Imam Al-Nawawi’s Riyad-us-Saliheen
Chapter 285
Undesirability of giving a Gift and then ask back for it
1612. Ibn `Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who gives something (to someone) as a gift and then gets it back (from him or her) is like a dog which eats its own vomit.”
Another narration is: “He who gets back his charity is like a dog which vomits and then returns to that and eats it.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1613. `Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I donated a horse in the way of Allah. Its new possessor did not treat it properly. I made my mind to buy it because I thought that he would sell it at a cheap price (now that it became weak and emaciated). I asked the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) about it, whereupon he said, “Do not buy it and do not get back your charity, for one who gets back the charity is like a dog that eats its own vomit.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
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