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ahmad:384 – Wakīʿ > Hishām b. Saʿd > Zayd b. Aslam > Abīhiʿan ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said. “The likeness of the one who goes back his charity is that of one who goes back to his vomit.”  

أحمد:٣٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَعُودُ فِي صَدَقَتِهِ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

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muslim:1622a – Ibrāhīm b. Mūsá al-Rāzī And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Awzāʿī > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > Ibn al-Musayyab > Ibn ʿAbbās

He who gets back his charity is like a dog which vomits, and then returns to that and eats it.  

مسلم:١٦٢٢a – حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى الرَّازِيُّ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَرْجِعُ فِي صَدَقَتِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ فَيَأْكُلُهُ  

nasai:3693 – Maḥmūd b. Khālid > ʿUmar > al-Awzāʿī > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The likeness of the one who takes back his gift, is that of a dog which goes back to its vomit and eats it.'"  

النسائي:٣٦٩٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَرْجِعُ فِي صَدَقَتِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ يَرْجِعُ فِي قَيْئِهِ فَيَأْكُلُهُ