‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, said:“A gift in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was a gift, but nowadays it is a bribe.”

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: That he heard As-Sa'b bin Jath-thama Al-Laithi, who was one of the companions of the Prophet, saying that he gave the meat of an onager to Allah's Apostle while he was at a place called Al-Abwa' or Waddan, and was in a state of Ihram. The Prophet did not accept it. When the Prophet saw the signs of sorrow on As-Sa'b's face because of not accepting his present, he said (to him), "We are not returning your present, but we are in the state of Ihram." (See Hadith No. 747)