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tabarani:10989 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Abū Zāʾidah > Layth > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever takes back his gift is like one who regurgitates."  

الطبراني:١٠٩٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ رَجَعَ فِي هِبَتِهِ فَهُوَ كالراجعِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»  

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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