2823 - Yusuf ibn Hammad al-Ma'ni informed us, saying: Sufyan ibn Habib narrated to us, from Shu'bah, from al-Hakam and Habib — who is Ibn Abi Thabit — from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, that al-Sa'b ibn Jaththamah gave the Prophet, peace be upon him, a donkey as a gift while he was in the state of ihram, and he returned it.

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This has already preceded from the hadith of al-Sa'b ibn Jaththamah under numbers (2819) and (2820), and see what follows it.

(1) In (H) and the printed edition: "he returned it to him," and above the word "to him" in (H) there is a manuscript variant mark.

(2) Its chain is authentic, and it is in al-Sunan al-Kubra (3792).

There has been disagreement regarding Shu'bah's wording: "a donkey" — meaning in its entirety, or a part of it:

Ahmad (2535), (2630), (3168), and (3218), Muslim (1194): (54), and Ibn Hibban (3970) narrated it via multiple paths (Bahz, 'Affan, Muhammad ibn Ja'far, Waki', and Yahya al-Qattan) from Shu'bah, from al-Hakam alone, with this chain. In these narrations: "the hindquarters of a donkey," except for Ahmad's first narration, which has: "the leg of a donkey." This differs from the narration of Sufyan ibn Habib, from Shu'bah, from al-Hakam in the author's narration here.

Ahmad (2530), (2631), and (3132), and Muslim (1194): (54) also narrated it via multiple paths (Bahz, 'Affan, Muhammad ibn Ja'far, and Mu'adh ibn Mu'adh al-'Anbari) from Shu'bah, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit alone, with it. In their versions: "the hindquarters of a donkey" (or something similar), and 'Affan's narration is abridged.

Sufyan ibn Habib differed from them, as in the author's narration here, as did Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi, as in Bayhaqi's Sunan 5/193 — both narrated it from Shu'bah, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, with it, and in their versions: "a wild donkey."

The narration of Shu'bah's latter version from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, with it, is strengthened by al-A'mash's narration from him — as in Musnad Ahmad (3417) and Sahih Muslim (1194): (53) — which contains: "a wild donkey."

Al-Bayhaqi said: Perhaps this is the correct one; Shu'bah's hadith from al-Hakam: "the hindquarters of a donkey," and his hadith from Habib: "a wild donkey."

See the preceding hadith, before it, and what has preceded under numbers (2819) and (2820), and see the commentary on both.

Note: In the printed edition of Sahih Muslim, in the second narration, there occurs the following: "And Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Ibn Bashshar narrated to us, both said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from al-Hakam. (H) And 'Ubayd Allah ibn Mu'adh narrated to us, my father narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, both from Habib, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, may God be pleased with them both." At the end of this statement there is an error, and the correct version is: "Shu'bah, from Habib, both from Sa'id."