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ahmad:3013 – Abū Saʿīd a freed slave of Banī Hāshim > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The one who takes back his gift, is like the dog which vomits then goes back to its vomit." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3701)  

أحمد:٣٠١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِيهِ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
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: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  

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: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:3701 – Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá > Isḥāq > al-Makhzūmī > Wuhayb > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The one who takes back his gift, is like the dog which vomits then goes back to its vomit."  

النسائي:٣٧٠١ – أَخْبَرَنِي زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَخْزُومِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ 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  

ahmad:1872 – 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.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3699)  

أحمد:١٨٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السُّوءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ 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  

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:10696 – Abū Zurʿah al-Dimashqī > Abū al-Yamān > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The one who returns to his gift is like a dog returning to its vomit."  

الطبراني:١٠٦٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

tabarani:10910 – Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Khuzāʿī al-Aṣbahānī > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The one who takes back his gift is like the dog that goes back to its vomit.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2386)  

الطبراني:١٠٩١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا وُهَيْبٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

tabarani:11852 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > 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." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6975)  

الطبراني:١١٨٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

tabarani:11853 – [Chain 1] Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Ayyūb > 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." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6975)  

الطبراني:١١٨٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ»  

nasai-kubra:6486 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Khalanjī > Abū Saʿīd > 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." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2589)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٨٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْخَلَنْجِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:6491 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The one who takes back his gift is like the dog that goes back to its vomit.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2386)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٩١ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:6496 – Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sijizī > Isḥāq > al-Makhzūmī > Wuhayb > ʿAbdullāh b. 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." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2589)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السِّجِزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَخْزُومِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»