The ruling on reclaiming money after it has been given and received
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: One of the benefactors gave me a sum of money, and before we parted, he took that money back from me. Is that permissible for him? He says: One of the benefactors gave me a sum of money, and before we parted, he took it back from me. Is this taking and this reclaiming permissible for him?
Answer:
It is not permissible after it has been received. If the gift was given and received by the recipient, it is not permissible to take it back,Sahih Muslim 1622g.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: One of the benefactors gave me a sum of money, and before we parted, he took that money back from me. Is that permissible for him? He says: One of the benefactors gave me a sum of money, and before we parted, he took it back from me. Is this taking and this reclaiming permissible for him?
Answer:
It is not permissible after it has been received. If the gift was given and received by the recipient, it is not permissible to take it back,
One who gets back his gift is like a dog which vomits and then swallows that vomit.
العائد في هبته كالكلب يقيء ثم يعود في قيئه
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المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 29-06-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (36:42)
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