Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2131

Translation

"The parable of the one who gives a gift, and then takes it back, is that of a dog who eats until he is full, and vomits, then he returns to [take back] his vomit."

Notes

• [Abu 'Eisa said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Abbas and 'Abdullah bin 'Amr.

• قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

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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

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
   عن
2. 2
   Ṭāwūs b. Kaysān

   trustworthy (thiqah), jurist (faqīh), virtuous (fāḍil)d. 100 AH, or: 101 AH, or: 103 AH, or: 104 AH, or: 105 AH, or: 106 AH, or after: 110 AH
   طَاوُسٍثقة فقيه فاضل
   عن
3. 3
   ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. 118 AH
   عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍصدوق
   عن
4. 4
   Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim

   trustworthy (thiqah), though he sometimes erred (rubbamā wahima)d. 145 AH
   حُسَيْنٌ الْمُكْتِبُثقة ، ربما وهم
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Isḥāq b. Yūsuf

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 194 AH, or 195 AH, or 196 AH
   إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَزْرَقُثقة
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Manīʿ

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 244 AH, or 243 AH
   أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍثقة حافظ
   حدثنا
7. 7
   al-Tirmidhī

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 279 AH, in Ikmāl al-Tahdhīb: 275 AH
   التِّرْمِذِيُّثقة حافظ

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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.