Hasan Basri narrates that there was an acquaintance between Iyad bin Hammad Mujashi'i and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) before the Prophethood. Then, when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was granted Prophethood, Iyad presented a gift to him. I think it was in the form of a camel, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) refused to accept it and said: We do not accept gifts from polytheists. Ibn Awn said: What is meant by the zabad of polytheists? Hasan Basri said: Their gifts and offerings.

Sayyiduna Dhu’l-Jawshan says: When the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from the Battle of Badr, I came to him and said: O Muhammad! I have brought for you the foal of a mare, which has a little whiteness on its face, so that you may accept it as a gift. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have no need of it, but if you wish, I can give you the fine armors of Badr in exchange for it. He said: No, I would not even take a slave girl for it today. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then I have no need of it. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Dhu’l-Jawshan! Will you not accept Islam, so that you may be among the first people of this religion? He said: No, I will not do so. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Why, what is the reason for this? I said: I see that your people (the Quraysh) are still fighting you, (it is not clear what the outcome will be). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Have you not heard of their destruction at Badr? He said: Yes, I have heard of that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: We will clarify for you. He said: If you overcome the Ka‘bah and make it your abode, then it will be something. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If you live, you will see this with your own eyes. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Bilal! Take this man’s provision bag and fill it with ‘ajwah dates and give it to him. Sayyiduna Dhu’l-Jawshan says: When I returned from the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: Beware! This is the best horseman of Banu ‘Amir. Sayyiduna Dhu’l-Jawshan says: (After a long time had passed) I saw a rider coming towards me, while I was at that time in a lowland (in Yemen) with my family. I said: Where have you come from? He said: From Makkah. I said: What happened to the people? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) has overcome Makkah. I said: May my mother lose me! If I had become Muslim that day and asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for Hira, he would have given it to me.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Miswar bin Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that some cloaks were presented to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as a gift, their buttons were of gold. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed those cloaks among his companions. Sayyiduna Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Miswar! Take us to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I have heard that he is distributing cloaks. So we went. When we arrived there, he said: Go inside and call the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So I went and called him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out and had a cloak with him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Makhramah! I had kept this hidden for you. So he saw it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Is Makhramah pleased now? Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave it to him.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him): (The king of Rome) Akidar sent a pot full of crystallized sweet (bondi) as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer and passed by the people, he gave each one a piece. Among them, Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) was also given a piece. But when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned and gave him another piece, he said: You have already given me once. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is for the daughters of Abdullah.

Lady Umm Kulthum bint Abi Salamah (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married Lady Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), he said to her: I had sent a garment and some ounces of musk as a gift to the Negus. Since the Negus has now passed away, I think that my gift will be returned to me. In any case, if it is returned, it will be for you. It happened exactly as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had said; his gift was returned. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave each wife an ounce of musk and gave the remaining musk and the garment to Lady Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her).

Narrated from Sayyiduna Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with both of them), he says: My father gave me a gift, and according to one narrator, it was a slave. My mother, Amrah bint Rawahah, said to my father: Go to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and make him a witness to this. So he went to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him the whole matter and said: I have given a gift to my son Nu’man, and Amrah has demanded from me that you (peace and blessings be upon him) be made a witness to it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do you have any children other than him? I said: Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Have you given all of them the same thing that you have given to Nu’man? I said: No. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is injustice, which is being done due to the pressure of your wife. Go and make someone other than me a witness to this. In his narration, Mughira said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Does it please you that all your children should deal with you equally in goodness and kindness? I said: Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then go and make someone else a witness, surely they have a right over you that you do justice and equality among them, just as you have a right over them that they do good to you.

(Second chain) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with them both), he says: My mother demanded from my father to give me a gift, and he gave me something as a gift. My mother said: I want you to make the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a witness to this. So my father took my hand, while I was a boy, and reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! His mother, the daughter of Rawaha, persuaded me to give him a gift, and I have given it to him. Now she likes that I make you a witness to it. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Bashir! Do you have other sons besides him? I said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Have you given all of them a gift like this? I said: No. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then do not make me a witness, for I do not bear witness to injustice. In another narration, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Have you given this gift to all your children? He said: No. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then take it back from him. According to another narration, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Be just among your children.

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Nu’man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Be just among your sons, be just among your sons, be just among your sons. In another narration it is stated: Treat your sons equally.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the wife of Sayyiduna Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Give a gift of your slave to my son and make the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a witness to it. So Sayyiduna Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: My wife, Amrah bint Rawahah, is demanding that I give her son a gift of my slave, and she also says that I should make the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a witness to it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Does he have any brothers? He said: Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Have you given all of them a similar gift? He said: No. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then this is not permissible, and I only bear witness to what is right.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is no bad example for us; the one who takes back his gift is like a dog that starts licking its own vomit.