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abudawud:3538 – Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Abān And Hammām Washuʿbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: One who seeks to take back a gift like the one who returns to it vomit. Hammam said: "And Qatadah said: We regard vomiting as unlawful."  

أبو داود:٣٥٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ وَهَمَّامٌ وَشُعْبَةُ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ قَالَ هَمَّامٌ وَقَالَ قَتَادَةُ وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ الْقَىْءَ إِلاَّ حَرَامًا  

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bukhari:2621 – Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām And Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "He who takes back his present is like him who swallows his vomit."  

البخاري:٢٦٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ وَشُعْبَةُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

muslim:1622e – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Ibn ʿAbbās

One who gets back the gift is like one who eats vomit.  

مسلم:١٦٢٢e – وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

nasai:3696 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit."  

النسائي:٣٦٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

nasai:3697 – Abū al-Ashʿath > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit."  

النسائي:٣٦٩٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الأَشْعَثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

nasai:3702 – Aḥmad b. Ḥarb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Ḥajjāj > Abū al-Zubayr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The one who takes back his gift, is like the one who goes back to his vomit.'"  

النسائي:٣٧٠٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

ibnmajah:2385 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

ahmad:2529 – Bahz > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2385)  

أحمد:٢٥٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي قَتَادَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

ahmad:2646 – ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: One who seeks to take back a gift like the one who returns to it vomit. Hammam said: "And Qatadah said: We regard vomiting as unlawful." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3538)   

أحمد:٢٦٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ وَلا أَعْلَمُ الْقَيْءَ إِلا حَرَامًا  

ahmad:3221 – Wakīʿ Waʾabū ʿĀmir > Hishām > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2385)  

أحمد:٣٢٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَأَبُو عَامِرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

ahmad:3146 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ibn ʿAbbās > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

“The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2385)   

أحمد:٣١٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

ahmad:3177 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3696)  

أحمد:٣١٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

ahmad:3178 – Bahz > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2385)  

أحمد:٣١٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي قَتَادَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

ibnhibban:5121 – al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb al-Jumaḥī > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Shuʿbah And Hammām > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3696)  

ابن حبّان:٥١٢١ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْجُمَحِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَهَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

tabarani:10692 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Shuʿbah And Hishām Waʾabān Wahammām > Qatādah > Saʿyd b. al-Musayyab > Ibn ʿAbbās Waqafah Hishām Warafaʿah al-Bāqūn

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: One who seeks to take back a gift like the one who returns to it vomit. Hammam said: "And Qatadah said: We regard vomiting as unlawful." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3538)  

الطبراني:١٠٦٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ وَهِشَامٌ وَأَبَانُ وَهَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَقَفَهُ هِشَامٌ وَرَفَعَهُ الْبَاقُونَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ» زَادَ هَمَّامٌ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ لَا نَعْلَمُ الْقَيْءَ إِلَّا حَرَامًا  

tabarani:10693 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > al-ʿAbbās al-Narsī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "He who takes back his present is like him who swallows his vomit." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2621)  

الطبراني:١٠٦٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ النَّرْسِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ثنا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

tabarani:10995 – Abū al-Zinbāʿ Rawḥ b. al-Faraj

The Prophet ﷺ said, "He who takes back his present is like him who swallows his vomit." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2621)  

الطبراني:١٠٩٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنْباعِ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجُعْفِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ وَثَنًا الْحَجَّاجُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

tabarani:10999 – Abū al-Zinbāʿ Rawḥ b. al-Faraj

The Prophet ﷺ said, "He who takes back his present is like him who swallows his vomit." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2621)  

الطبراني:١٠٩٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنْباعِ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجُعْفِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

tabarani:11897 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah > ʿAbbād b. Manṣūr > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "He who takes back his present is like him who swallows his vomit." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2621)  

الطبراني:١١٨٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ ثنا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:6492 – Abū al-Ashʿath > Khālid > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "He who takes back his present is like him who swallows his vomit." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2621)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْأَشْعَثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:6497 – Aḥmad b. Ḥarb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Ḥajjāj > Abū al-Zubayr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "He who takes back his present is like him who swallows his vomit." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2621)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٩٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»