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Islamically, do I have to give back my engagement ring if the engagement didn't work out?

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The general Islamic principle is that one who gives a gift cannot lawfully take it back. engagement, gift, hadith, fiqh ruling, marriage, property https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wz0pGSWAMo0
So the general principle, as mentioned by the Prophet Muhammad in a hadith collected by Imam Abu Dawud, is that it is not lawful for somebody who gives a gift to then take it back. So any gifts which you give out, you do not take them back. That's the general principle in Islam.
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