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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الهبات
The Book of Gifts
" لاَ تَبْتَعْهُ وَلاَ تَعُدْ فِي صَدَقَتِكَ فَإِنَّ الْعَائِدَ فِي صَدَقَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ "
I donated a pedigree horse in the path of Allah. Its possessor made it languish. I thought that he would sell it at a cheap price. I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about it, whereupon he said: Don't buy it and do not get back your charity, for one who gets back the charity is like a dog who swallows its vomit.
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- Hadith 1622a
He who gets back his charity is like a dog which vomits, and then returns to that and eats it.
- Hadith 1623a
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- Hadith 1625b
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- Hadith 1625l
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- Hadith 1625i
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- Hadith 1625j
" The Helpers (Ansar) conferred the benefit of 'Umra, upon the Emigrants (Muhajirin), whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Keep your property to yourselves.