A cushion was once passed to ‘Alī – Allāh be pleased with him, upon which he sat, and said, "None but a donkey refuses good treatment (honour/respect)."

Sa’īd b. Manṣūr, Al-Sunan. See Al-Albānī, Al-Ḍa’īfah 12:465, where he graded the chain of narration ṣaḥīḥ.