The Chapters on Gifts

Book 14 of 38 · Sunan Ibn Majah

15 hadith Hadith 2109–2123 Sunni
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Book 14 of 38

The Chapters on Gifts

Sunan Ibn Majah

15 hadith Hadith 2109–2123 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 840–887 CE period by Ibn Majah.

The Chapters on Gifts is book 14 of 38 in Sunan Ibn Majah, containing 15 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Qazvin, Iran. The narrators in this book are associated with 11 distinct geographic locations.

Kufa Medina Makkah Basra Rome Tirmidh Damascus Hims Wasit Yemen Jureslum

Narrators in This Book

This book features 57 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة, Hisham bin 'Urwa هشام بن عروة, Muhammad bin Yahya bin Hiban محمد بن يحيى بن حبان, Urwa ibn al-Zubayr عروة بن الزبير, Ibn Jurayj ابن جريج.

Hadith in This Book 15 hadith

1 2109
“Bear witness that I have given Nu'man such and such from my wealth.” He said: “Have you given all your children something like that which you have given to Nu'man?” He said:…
2 2110
his father gave him a gift of a slave, and he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) so that he could witness the gift. He said: “Have you given something to all of your children?” He said:…
3 2111
“It is not permissible for a man to give a gift then take it back, except what a father gives to his child.”
4 2112
“None of you should take back his gift, except a father (taking it back) from his son.”
5 2113
“There is no lifelong grant. Whoever is given something as a lifelong grant, it is his.' ”
6 2114
“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'Whoever gives a lifelong grant to a man, it belongs to him (the recipient) and to his heirs. His (the giver's) words put an end to his…
7 2115
the Prophet (ﷺ) ruled that a gift given for life belongs to the heirs (of the recipient).
8 2116
“There is no Ruqba. Whoever is given a gift on the basis of Ruqba, it belongs to him, whether he lives or dies.”
9 2117
“Umra belongs to the one to whom it is given, and Ruqba belongs to the one to whom it is given.”
10 2118
“The likeness of one who takes back his gift is that of a dog that eats until it is full and vomits; then it goes back to its vomit and eats it again.”
11 2119
“The one who takes back his gift is like the one who goes back to his vomit.”
12 2120
“The one who takes back his gift is like the dog that goes back to its vomit.”
13 2121
“A man has more right to his gift so long as he has not gotten something in return for it.”
14 2122
“It is not permissible for a woman to dispose of her wealth except with her husband's permission, once he has married her.”
15 2123
his grandmother Khairah, the wife of Ka'b bin Malik, came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with some jewelry belonging to her and said, I am giving this in charity. The Messenger of…