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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الهبات
The Book of Gifts
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ قَالَتِ امْرَأَةُ بَشِيرٍ انْحَلِ ابْنِي غُلاَمَكَ وَأَشْهِدْ لِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنَّ ابْنَةَ فُلاَنٍ سَأَلَتْنِي أَنْ أَنْحَلَ ابْنَهَا غُلاَمِي وَقَالَتْ أَشْهِدْ لِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " أَلَهُ إِخْوَةٌ " . قَالَ نَعَمْ . قَالَ " أَفَكُلَّهُمْ أَعْطَيْتَ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ " . قَالَ لاَ . قَالَ " فَلَيْسَ يَصْلُحُ هَذَا . وَإِنِّي لاَ أَشْهَدُ إِلاَّ عَلَى حَقٍّ " .
Give to my son your slave as a gift, and make for me Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a witness He came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: The daughter of so and so (his wife Amra bint Rawaha) asked me to give my slave as a gift to her son, and call for me Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as a witness. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Has he (Nu'man) brothers? He (Bashir) said: Yes. He (further) said: Have you given to all others as you have given to him? He said: No. He said: Then it is not fair; and verily I cannot bear witness but only to what is just.
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- Hadith 1625l
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- Hadith 1621a
Don't buy that and do not get back what you gave in charity.
- Hadith 1622e
One who gets back the gift is like one who eats vomit.
- Hadith 1622a
He who gets back his charity is like a dog which vomits, and then returns to that and eats it.
- Hadith 1623a
I have donated this slave of mine to my son. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Have you donated to every one of your sons (a slave) like this? He said: No. Thereupon…
- Hadith 1625f
Life grant is for one upon whom it is bestowed.