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"عَنْ طَاوُوسٍ قَال: كُنْتُ أَسْمعُ وأَنَا غُلام الْغِلمَانَ يَقُولُونَ: الَّذِى يَعُودُ فِى هِبَتِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ حِينَ يَعُودُ فِى قَيئِهِ، وَلَا أَشْعُرُ أَنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ ضَرَبَ ذَلِكَ مَثَلًا حَتَّى أُخْبِرْتُ به بَعْدُ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَال: إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الَّذِى يَهَبُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِى هِبَتِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلبِ يَقِئُ ثُمَّ يَأكُلُ مِنْ قَيئِهِ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق

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nasai:3704ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Muḥammad > Makhlad > Ibn Jurayj > al-Ḥasan b. Muslim > Ṭāwus

"It is not permissible for anyone to give a gift then take it back, except a father." Tawus said: "I used to hear the boys say: 'O you who goes back to his vomit!' But I did not realize that the Messenger of Allah had said this as a parable, until we heard that he used to say: 'The likeness of the one who gives a gift then takes it back, is that of the dog which eats its vomit.'"  

النسائي:٣٧٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَحِلُّ لأَحَدٍ يَهَبُ هِبَةً ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِيهَا إِلاَّ الْوَالِدَ قَالَ طَاوُسٌ كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ الصِّبْيَانَ يَقُولُونَ يَا عَائِدًا فِي قَيْئِهِ وَلَمْ أَشْعُرْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ضَرَبَ ذَلِكَ مَثَلاً حَتَّى بَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَهَبُ الْهِبَةَ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِيهَا وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ يَأْكُلُ قَيْئَهُ  

nasai-kubra:6499ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Muḥammad > Makhlad / Ibn Yazīd al-Ḥarrānī > Ibn Jurayj > al-Ḥasan b. Muslim > Ṭāwus

"It is not permissible for anyone to give a gift then take it back, except a father." Tawus said: "I used to hear the boys say: 'O you who goes back to his vomit!' But I did not realize that the Messenger of Allah had said this as a parable, until we heard that he used to say: 'The likeness of the one who gives a gift then takes it back, is that of the dog which eats its vomit.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3704)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ يَزِيدَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ يَهَبُ هِبَةً يَعُودُ فِيهَا إِلَّا الْوَالِدَ» قَالَ طَاوُسٌ كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ الصِّبْيَانَ يَقُولُونَ يَا عَائِدًا فِي قَيْئِهِ وَلَمْ أَشْعُرْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ضَرَبَ ذَلِكَ مَثَلًا حَتَّى بَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ «مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَهَبُ الْهِبَةَ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِيهَا» وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا «كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ يَأْكُلُ قَيْئَهُ»