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Narrated an-Nu'man bin Bashir (RA): His father brought him to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "I have given this son of mine a slave, who was belonging to me." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked, "Have you given all your children the like of him?" He replied, "No." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) then said, "Take him back then." A narration has: My father went then to the Prophet (ﷺ) to call him as a witness to my Sadaqah (i.e. gift) and he asked, "Have you done the same with all your children?" He replied, "No." He said, "Fear Allah and treat your children equally." My father then returned and took back that gift. [Agreed upon]. A narration by Muslim has: He said, "Call someone other than me as a witness to this." He then said, "Would you like them to be equal in their kind treatment of you?" He replied, "Yes." He said, "Don't do it, then."

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas (RA): The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The one who repossesses a gift is like a dog which vomits and then returns to its vomit." [Agreed upon]. A narration by al-Bukhari has: "An evil example does not apply to us, one who repossesses a gift is like a dog which vomits and then returns to its vomit."

Narrated Ibn 'Umar and Ibn 'Abbas (RA): The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "It is not lawful for a Muslim man to give a gift and then take it back, except a father regarding what he gives a child." [Reported by Ahmad and al-Arba'a. at-Tirmidhi, Ibn Hibban and al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic)].

Narrated 'Aishah (RA): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) would accept a gift and give something in return for it. [Reported by al-Bukhari].

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas (RA): A man gave away a she-camel to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). So he gave him something in return for it and asked, "Are you pleased?" He replied, "No." So he gave him more and asked, "Are you pleased?" He replied, "No." Again he gave him more and asked, "Are you pleased?" He replied, "Yes." [Reported by Ahmad and Ibn Hibban graded it Sahih (authentic)].

Narrated Jabir (RA): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "What is given in life-tenancy belongs to the one to whom it is given." [Agreed upon]. Muslim has: "Keep your properties for yourselves and do not squander them, for if anyone gives a life-tenancy it goes to the one to whom it is given, both during his life and after his death, and to his descendants." A narration has: "The life-tenancy which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) allowed was only that in which one says, 'It is for you and your descendants.' However, if he says, 'It is yours as long as you live', it returns to its owner." Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i have: "Do not give property "to go to the survivor" and do not give "life-tenancy", for if anyone is given either, the property goes to his heirs."

Narrated 'Umar (RA): I provided a man with a horse to ride in Allah's Cause, but as he did not look after it well, I thought he would sell it at a cheap price. I therefore asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about that and he said, "Do not buy it even if he gives it to you for a Dirham..." The narrator reported the rest of the Hadith. [Agreed upon].

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA): The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Give gifts to one another and you will love one another." [al-Bukhari reported it in al-Adab al-Mufrad; Abu Ya'la reported it with a Hasan (good) chain of narrators].

Narrated Anas (RA): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Give gifts to one another, for (giving) gifts gently extracts resentment and ill-will." [al-Bazzar reported it through a Da'if (weak) chain of narrators].

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "O Muslim women, a woman neighbor should not consider even a goat's hoof too insignificant a gift to give to her neighbor." [Agreed upon].

Narrated Ibn 'Umar (RA): The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "If anyone gives away a gift, he has most right to it as long as he is given nothing in return for it." [al-Hakim reported and graded it Sahih (authentic). However, the stronger narration is Ibn 'Umar's narration on the authority of 'Umar (RA) as a saying of 'Umar].