A man who gives a riding animal in charity and later sees it being sold

Zayd bin Aslam narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave a horse in charity in the path of Allah and mounted a fighter (mujahid) on it, or gave some clothes in charity in the path of Allah. Later he saw them in the market and intended to buy them back himself, so he went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave it, so that on the Day of Resurrection its (full) reward will be given to you."

Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man gave a horse in charity in the path of Allah, and then he saw a horse or a filly descended from his horse being sold (in the market) and intended to buy it. He was forbidden from doing so.

Abu al-Aliyah says that Sayyiduna Usamah (may Allah be pleased with him) gave a horse (a foal) in charity in the path of Allah, and later he saw that same animal being sold (in the market). He said: I said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "I have recognised it (may I buy it?)" He forbade me from it.

Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If the zakah (sadaqah) passes out of the hands of the one to whom you gave it and reaches someone else, then there is no harm in buying it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave a horse in charity in the path of Allah and mounted a fighter (mujahid) on it. Later he saw it in the market and intended to buy it back himself, so he went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave it, so that on the Day of Resurrection its (full) reward will be given to you."

Something similar to the hadith of Sayyiduna Usamah (may Allah be pleased with him) is also reported from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

A man asked Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him): "If, after giving sadaqah (zakah), a man gets some portion of it back, what is the ruling?" He said: "His reward will be reduced in proportion to the amount that has reached him."