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ahmad:6629 – Abū Bakr al-Ḥanafī > Usāmah b. Zayd > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

The Prophet ﷺ said: The similitude of the one who takes back what he gifted is like that of a dog which vomits and then it eats vomit. When a donor seeks to take back (his gift), it should be made known and he informed why he sought to take it back. Then whatever he donated should be returned to him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3540)   

أحمد:٦٦٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَسْتَرِدُّ مَا وَهَبَ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ فَيَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ وَإِذَا اسْتَرَدَّ الْوَاهِبُ فَلْيُوقَفْ بِمَا اسْتَرَدَّ ثُمَّ لِيُرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مَا وَهَبَ  

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abudawud:3540 – Sulaymān b. Dāwud al-Mahrī > Ibn Wahb > Usāmah b. Zayd > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

The Prophet ﷺ said: The similitude of the one who takes back what he gifted is like that of a dog which vomits and then it eats vomit. When a donor seeks to take back (his gift), it should be made known and he informed why he sought to take it back. Then whatever he donated should be returned to him.  

أبو داود:٣٥٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ شُعَيْبٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَسْتَرِدُّ مَا وَهَبَ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ فَيَأْكُلُ قَيْئَهُ فَإِذَا اسْتَرَدَّ الْوَاهِبُ فَلْيُوَقَّفْ فَلْيُعَرَّفْ بِمَا اسْتَرَدَّ ثُمَّ لِيُدْفَعْ إِلَيْهِ مَا وَهَبَ  

bayhaqi:12027 – Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq And ʾAbū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Ibn Wahb > Usāmah b. Zayd al-Laythī > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

The Prophet ﷺ said: The similitude of the one who takes back what he gifted is like that of a dog which vomits and then it eats vomit. When a donor seeks to take back (his gift), it should be made known and he informed why he sought to take it back. Then whatever he donated should be returned to him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3540)   

البيهقي:١٢٠٢٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ اللَّيْثِيُّ أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ شُعَيْبٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَسْتَرِدُّ مَا وَهَبَ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ الَّذِي يَقِيءُ وَيَأْكُلُ قَيْئَهُ فَإِذَا اسْتَرَدَّ الْوَاهِبُ فَلْيُوَقَّفْ فَلْيُعَرَّفْ بِمَا اسْتَرَدَّ ثُمَّ لِيُدْفَعْ إِلَيْهِ مَا وَهَبَ  

suyuti:19833a –
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السيوطي:١٩٨٣٣a –

"مَثَلُ الَّذي يَسْتَرِدُّ مَا وَهَبَ، كَمثَلِ الْكَلبِ يَقِئُ فَيَأكُلُ قَيئَهُ، فَإذَا اسْتَرَدَّ الْوَاهِبُ فَليوقَّفْ فَلْيُعَرَّفْ بِما اسْتَرَدَّ، ثُم لِيُدْفعْ إِلَيهِ مَا وَهَبَ".  

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