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Zaid b. Aslam reported on the authority of his father that 'Umar (Allah be pleased with him) donated a horse in the path of Allah. He found that it had languished in the hand of its possessor, and he was a man of meagre resources He (Hadrat 'Umar) intended to buy it. He came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he said:Don't buy that even if you get it for a dirham for he who gets back the charity is like a dog which swallows its vomit

حدثني امية بن بسطام، حدثنا يزيد، - يعني ابن زريع - حدثنا روح، - وهو ابن القاسم - عن زيد بن اسلم، عن ابيه، عن عمر، انه حمل على فرس في سبيل الله فوجده عند صاحبه وقد اضاعه وكان قليل المال فاراد ان يشتريه فاتى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فذكر ذلك له فقال " لا تشتره وان اعطيته بدرهم فان مثل العايد في صدقته كمثل الكلب يعود في قييه