Chapter on Gifts
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 32
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَهْدَى إِلَى رَجُلٍ هَدِيَّةً وَ هُوَ يَرْجُو ثَوَابَهَا فَلَمْ يُثِبْهُ صَاحِبُهَا حَتَّى هَلَكَ وَ أَصَابَ اَلرَّجُلُ هَدِيَّتَهُ بِعَيْنِهَا أَ لَهُ أَنْ يُرَاجِعَهَا إِنْ قَدِرَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ "لاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ".
It is narrated from Isa ibn Ayan, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a man who gave a gift to another man, hoping for a return, but the recipient did not reciprocate until he passed away. The giver then found his gift in its original form. I asked: "Is it permissible for him to take it back if he is able to?" Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no harm in taking it."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh