Sahih Muslim Book - 24, Hadith - 4190

حَدَّثَنِى عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بِشْرٍ الْعَبْدِىُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِى ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنِ الْعُمْرَى وَسُنَّتِهَا عَنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِى سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِىَّ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ « أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ أَعْمَرَ رَجُلاً عُمْرَى لَهُ وَلِعَقِبِهِ فَقَالَ قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكَهَا وَعَقِبَكَ مَا بَقِىَ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ. فَإِنَّهَا لِمَنْ أُعْطِيَهَا. وَإِنَّهَا لاَ تَرْجِعُ إِلَى صَاحِبِهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ أَعْطَى عَطَاءً وَقَعَتْ فِيهِ الْمَوَارِيثُ ».

Jabir bin 'Abdullah Al-Ansari narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Any man who gives a man a gift for life, it belongs to him (the latter) and to his heirs." He said: "I have given it to you and your heirs so long-as any one of you is still alive, then it belongs to the one to whom it was given, and it does not go back to the giver because he has given it in such a way that it is subject to the rules of inheritance."