What is the ruling on selling a gift or giving it away?

Question : Yes, Honorable Shaykh, the sister questioner asks about the ruling on selling a gift, or giving it away, or exchanging it, or paying it to another?

Answer : There is nothing wrong with this. If a gift is given to a person, it becomes his property; it enters his ownership, and he does with it what he wishes. He may give it to someone, give it in charity to a poor person, sell it, or use it, because it is his property. Likewise, if he gives charity to a poor person, it becomes the poor person’s property, and he disposes of that charity as he wishes, because when a poor person is given zakah or other charity, it becomes his property, and he does with it what he wishes. Likewise, if a gift is given to a rich person, it is his property, and he does with it what he wishes. The evidence for this is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered his family’s home one day and found a pot on the fire. He asked, “Have I not seen the pot on the fire?”
They said, “This is meat that was given in charity to Barirah.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not eat charity, so he said, “It was charity for her, but for us it is a gift.” This indicates that when a poor person owns the charity, it becomes his property, and he does with it what he wishes.