A woman who gives to her husband

Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote in a letter to his officials: Women give to their husbands out of both desire and fear. If a woman gives her husband something and then wishes to take it back, she has more right to it.

Amir said: A woman cannot take back her gift, and a man too cannot take back what he has gifted.

Ibrahim said: Neither husband nor wife can take back what they have gifted.

Umar bin Abd al-Aziz said: Neither husband nor wife can take back what they have gifted.

Ibn Sirin said: A woman came to Shurayh with a dispute against her husband. She had given her husband something and now wished to take it back. The man said: Does Allah Almighty not say: "If they give you anything of their own free will, then consume it with ease" [Al-Nisa: 4]? Shurayh said: Had she given it willingly, she would not be disputing with you.

Shurayh said: In this case, two just men are to testify that the woman gave up her right over the man without any force or compulsion.

Tawus said: If a woman gifts something to her husband and then wishes to take it back, it is to be returned to her.

Ibrahim said: When a woman gives something to her husband with a willing heart, it is valid.

And Mansur said: I do not like this.

Amir said: What a husband gives his wife is permissible for her, and what a wife gives her husband is not valid for him.