It is not legal for anyone to take back his presents or Sadaqa (things given in charity).
Darussalam · Volume 3
51 - THE BOOK OF GIFTS ANDTHE SUPERIORITY OF GIVING GIFTSAND THE EXHORTATION FORGIVING GIFTSSahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
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2623. Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه: I gave a horse in Allāh's Cause. The person to whom it was given did not look after it. I intended to buy it back from him, thinking that he would sell it cheap. When I asked the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "Don't buy it, even if he gives it to you for one Dirham as the person who takes back what he has given in charity, is like a dog that swallows back its vomit."
2623 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ قَزَعَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، يَقُولُ: حَمَلْتُ عَلَى فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، فَأَضَاعَهُ الَّذِي كَانَ عِنْدَهُ، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَهُ مِنْهُ وَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ بَائِعُهُ بِرُخْصٍ، فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «لاَ تَشْتَرِهِ وَإِنْ أَعْطَاكَهُ بِدِرْهَمٍ وَاحِدٍ ، فَإِنَّ العَائِدَ فِي صَدَقَتِهِ كَالكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ»
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