Sunan Ibn Majah 2392

Chapter: One Who Gives Charity Then Finds His Gift Being Sold - Should He Buy It ?

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2392

حَدَّثَنَا تَمِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْتَصِرِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ شَرِيكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ يَعْنِي، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ تَصَدَّقَ بِفَرَسٍ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَبْصَرَ صَاحِبَهَا يَبِيعُهَا بِكَسْرٍ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ ‏

"‏ لاَ تَبْتَعْ صَدَقَتَكَ ‏"

It was narrated from 'Umar, meaning, from his father, his grandfather 'Umar, that :

he gave a horse in charity at the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), then he saw its owner selling it for a low price. He went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked him about that, and he said: “Do not buy what you gave in charity.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 2392).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( بِكَسْرٍ ) أَيْ نَقْص ( لَا تَبْتَعْ صَدَقَتك ) أَيْ لَا تَشْتَرِيهَا لِأَنَّهُ يُشْبِه الِاسْتِرْدَاد فَالْأَحْوَط تَرْكه…

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 2392
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 2392
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH	AuthenticSahih Lighairihi	The hadith	No. 2392

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I gave a horse in Allah's Cause. The person to whom it was given, did not look after it. I intended to buy it from him, thinking that he would sell it cheap. When I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) he said, "Don't buy it, even if he gives it to you for one Dirham, as the person who takes back what he has…

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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The one who repossesses a gift is like a dog which vomits and then returns to its vomit." [Agreed upon].

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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…

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