24. The Book of Gifts
٢٤۔ كتاب الهبات
that his father took him to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "I have given this son of mine a slave." The Prophet asked, "Have you given all your sons the like?" He replied in the negative. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Take back your gift then."
أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَتَى بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي نَحَلْتُ ابْنِي هَذَا غُلاَمًا فَقَالَ أَكُلَّ وَلَدِكَ نَحَلْتَ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَارْجِعْهُ
I heard An-Nuʿman bin Bashir on the pulpit saying, "My father gave me a gift but ʿAmra bint Rawaha (my mother) said that she would not agree to it unless he made Messenger of Allah ﷺ as a witness to it. So, my father went to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'I have given a gift to my son from ʿAmra bint Rawaha, but she ordered me to make you as a witness to it, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!' Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, 'Have you given (the like of it) to everyone of your sons?' He replied in the negative. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Be afraid of Allah, and be just to your children.' My father then returned and took back his gift."
عَمْرَةُ بِنْتُ رَوَاحَةَ لاَ أَرْضَى حَتَّى تُشْهِدَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَعْطَيْتُ ابْنِي مِنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ رَوَاحَةَ عَطِيَّةً فَأَمَرَتْنِي أَنْ أُشْهِدَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَعْطَيْتَ سَائِرَ وَلَدِكَ مِثْلَ هَذَا قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَاعْدِلُوا بَيْنَ أَوْلاَدِكُمْ قَالَ فَرَجَعَ فَرَدَّ عَطِيَّتَهُ