Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1298
What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked To Take Back One's Gift
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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ
لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ
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Chain of narrators
- Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah al-Ḍabiy
- ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Thaqafī
- Ayyūb
- ʿIkrimah
- Ibn ʿAbbās
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Ours is not a bad example: The one who takes back his gift is like the dog who takes back his vomit." [He said:] On this topic, there is the narration from Ibn 'Umar from the Prophet ﷺ that he said: "It is not lawful for anyone that has given a gift to take it back, except for a father who gives something to his son."
Notes
قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لاَ يَحِلُّ لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ عَطِيَّةً فَيَرْجِعَ فِيهَا إِلاَّ الْوَالِدَ فِيمَا يُعْطِي وَلَدَهُ
machine translationHe said: On this topic there is a report from Ibn ʿUmar, from the Prophet ﷺ, that he said: "It is not permissible for anyone to give a gift and then take it back, except the father regarding what he gives to his child."
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Muhammad Shakir | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح سنن الترمذي, p. 1298 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 10471Musnad Ahmad 2120Musnad Ahmad 5493Sahih Ibn Hibban 5123al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 13498al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6502
Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), knowledgeable in Qurʾānic exegesis; the claim that Ibn ʿUmar called him a liar is not established, and no innovation is established from him.d. Ibn al-Madīnī said: 104 AH. Abū Saʿīd b. Yūnus and others said: 105 AH, and al-Haytham b. ʿAdī said, and Abū ʿUmar al-Ḍarīr: 106 AH. Abū Maʿshar al-Madanī and others said: 107 AH. Also reported from al-Haytham b. ʿAdī, and Abū al-Ḥasan al-Madāʾinī, and Yaḥyā b. Maʿīn: 115 AH. And that is a mistakeعِكْرِمَةَثقة ثبت عالم بالتفسير ، لم يثبت تكذيبه عن ابن عمر ، ولا تثبت عنه بدعةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), an authority (ḥujjah), one of the leading jurists and devout worshippersd. 130 AH, or 131 AH, or 132 AH, also said: 124 AH, also said: 125 AH, also said: 129 AHأَيُّوبُثقة ثبت حجة ، من كبار الفقهاء العبادحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah); his memory changed three years before his deathd. 194 AH or 195 AH or 184 AHعَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّثقة ، تغير قبل موته بثلاث سنينحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), accused of nasb (hostility toward ʿAlī and the Ahl al-Bayt)d. 245 AHأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّثقة ، رمي بالنصبحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 279 AH, in Ikmāl al-Tahdhīb: 275 AHالتِّرْمِذِيُّثقة حافظ
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