POLITE REFUSAL H 627 I (Sa'ab) offered a wild ass to the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, but he declined. When he perceived the disappointment upon my face he said, 'I declined it because I have put on the robes of pilgrimage.'" R 627 Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Sa'ab, the son of Jassamah who related this.
622- وعن الصعب بن جَثَّامَةَ رضي الله عنه ، قَالَ : أهديتُ رسولَ الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم حِمَاراً وَحْشِيّاً ، فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيَّ ، فَلَمَّا رأى مَا في وجهي ، قَالَ : "إنّا لَمْ نَرُدَّهُ عَلَيْكَ إِلاَّ لأنّا حُرُمٌ " متفقٌ عَلَيْهِ .