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Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "We do not give a bad example. The one who takes back his gift is like the dog who returns to his own vomit."

الأدب المفرد:٤١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَرْجِعُ فِي قَيْئِهِ

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bukhari:6975 – Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The one who takes back his gift is like a dog swallowing its own vomit, and we (believers) should not act according to this bad example."

البخاري:٦٩٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ السَّخْتِيَانِيِّ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ

bukhari:2589 – Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "One who takes back his gift (which he has already given) is like a dog that swallows its vomit."

البخاري:٢٥٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ

bukhari:2622 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Mubārak > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The 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."

البخاري:٢٦٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الَّذِي يَعُودُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَرْجِعُ فِي قَيْئِهِ

muslim:1622g – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Makhzūmī > Wuhayb > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

One who gets back his gift is like a dog which vomits and then swallows that vomit.

مسلم:١٦٢٢g – وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمَخْزُومِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ 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:3698 – Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Khālid / Sulaymān b. Ḥayyān > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'It does not befit us to leave bad examples. The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit.'"

النسائي:٣٦٩٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ وَهُوَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ

nasai:3699 – ʿAmr b. Zurārah > Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'It does not befit us to leave bad examples. The one who takes back his gift is like the dog which goes back to its vomit.'"

النسائي:٣٦٩٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ

nasai:3700 – Muḥammad b. Ḥātim b. Nuʿaym > Ḥibbān > ʿAbdullāh > Khālid > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'It does not befit us to leave bad examples. The one who takes back his gift is like a dog with its vomit.'"

النسائي:٣٧٠٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمِ بْنِ نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الرَّاجِعُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ فِي قَيْئِهِ

ibnmajah:2386 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-ʿArʿarī > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥakīm > al-ʿUmarī > Zayd b. Aslam > Ibn ʿUmar

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

ابن ماجة:٢٣٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ الْعَرْعَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْعُمَرِيُّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ