35. Gifts

al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6482No grade recorded
كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ أَتَتْهُ وَفْدُ هَوَازِنَ فَقَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّا أَصْلٌ وَعَشِيرَةٌ وَقَدْ نَزَلَ بِنَا مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ مَا لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْكَ فَامْنُنْ عَلَيْنَا مَنَّ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ فَقَالَ «اخْتَارُوا مِنْ أَمْوَالِكُمْ أَوْ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمْ وَأَبْنَائِكُمْ» قَالُوا خَيَّرْتَنَا بَيْنَ أَحْسَابِنَا وَأَمْوَالِنَا بَلْ نَخْتَارُ نِسَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَنَا وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَّا مَا كَانَ لِي وَلِبَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ وَإِذَا صَلَّيْتُ الظُّهْرَ فَقُومُوا فَقُولُوا إِنَّا نَسْتَعِينُ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَوِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي نِسَائِنَا وَأَبْنَائِنَا فَلَمَّا صَلَّوَا الظُّهْرَ قَامُوا فَقَالُوا ذَاكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَمَا كَانَ لِي وَلِبَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ» فَقَالَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ مَا كَانَ لَنَا فَهُوَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارَ مَا كَانَ لَنَا فَهُوَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ الْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ أَمَّا أَنَا وَبَنُو تَمِيمٍ فَلَا وَقَالَ عُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ حِصْنٍ أَمَّا أَنَا وَبَنُو فَزَارَةَ فَلَا وَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مِرْدَاسٍ أَمَّا أَنَا وَبَنُو سُلَيْمٍ فَلَا فَقَامَتْ بَنُو سُلَيْمٍ فَقَالُوا كَذَبْتَ مَا كَانَ لَنَا فَهُوَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ رُدُّوا عَلَيْهِمْ نِسَاءَهُمْ وَأَبْنَاءَهُمْ فَمَنْ تَمَسَّكَ مِنْ هَذَا الْفَيْءِ بِشَيْءٍ فَلَهُ سِتُّ فَرَائِضَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ شَيْءٍ يَفْتَحُهُ اللهُ عَلَيْنَا» وَرَكِبَ رَاحِلَتَهُ وَرَكِبَ النَّاسُ اقْسِمْ عَلَيْنَا فَيْأَنَا فَأَلْجَؤُوهُ إِلَى شَجَرَةٍ فَخَطِفَتْ رِدَاءَهُ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ رُدُّوا عَلَيَّ رِدَائِي فَوَاللهِ لَوْ أَنَّ لَكُمْ مِثْلَ شَجَرِ تِهَامَةَ نَعَمًا قَسَمْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ ثُمَّ لَمْ تَلْقَوْنِي بَخِيلًا وَلَا جَبَانًا وَلَا كَذُوبًا» ثُمَّ أَتَى بَعِيرًا فَأَخَذَ مِنْ سَنَامِهِ وَبَرَةً بَيْنَ أُصْبُعَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي مِنَ الْفَيْءِ شَيْءٌ وَلَا هَذِهِ إِلَّا الْخُمُسُ وَالْخُمُسُ مَرْدُودٌ فِيكُمْ» فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ بِكُبَّةٍ مِنْ شَعْرٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَخَذْتُ هَذِهِ لِأُصْلِحَ بِهَا بَرْذَعَةَ بَعِيرٍ لِي فَقَالَ «أَمَّا مَا كَانَ لِي وَلِبَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَهُوَ لَكَ» فَقَالَ أَوَ بَلَغَتْ هَذِهِ؟ فَلَا أَرَبَ لِي فِيهَا وَنَبَذَهَا وَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ رُدُّوا الْخِيَاطَ وَالْمِخْيَطَ؛ فَإِنَّ الْغُلُولَ يَكُونُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ عَارًا وَشَنَارًا وَنَارًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a delegation of Hawazin came to him and said, "O Muhammad, we are of the same root and tribe, and such affliction has befallen us as is not hidden from you, so bestow favor upon us, may Allah bestow favor upon you." He said, "Choose from your properties or from your women and children." They said, "You have given us the choice between our lineages and our properties; rather we choose our women and children." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "As for what belongs to me and to the Banu 'Abd al-Muttalib, it is yours. And when I have prayed Zuhr, stand up and say, 'We seek the help of the Messenger of Allah with regard to the believers, or the Muslims, concerning our women and children.'" When they prayed Zuhr, they stood up and said that. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whatever belongs to me and to the Banu 'Abd al-Muttalib, it is yours." The Muhajirun said, "Whatever belongs to us is for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." The Ansar said, "Whatever belongs to us is for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Al-Aqra' b. Habis said, "As for me and Banu Tamim, no." 'Uyaynah b. Hisn said, "As for me and Banu Fazarah, no." Al-'Abbas b. Mirdas said, "As for me and Banu Sulaym, no." Banu Sulaym stood up and said, "You have lied; whatever belongs to us is for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O people, return to them their women and children. Whoever holds on to anything from this fay', he shall have six shares from the first thing Allah opens up for us." Then he mounted his riding beast and the people mounted. "Distribute our fay' among us," they said, and they pressed him until they forced him to a tree, and his cloak was snatched away. He said, "O people, give me back my cloak. By Allah, if you had cattle as numerous as the trees of Tihamah, I would distribute them among you, and you would not find me miserly, cowardly, or a liar." Then he came to a camel and took from its hump a hair between his two fingers, then said, "Here, indeed I have no share of the fay', not even this, except the fifth, and the fifth is returned to you." A man stood up to him with a bundle of hair and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I took this to repair the saddlecloth of a camel of mine." He said, "As for what belongs to me and to the Banu 'Abd al-Muttalib, it is yours." He said, "Has it come to this? Then I have no need of it," and he threw it away. He said, "O people, return even the needle and the thread, for ghulul (misappropriation) will be a disgrace, a shame, and a fire for its people on the Day of Resurrection."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6483No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَرْجِعُ أَحَدٌ فِي هِبَتِهِ إِلَّا وَالِدٌ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ وَالْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No one takes back his gift except a father from his child. The one who takes back his gift is like the one who returns to his vomit."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6484No grade recorded
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَرْفَعَانِ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَحِلُّ لِرَجُلٍ يُعْطِي عَطِيَّةً»
✧ From Ibn Umar and Ibn Abbas, they traced the hadith back to the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "It is not lawful for a man to give a gift."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6485No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ «لَا يَحِلُّ» لَمْ يَشُكَّ حُسَيْنٌ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ إِلَّا فِي يَحِلُّ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ عَطِيَّةً ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فِيهَا إِلَّا الْوَالِدُ فِيمَا يُعْطِي وَلَدَهُ وَمَثَلُ الَّذِي يُعْطِي عَطِيَّةً ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فِيهَا كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ أَكَلَ حَتَّى إِذَا شَبِعَ قَاءَ ثُمَّ عَادَ فِي قَيْئِهِ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, I think he said: "It is not lawful" — Husayn did not doubt anything in the hadith except in "it is lawful" — "to give a gift and then take it back, except a father in what he gives his child. The likeness of one who gives a gift and then takes it back is like a dog that eats until it is full, then vomits, and then returns to its vomit."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6486No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The one who takes back his gift is like a dog that vomits and then returns to its vomit."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6487No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَهَبَ هِبَةً ثُمَّ يَرْجِعَ فِيهَا إِلَّا مِنْ وَلَدِهِ» قَالَ طَاوُسٌ كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ وَأَنَا صَغِيرٌ «عَائِدٌ فِي قَيْئِهِ» لَمْ أَكُنْ أَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ ضَرَبَ لَهُ مَثَلًا قَالَ «فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ يَأْكُلُ ثُمَّ يَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "It is not lawful for anyone to give a gift and then take it back, except from one's child." Tawus said: "I used to hear, when I was young, 'one who returns to his vomit,' and I did not think that he had struck a similitude for it. He said: 'Whoever does that, his likeness is like a dog that eats, then vomits, then returns to its vomit.'"
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6488No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَرْجِعُ فِي صَدَقَتِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ يَرْجِعُ فِي قَيْئِهِ فَيَأْكُلُهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The likeness of one who takes back his charity is like a dog that returns to its vomit and eats it."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6489No grade recorded
أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنِ ابْنِ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَتَصَدَّقُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فِيهَا كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ قَاءَ ثُمَّ عَادَ فِي قَيْئِهِ فَأَكَلَهُ»
✧ Muhammad — who is b. Ali b. Husayn b. Fatimah bt. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ — narrated to him from Said b. al-Musayyab, from Ibn Abbas, that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The likeness of one who gives charity and then takes it back is like a dog that vomited and then returned to its vomit and ate it."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6490No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَرْجِعُ فِي صَدَقَتِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ» قَالَ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ سَمِعْتُهُ يُحَدِّثُ عَطَاءَ بْنَ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The likeness of one who takes back his charity is like a dog that vomits and then returns to its vomit." Al-Awzai said: "I heard him narrating this hadith to Ata' b. Abi Rabah."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6491No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "The one who takes back his gift is like a dog that returns to its vomit."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6492No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The one who takes back his gift is like one who returns to his vomit."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6493No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "We do not have an evil similitude: the one who takes back his gift is like one who returns to his vomit."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6494No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "We do not have an evil similitude: the one who takes back his gift is like a dog that returns to its vomit."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6495No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الرَّاجِعُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "We do not have an evil similitude: the one who takes back his gift is like a dog in its vomit."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6496No grade recorded
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: “The one who takes back his gift is like a dog that vomits and then returns to its vomit.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6497No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْعَائِدِ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The one who takes back his gift is like one who returns to his vomit.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6498No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ يُعْطِي الْعَطِيَّةَ فَيَرْجِعَ فِيهَا إِلَّا الْوَالِدَ فِيمَا يُعْطِي وَلَدَهُ وَمَثَلُ الَّذِي يُعْطِي الْعَطِيَّةَ فَيَرْجِعُ فِيهَا كَالْكَلْبِ أَكَلَ حَتَّى إِذَا شَبِعَ قَاءَ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَرَجَعَ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “It is not lawful for anyone to give a gift and then take it back, except a father in what he gives to his child. The likeness of the one who gives a gift and then takes it back is that of a dog that eats until it is full, then vomits, then returns and goes back to its vomit.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6499No grade recorded
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»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “It is not lawful for anyone to give a gift and then take it back, except a father.” Tawus said: I used to hear the children saying, “O you who returns to his vomit,” and I did not realize that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had struck that as a parable until it reached us that he used to say: “The likeness of the one who gives a gift and then takes it back” — and he mentioned a word whose meaning is — “is like the likeness of a dog that eats its vomit.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6500No grade recorded
حَدَّثَنَا بَعْضُ مَنْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَهَبُ فَيَرْجِعُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ يَأْكُلُ فَيَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَأْكُلُ قَيْئَهُ»
✧ Some of those who met the Prophet ﷺ narrated to us that he said: “The likeness of the one who gives a gift and then takes back his gift is like the likeness of a dog that eats, then vomits, then eats its vomit.”