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“Whosoever retracts a gift is like the dog that devours its vomit.”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to ibn Abbas who related that the Messenger of
Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.

A GIFT IS NOT TO BE RETURNED

|H 1657

“I (Caliph Omar) had given a horse in the Way of Allah but the
person to whom it was given neglected it. I thought I would buy it
back from him and he would sell it to me cheap. I inquired about it
from the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him,

who told me: „Do not buy it even if he is willing to sell it for a dirham,
because this would be taking back your gift and whosoever does