Muwatta Malik #640
Zakat
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ حَمَلْتُ عَلَى فَرَسٍ عَتِيقٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ - وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي هُوَ عِنْدَهُ قَدْ أَضَاعَهُ - فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَهُ مِنْهُ وَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ بَائِعُهُ بِرُخْصٍ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ
" لاَ تَشْتَرِهِ وَإِنْ أَعْطَاكَهُ بِدِرْهَمٍ وَاحِدٍ فَإِنَّ الْعَائِدَ فِي صَدَقَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ " .
Yahya related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam that his father said that
he had heard Umar ibn al-Khattab say, "I once gave a noble horse to
carry somebody in the way of Allah, and the man neglected it. I wished
to buy it back from him and I thought that he would sell it cheaply. I
asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
about it and he said, 'Do not buy it, even if he gives it to you for
one dirham, for someone who takes back his sadaqa is like a dog
swallowing its own vomit.' "
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This hadith is #640 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Zakat.