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ibnmajah:2378 – Jamīl b. al-Ḥasan > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Saʿīd > ʿĀmir al-Aḥwal > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

“None of you should take back his gift, except a father (taking it back) from his son.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا جَمِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ عَامِرٍ الأَحْوَلِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَرْجِعْ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي هِبَتِهِ إِلاَّ الْوَالِدَ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ  

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nasai:3689 – Aḥmad b. Ḥafṣ from my father > Ibrāhīm > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > ʿĀmir al-Aḥwal > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'No one should take back his gift except a father (taking back a gift) from his son. The one who takes back his gift is like one who goes back to his vomit.'"  

النسائي:٣٦٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ عَامِرٍ الأَحْوَلِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لا يَرْجِعُ أَحَدٌ فِي هِبَتِهِ إِلاَّ وَالِدٌ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ وَالْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ