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The Book of Gifts

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3705

مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَهَبُ فَيَرْجِعُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ يَأْكُلُ فَيَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَأْكُلُ قَيْئَهُ

mathalu adh-dhī yahabu fayarjiʿu fī hibatihi kamathali al-kalbi yaʾkulu fayaqīʾu thumma yaʾkulu qayʾah

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

It was narrated from Hanzalah that he heard Tawus say:"Some of those who met the Prophet told us that he said: 'The likeness of the one who gives (something), then takes back his gift, is that of a dog which eats, then vomits, then eats its vomit

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Sunan an-Nasā'ī · 3705

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Sahih Isnaad
  • Sahih Isnaad
  • Hasan
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