Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنِي حُسَيْنُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْشِي إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مَعَهُ حِمَارٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ارْكَبْ فَتَأَخَّرَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِصَدْرِ دَابَّتِكَ مِنِّي إِلَّا أَنْ تَجْعَلَهُ لِي قَالَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُهُ لَكَ قَالَ فَرَكِبَ.
English Translation
Zayd, that is Ibn al-Hubab, told us: Husayn ibn Waqid told me: Abdullah ibn Buraydah told me, who said: I heard my father say: While the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was walking, a man came along with a donkey and said: O Messenger of Allah, ride. The man then stepped back, so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: No, you have more right to the front of your mount than I do, unless you make it mine. The man said: I have indeed made it yours. So he mounted it.