A man who gives a gift and wants to take it back

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever gives a gift to a blood relative, it is valid. And whoever gives a gift to someone who is not a blood relative has more right to it as long as he has not received compensation for it.

Abdullah bin Amir said: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Fadalah (may Allah be pleased with him) when two men came to him disputing about a falcon. One of them said: I gave him my falcon as a gift in the hope that he would give me compensation, and he took the falcon and did not compensate me. The other said: He gave me the falcon as a gift of his own accord; I neither asked him for it nor pressed him. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Return the falcon to him or compensate him, for indeed those who go back on gifts are women and wicked people.

Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote: Whoever gives someone a gift and does not receive compensation for it, and wishes to take it back, let him take it back openly in front of everyone, not in secret.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A man has more right to his gift as long as nothing has been given to him in exchange for it. (That is, if the gifted item is to be given to anyone, it is better to return it to the giver himself.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man has more right to his gift as long as he has not received compensation for it."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A man has more right to his gift as long as he has not been satisfied in return for it.

Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Whoever gives for the sake of upholding family ties, or out of kinship, or out of kindness, or because of someone's right, his gift (hibah) is valid. And the stranger who gives seeking a greater return (al-janib al-mustaghzir) is either compensated for his gift or it is returned to him.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Whoever gives a gift for the sake of reward (thawab), there is no harm if it is returned to him.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Whoever gives a gift to someone who is not a blood relative and does not receive compensation for it has the option of taking it back.

Amir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When a man gives someone a gift, he has more right to it as long as it is in his possession. Then when he has handed it over, it has taken effect.