The Book of Gifts

Book 24 of 57 · Sahih Muslim

41 hadith Hadith 4034–4074 Sunni
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Book 24 of 57

The Book of Gifts

Sahih Muslim

41 hadith Hadith 4034–4074 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 837–875 CE period by ibn al-Hajjaj.

The Book of Gifts is book 24 of 57 in Sahih Muslim, containing 41 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Nishapur (Naysabur), Khorasan.

Narrators in This Book

This book features 11 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Jabir, al-Nu'man bin Bashir ibn Sa'd, ibn Abbas, Umar, Malik bin 'Umayr al-Hnfy مالك بن عمير الحنفي الكوفي.

Hadith in This Book 41 hadith

1 4034 Sahih
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,…
2 4035 Sahih
" Don't buy that even if he gives you for one dirham."
3 4036 Sahih
Don't buy that even if you get it for a dirham for he who gets back the charity is like a dog which swallows its vomit.
4 4037 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zaid b. Aslam with the same chain of transmitters but with this (change) that the hadith transmitted on the authority of Malik…
5 4038 Sahih
Don't buy that and do not get back what you gave in charity.
6 4039 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar through another chain of transmitters.
7 4040 Sahih
Umar, do not get back what you gave as charity.
8 4041 Sahih
He who gets back his charity is like a dog which vomits, and then returns to that and eats it.
9 4042 Sahih
This hadith is also reported through another chain.
10 4043 Sahih
A hadith like this is reported on the authority of Muhammad son of Fatima (Allah be pleased with her) daughter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).
11 4044 Sahih
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: The similitude of one who gives a charity and then gets it back is like that of a dog which vomits and then eats its vomit.
12 4045 Sahih
One who gets back the gift is like one who eats vomit.
13 4046 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Qatada with the same chain of transmitters.
14 4047 Sahih
One who gets back his gift is like a dog which vomits and then swallows that vomit.
15 4048 Sahih
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 Allah's Messenger…
16 4049 Sahih
My father brought me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: I have donated this slave to my son. whereupon he said: Have you made (such) donation to every one or your sons? He said:…
17 4050 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with different chains of transmitters and a slight variation of words.
18 4051 Sahih
Who is this slave (how have you come to possess it)? Thereupon he (Nu'man b. Bashir) said: My father has donated it to me, whereupon he said: Have all brothers (of yours) been…
19 4052 Sahih
My father donated to me some of his property. My mother Amra bint Rawaha said: I shall not be pleased (with this act) until you make Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a witness to it. My…
20 4053 Sahih
I shall not be pleased unless you call Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as witness to what you confer as a gift on your son. (Nu'man said): So father took hold of my hand and I was at that…
21 4054 Sahih
Have you, besides him, other sons? He said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Have you given gifts to all of them like this (as you have given to Nu'man)? He said: No.…
22 4055 Sahih
Call me not as witness to an injustice.
23 4056 Sahih
My father took me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: Allah's Messenger, bear witness that I have given such and such gift to Nu'man from my property, whereupon he (the Holy…
24 4057 Sahih
My father conferred a gift upon me, and then brought me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to make him a witness (to it). He (the Holy Prophet) said: Have you given such gift to every son…
25 4058 Sahih
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…
26 4059 Sahih
"Any man who is given a gift for life, it belongs to him and his heirs. It belongs to the one to whom it is given, and does not go back to the one who gave it, because he has…
27 4060 Sahih
He who conferred a life grant upon a person, it becomes his possession and that of his successors, for he surrendered his right in that by his declaration. (This property) now…
28 4061 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Whoever a person conferred Umra (life grant) upon a person and he says: I confer upon you this and upon your descendants and anyone who survives you,…
29 4062 Sahih
The Umra for which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave sanction that a person way say: This (property) is for you and for your descendants. And when he said: That is for you as long as you…
30 4063 Sahih
For he conferred a grant and as such it becomes heritage. and the right of inheritance abrogated his condition.
31 4064 Sahih
Life grant is for one upon whom it is bestowed.
32 4065 Sahih
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported a hadith like this through another chain of transmitters.
33 4066 Sahih
Jabir reported this hadith directly from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ)
34 4067 Sahih
Keep your property to yourselves and do not squander it, for he who conferred a life grant upon another that property will belong to him upon whom it is conferred whether he lives…
35 4068 Sahih
" The Helpers (Ansar) conferred the benefit of 'Umra, upon the Emigrants (Muhajirin), whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Keep your property to yourselves.
36 4069 Sahih
This garden has returned to us. The sons of the one who had been given life grant said: This belonged to our father, during his lifetime and in case of his death. They took their…
37 4070 Sahih
Sulaiman b. Yasir reported that Jabir gave this verdict. The inheritor has a right (to inherit) the life grant according to the statement of Jabir (b. 'Abdullah) (Allah be pleased…
38 4071 Sahih
Life grant is permissible.
39 4072 Sahih
Life grant is the heritage of one upon whom it is conferred.
40 4073 Sahih
Life grant is permissible.
41 4074 Sahih
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Qatada with the same chain of transmitters.