English translation
2626. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Umra is permissible." 'Aṭā' said, "Jābir narrated the same to me from the Prophet ﷺ." (1) (Ch. 32) 'Umra: This kind of gift is also called Ruqba, which is derived from the Arabic verb meaning 'to wait' because both the giver and the person given to, used to wait for the death of each other so that the house etc. (given as gift) would belong to him permanently. (Fāth Al-Bārī)
