Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Gifts and The Superiority of Giving Gifts and The Exhortation for Giving Gifts
30- بَابُ لاَ يَحِلُّ لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فِي هِبَتِهِ وَصَدَقَتِهِ:
(30) Chapter. It is not legal for anyone to take back his presents or Sadaqa (things given in charity).
3 hadith · references 2621–2623
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Bukhari · 2621الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ ، كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who takes back his present is like him who swallows his vomit."6 narratorsBukhari · 2622لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الَّذِي يَعُودُ فِي هِبَتِهِ ، كَالْكَلْبِ يَرْجِعُ فِي قَيْئِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The bad example is not for us. He who takes back his present is like a dog that swallows back its vomit."5 narratorsBukhari · 2623حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ قَزَعَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، يَقُولُ : حَمَلْتُ عَلَى فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَI gave a horse in Allah's Cause. The person to whom it was given, did not look after it. I intended to buy it from him, thinking that he would sell it cheap. When I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) he said, "Don't buy it, even if h5 narrators