"عن الزُّهرى، عن سَعيدِ بنِ المسيّبِ، عن أبِى بكرٍ الصديقِ، قالَ: قالَ رسولُ ﷺ لَيْسَ لنا مثلُ السوء؛ العائدِ في هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِى قَيْئِهِ".
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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, BayhaqīThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The one who takes back his gift is like a dog swallowing its own vomit, and we (believers) should not act according to this bad example."
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'It does not befit us to leave bad examples. The one who takes back his gift is like the dog which goes back to its vomit.'"
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'It does not befit us to leave bad examples. The one who takes back his gift is like the dog which goes back to its vomit.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3699)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السُّوءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ
The Prophet ﷺ said, "The one who takes back his gift is like a dog swallowing its own vomit, and we (believers) should not act according to this bad example." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6975)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
The Prophet ﷺ said, "The one who takes back his gift is like a dog swallowing its own vomit, and we (believers) should not act according to this bad example." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6975)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ»
The Prophet ﷺ said, "The one who takes back his gift is like a dog swallowing its own vomit, and we (believers) should not act according to this bad example." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6975)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
The Prophet ﷺ said, "The one who takes back his gift is like a dog swallowing its own vomit, and we (believers) should not act according to this bad example." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6975)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ