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 fromAbd ar-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "What iswrong with men who give their sons gifts and then keep them and if theson dies, they say, 'My property is in my possession and I did notgive it to anyone.' But if they themselves are dying, they say, 'Itbelongs to my son, I gave it to him.' Whoever gives a gift, and doesnot 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." Translation Not Available
Book Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 36 Hadith 1444
Web Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 36 Hadith 41