أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَا يَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ يَهَبُ هِبَةً ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِيهَا إِلَّا الْوَالِدَ قَالَ طَاوُسٌ کُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ الصِّبْيَانَ يَقُولُونَ يَا عَائِدًا فِي قَيْئِهِ وَلَمْ أَشْعُرْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ضَرَبَ ذَلِکَ مَثَلًا حَتَّی بَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُ کَانَ يَقُولُ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَهَبُ الْهِبَةَ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِيهَا وَذَکَرَ کَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا کَمَثَلِ الْکَلْبِ يَأْکُلُ قَيْئَهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3739
It was narrated from Ibn Juraij, from Al-Hasan bin Muslim, from Tawus that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “It is not permissible for anyone to give a gift then take it back, except a father.” Tawus said: “I used to hear the boys say: ‘you who goes back to his vomit!’ But I did not realize that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم had said this as parable, until we heard that he used to say: ‘The likeness of the one who gives a gift then takes it back, is that of the dogs which eats its vomit.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020