Sunan an-Nasai 3749 — A Return Clause Does Not Cancel the Gift

Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3749

This Hadith deals with a specific return clause in a lifelong gift. A man gives property to another man and his descendants, but says that if the recipient and his descendants are gone, it will return to the giver and the giver's descendants. The Messenger of Allah ruled that the property belongs to the person who received it and to his descendants. The central point is that the return clause described does not remove their ownership. This narration is directly relevant to searches about an Umra gift condition, a gift reverting to the giver, and lifelong property gifts in Islam. It should not be stretched into a ruling about every contract or every kind of condition. The text addresses this stated gift, its recipient, the descendants, and the attempted return clause.