iḥrām. He returned it to him and said: “Had we not been in the state of iḥrām we would have accepted it from you.” ^[1].

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References

[1] Muslim (1193), al-Bukhārī (1825), al-Muwaṭṭa’ (1/353), at-Tirmidhī (849), an-Nasā’ī (5/183–185), and Ibn Mājah (309).