Hadith 3610
´It was narrated that Ali bin Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, said:` "A mule was given as a gift to the Messenger of Allah and he rode it." 'Ali said: "If we mate a donkey with a horse, we will have one like this." The Messenger of Allah said: "That is only done by those who do not know."
Hadith 3611
أَخْبَرَنَا
حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
حَمَّادٌ ، عَنْ
أَبِي جَهْضَمٍ ، عَنْ
عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ عِنْدَ
ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ : أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ ؟ قَالَ : لَا ، قَالَ : فَلَعَلَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي نَفْسِهِ ، قَالَ خَمْشًا : هَذِهِ شَرٌّ مِنَ الْأُولَى ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَبْدٌ أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِأَمْرِهِ فَبَلَّغَهُ ، وَاللَّهِ مَا " اخْتَصَّنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِشَيْءٍ دُونَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا بِثَلَاثَةٍ : " أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُسْبِغَ الْوُضُوءَ ، وَأَنْ لَا نَأْكُلَ الصَّدَقَةَ ، وَلَا نُنْزِيَ الْحُمُرَ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ " .
´It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Ubaidullah bin 'Abbas said:` I was with Ibn 'Abbas and a man asked him: "Did the Messenger of Allah recite during Zuhr and 'Asr?" He said: "No." He said: "Perhaps he used to recite to himself?" He said: "May your face be scratched! This question is worse than the first one. The Messenger of Allah was a slave whose Lord commanded him and he conveyed (the message). By Allah, the Messenger of Allah did not specify anything for us above the people, except for three things: He commanded us to perform Wudu' properly, not to consume charity, and not to mate donkeys with horses."