Muwatta Malik #1534
Judgements
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيِّ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يَنْحَلُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ نُحْلاً ثُمَّ يُمْسِكُونَهَا فَإِنْ مَاتَ ابْنُ أَحَدِهِمْ قَالَ مَالِي بِيَدِي لَمْ أُعْطِهِ أَحَدًا . وَإِنْ مَاتَ هُوَ قَالَ هُوَ لاِبْنِي قَدْ كُنْتُ أَعْطَيْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ . مَنْ نَحَلَ نِحْلَةً فَلَمْ يَحُزْهَا الَّذِي نُحِلَهَا - حَتَّى يَكُونَ إِنْ مَاتَ لِوَرَثَتِهِ - فَهِيَ بَاطِلٌ .
Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr from
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "What is
wrong with men who give their sons gifts and then keep them and if the
son dies, they say, 'My property is in my possession and I did not
give it to anyone.' But if they themselves are dying, they say, 'It
belongs to my son, I gave it to him.' Whoever gives a gift, and does
not hand it over to the one to whom it was given, the gift is invalid,
and if he dies it belongs to the heirs in general."
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This hadith is #1534 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Judgements.