Sahih al-Bukhari 2623

Book 51: Gifts · Hadith 55

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ قَزَعَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ حَمَلْتُ عَلَى فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، فَأَضَاعَهُ الَّذِي كَانَ عِنْدَهُ، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَهُ مِنْهُ، وَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ بَائِعُهُ بِرُخْصٍ، فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ تَشْتَرِهِ، وَإِنْ أَعْطَاكَهُ بِدِرْهَمٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَإِنَّ الْعَائِدَ فِي صَدَقَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab: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 given in charity, is like a dog that swallows back its vomit

Umar bin Khattab (رضی اللہ عنہ) bataate hain: Maine Allah ki raah mein ek ghoda diya. Jise woh diya gaya tha, usne uski dekhbhal nahi ki. Maine iraada kiya ke usse khareed lun, yeh sochkar ke woh use sasta bechega. Jab maine Nabi se pucha, unhone kaha: "Ise mat khareedo, chahe woh tumhe ek Dirham mein de de, kyunke jo shaks apna diya hua sadqa wapas leta hai, woh us kutte jaisa hai jo apni ulti khud nigal jaata hai."

Sahih al-Bukhari 2623 · Book 51, Hadith 55

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