Musnad al-Bazzar 301
✧ Aslam, the freed slave of 'Umar, from 'Umar
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ: نَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ قَالَ: نَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ:
حَمَلْتُ عَلَى فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَأَضَاعَهُ الَّذِي كَانَ عِنْدَهُ، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَهُ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ: لَا تَشْتَرِهِ، وَإِنْ أَعْطَاكَهُ بِدِرْهَمٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَإِنَّ الْعَائِدَ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná
- Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah
- Mālik b. Anas
- Zayd b. Aslam
- his father
- ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
✧ I donated a horse in the path of Allah, but the one who had it neglected it. I wanted to buy it back, so I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that. He said: Do not buy it, even if he gives it to you for a single dirham, for the one who takes back his gift is like a dog returning to its vomit.
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