Musnad Ahmad
Musnad Ahmad 384
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عُمَرَ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَعُودُ فِي صَدَقَتِهِ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ.
Translation
Waki‘ narrated to us; Hisham ibn Sa‘d narrated to us, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from his father, from ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: ‘The likeness of one who takes back his charity is that of one who returns to his vomit.’