51. Gifts

٥١۔ كتاب الهبة وفضلها والتحريض عليها

51.37 If somebody gives another person a horse (as a gift)

٥١۔٣٧ باب إِذَا حَمَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى فَرَسٍ فَهْوَ كَالْعُمْرَى وَالصَّدَقَةِ

[Machine] "And some people told him to go back."

وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ لَهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فِيهَا.

bukhari:2636al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > Mālik Yasʾal Zayd b. Aslam from my father > ʿUmar

Once I gave a horse (for riding) in Allah's Cause. Later I saw it being sold. I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ (whether I could buy it). He said, "Don't buy it, for you should not get back what you have given in charity."  

البخاري:٢٦٣٦حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَسْأَلُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ قَالَ

عُمَرُ ؓ حَمَلْتُ عَلَى فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُبَاعُ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لاَ تَشْتَرِ وَلاَ تَعُدْ فِي صَدَقَتِكَ