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"لَيسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوءِ، الَّذي يَعُودُ في هِبَتِه، كَالْكَلْبِ رَجَعَ في قَيئِه".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [ت] الترمذي [ن] النسائي عن ابن عباس، عبد، [خط] الخطيب [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه عن أَبي بكر

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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
bukhari:2622 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Mubārak > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The bad example is not for us. He who takes back his present is like a dog that swallows back its vomit."  

البخاري:٢٦٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الَّذِي يَعُودُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَرْجِعُ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

bukhari:6975 – Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

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."  

البخاري:٦٩٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ السَّخْتِيَانِيِّ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ  

nasai:3698 – Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Khālid / Sulaymān b. Ḥayyān > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'It does not befit us to leave bad examples. The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit.'"  

النسائي:٣٦٩٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ وَهُوَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

nasai:3699 – ʿAmr b. Zurārah > Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"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.'"  

النسائي:٣٦٩٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

nasai:3700 – Muḥammad b. Ḥātim b. Nuʿaym > Ḥibbān > ʿAbdullāh > Khālid > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'It does not befit us to leave bad examples. The one who takes back his gift is like a dog with its vomit.'"  

النسائي:٣٧٠٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمِ بْنِ نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الرَّاجِعُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

ahmad:1872 – Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"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)  

أحمد:١٨٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السُّوءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

ahmad:6943 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > al-Ḥajjāj > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'It does not befit us to leave bad examples. The one who takes back his gift is like a dog with its vomit.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3700)   

أحمد:٦٩٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الرَّاجِعُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَرْجِعُ فِي قَيْئِهِ  

tabarani:10703 – Aḥmad b. Rishdīn al-Miṣrī > ʿAmr b. Khālid al-Ḥarrānī > Ibn Lahīʿah > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > ʿUmar b. ʿAbdullāh b. Jarhad al-Aslamī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: 'The example of the one who reverts to his gift is like the example of a dog that vomits and then returns to its vomit.'"  

الطبراني:١٠٧٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ رِشْدِينَ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَرْهَدٍ الْأَسْلَمِيَّ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَرْجِعُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

tabarani:11419 – Muḥammad b. Jābān al-Jundīsābūrī > Muḥammad b. Mihrān al-Ḥammāl > Ḥakkām b. Salm > al-Muthanná b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'It does not befit us to leave bad examples. The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3698)  

الطبراني:١١٤١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَابَانَ الْجُنْدِيسَابُورِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الْحَمَّالُ ثنا حَكَّامُ بْنُ سَلْمٍ عَنِ الْمُثَنَّى بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

tabarani:11852 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

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)  

الطبراني:١١٨٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

tabarani:11853 – [Chain 1] Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

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)  

الطبراني:١١٨٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ»  

tabarani:11959 – ʿUthmān b. Khālid b. ʿAmr al-Slfy al-Ḥimṣī > Ibrāhīm b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Ḥimṣī > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿUtbah b. Ḥumayd > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "We do not have a similitude for [the effect of] a gift that is returned like the effect of vomit when it is returned."  

الطبراني:١١٩٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السلفيُّ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:6493 – Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Khālid / Sulaymān b. Ḥayyān > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'It does not befit us to leave bad examples. The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3698)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٩٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ وَهُوَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:6494 – ʿAmr b. Zurārah > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

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)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:6495 – Muḥammad b. Ḥātim b. Nuʿaym > Ḥabbān > ʿAbdullāh > Khālid > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'It does not befit us to leave bad examples. The one who takes back his gift is like a dog with its vomit.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3700)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمِ بْنِ نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الرَّاجِعُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»